The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-15
TREATMENT or THE fIuPlNOS.

IL seems To- the Chicago News that II
all the reports from the Philippines are
true. 1t - nearly time for Spain TO In
terf~re In the interests OF humanity.
That 10 ~ time for somebody TO inter-
fer-. says the Literary Digest. seems
10 b. the WellniRh unanimous opinion
OF the daily papers. both expansiopist
and anti" and Secretary Roots sharp
despatch 90 General Chaffec. calling
for a prompt investigation. II APPROX.
Ell by the press throughout the country.
The main charges OF cruel treatment
are outlined In the comment quoted
below from the Indianapolis News. and
in the paragraphs quoted from the re-
port OF Major Cornelius Gardener OF
Tayabas province. Major Gardeners
report was sent In December Is last.
and the delay In giving IL out II ex-
planned by the fact that IL had been re-
ferred back TO the Philippine authoH-
tie. for verifsation- IL vas given out
upon demand of the Senate committee
that In investigating Philippine mat
tiers. and IL ~ said that information
OF the existence OF the report reached
the members OF the committee through
General Miles. Anti-expansionist pa
per. ike the New York Evening Post. 1
the Springfield Republican. and the
San Francisco Chronicle. declare that
the reports of the treatment OF the ma
tiyes by our soldiers are, convincing
proof that our army should be with
drawn: but the New York Tribune. the
philadelphia Press. and other expan-
sionIst journals argue that the conduct
OF a. small nur1ber OF soldiers has no
bearing ON the question of a national
policy. The Kansas City Journal says:
~But back OF IL all the inerasable fact
stands out that IL IL had not been for
the encouragement supplied TO the Fill
limos by the neutrality-suspicious. OF this
eocntry the necessity for killing either
free or captive natives OF our island
possessions would long since have ceas-
ed TO exist"
Secretary Root says In his order to
General chaffee:
The President desireS 10 know In
the fullest and most circumstanttal
manner all the facts. nothing being
concealed and no man being for any
reason favored or shielded For the |
very reason that the President intends ,
To back M the army In the heartiest
fashion In every lawful and legitimate
method OF doing It's work. he also In :
tends 20 see that the most rigorous I
care L. exercised TO detect and prevent ,
any cruelty OF brutality. and that men
who are guilty thereof are punished
Great al the provocation has been In =
dealing With foes who habitually resort :
10 treachery. murder. and torture .
ssainst our men. nothing can Justify:
sr will be held to Justify. the use of c
Torture or inhuunan conduct OF any q
Kind on the part Of the American
army"
Tn. surrender OF Maivar and Con
raiss. md the news that no insurgents
srv left In Batangas or L.aguna prov !
nces' arouse much less comment than
. elected by the tetimony being given /.
IN Manila and Washington In regard .
20 the ''water-cure" and the execution
q natives without trial The anti
.xpansfonist papers fear that the
Of n force into the interior OF
hlndanao will excite an Instruction
N that island. which has hitherto been
A Manila correspondent says
u the people OF Mindanao: These ma
ives are n different breed OF fighters
rusn the rIlipinos. They are religious
anafIcs. to whom death while fighting
. regarded a. being q passport to
'caven- The American officers hope.
lowever. TO avert a crisis" ,