The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-14

the one; ne must lnpaft " the othoi We are debtors both to the past ana the future. In recognition of blessings in cident to a civilization planted by pre- vious generations. encouraged, nurtret and advanced by commerce, let the swift est wings of trade carry the ripened seet of modern Ideas to all lands, under al skies, for the blessing and advancement of all people,"
 General Young Speaks.
 Gen. s. B. M Young. in speaking ol Our Soldiers in the Philippines" sait that much comment on the army in thu Philippines had passed beyond the limit of criticism and descended to absolute villifcation. He said the statement cam' from unreliable persons and from com paratively few individuals. The com plaints did not come from the Filipino people or from the foreign press. bu originated with our own people, and wer' against our own soldiers. He did no think 1t right for these persons to creat' the impression that isolated acts wer' characteristic of the American army. H continued:
 "The election is now passed, and thos who expected to gain political advantag by assailing the army have failed In thei object and the results have Sburied tha question forever as a political one, and feel now that I can speak the truti without being accused of having politica bias or defending them for political ef feet. Taking into consideration the cir cumstances surrounding them, our sol diers in the Philippines behaved remark ably well, better than any other natioi and better than we had any reasonable hope to expect
 'During the civil war the fire in tn
 n~A Uyo with the Union soldiers. most feared There may have been some use for thu existence of copperheads in 1881. but wha possible excuse could there be for al hor est and reasonable man to become { fire in the rear of the Filipino?
 A Severe Arraignment.
 'If every accusation that was brought against these soldiers were true. the stay at homes, these befoulers Of their owr nest. these seekers after notortety, these active disturbers of the peace of mind ol the brave, patriotic wives and mothers should have had the decsncy to present their wild fancies to the proper authori' ties instead of trying to convince the whole world that our own brothers ano kindred were barbarians. l say that the American army Is the most humane army that ever waged war and I could bear out my assertions by the Filipinos the Chinese and even the Spanish prisoners.
 If the word humane could be applied te war he would dedne 1t as one fast, furi' ous and bloody thing from beginning te end. He added: If 1t had not been foi the intense desire of American people te carry on an easy. persuasive war witf the Filipinos and the good faith in which the American officers acted to carry out that desire the Filipino war would hav' ended in much less time. You feel con fident that our little Japanese friends would have stopped the pattering Of tht barefoot little brown brothers through the jungles in a very short time and that an aggressive army of our German friends would not have viewed witt equanimity the burying alive of theii friends as did our soldiers in obedienct to the sentiment. am satisfied tha' the coming census of the Philippine islands will have on the list great many more persons and houses than there would have been if the German army hat control the past four .ars am not ar advocate of war either for conquest ol revenge nor as a means of making eithei good Indians or Fillpinos. but when wal has been decided on by our nation. agree with the German Emperor's sentimenti and believe that the American army should leave such an impression tha future generations would know we hac been there"