The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1902-06-05

Alleged Atrocities In tho Philippines
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Den sofsn IL Cosstso s1d slssshsrs eve
sestias 10 msks peiitie,l e.rit.i cot Of
scis q g, utiiy psriofusi Ly An.ricsn soi
diem 10 ,bs Philippines. Toe sstito 10
bsips isssstisstsd BY ootsrsss spd consid
srsbis testimony hes been skso. Tbs
Pfssiasst 10 bic Memsrisi Day address 81
WnAlsstos thus reisis TO tue s1ti,ei;
Thee yesrs,r eorrsdss Of ,cnrs have
foaabt undsi ,srribls dlnsuliiss aud bsvs
received terrible protoestion from = very
srusl ssd very tfssehsrous ssImy. Uadf
the sirsia Of these pfovoostioss | sssply
dsplors to .y thst some snorg them
have 90 Ter forgotten themselves ~ TO
sonassl sod con nit. In rslsii,tiop, acts o.
cruelty. Tbs fact tbsi Tor tvHy guilty
act con mittsd BY oas OF our troops . huu
drsd acts Of i.r greater stroeity have
been com ni,isd by The hostile sstivss up
90 oar troops. OF spon the pssossbls End
Isv sliding asii.ss Who ere frieAdly 10 o..
ssn not be held 10 sIeuss sny srosedoer
on our side. D.tsrmin and unsssfviss
sasft % oct be made. and 10 being usds,
10 dad eat every instance Of bsrbsrity on
the part OF out troops. 70 pnpish these
guilty Of IL. aud 10 t.ks. II possible, even
stronger measures thsn have already been
tsksn TO mining or prevent the Usour
soce OF ell suoh instances 10 the future.
From time to time there occur 10 or
country, to ths deep and lasting shane Of
our people, lyushiuss carried on under or
sun,tspcss ofinhumsn eruslty and barbsr
ity-s eruslty infinitely worse ,hss any
that has ever been committed BY our
troops 10 the Philippines. worse to The vie
Tins, and far more btatslixins 10 those
sniity OF it, Ths men Who fell to con
demo these iynehisss. sud yt olsuor
sbout What hss been dens 10 The Philip
pines. are indeed guilty Of nsslsotiss the
sssm 10 their own eye while tsuotiss their
brotbs, about tbs mote 10 his Usdsr
s.sud ne. Thee l,nshinss afford ~ 90
excuse for fsilurs to stop cruelty In The
Philippines. Every sfior, 10 being made,
snd will Be made. 10 misimizs the ohsosss
OF cruelty ossurrins.
Bat keep 10 mind that these crusltiss 10
the Philippines have been wholly sxcsp
tiopsl and have been wholly exceptional.
end have bssn shsmslessly exaggerated.
We deeply snd bitterly regret that asy
suoh crrslties should have been somni,,
Cd, no nsitsr tow rarely. DO MISTER under
What provosstion. By American troops.
Bot they sfford far less isstincstioa for
general condemnation OF eur army than
these lynehipas sHord for the condemns
ton OF The sonmsni,iss 10 which they
have tsksn place. 10 each osss II 10 well
to condemn tie deed. and 1t 10 we'll also 20
rsirsis froln including both guilty and 10
nossnt 10 the ssns weeping condemns
ton,
The rules Of wsriars vhioh have bees
prom gated BY the var department and
ssosptsd ~ the basis OF oondIot by DOR
TROOPS 10 the 6tld ere the fulss laid down
By Abrshsm Lincoln when you. my hssr
ere. we're 1shtios Tor the union. Tbsss
tules provide. OF coufss, Tor the iust sever
ity Necessary 10 var, The most Distract
i've OF oil forms OF cruelty vsala BE- 10
shos weakness where stsrnnsss IL demand
ID By iron need. Bot ell cruelty 10 Tor |
biddss, and ell bsrstpsss bsyend what 10
called Tor BY mel. Oar snssies 10 The
have not rstsly violated svsiy |
ruls Of vsr. bat have made OF thee viois
TOSS their only mstbo cd OF carrying on the
var. We would have bsoa iusii6sd by
Abrshsn Linsolu's rules OF var 10 ipnnils
~ greater severity than hss teen shown.
The fee, really 10 that our vsrisrs 10 the
has bssp carried IN With sipsu
Isr hsnsnity. For every set Of cruelty By
oar men ,hsrs have bssn insuesrsbls
,c.s OF iortssrsuee, msguspimity. snd gen
srous kindnsss, Thee are the qssli.iss
sAieh have ehsrse,efiEid the var -
shcls. Tbs erneltiss have bssn only 81
sspiisnsi. on our part
TIE Guilty ere TO Be psnishsd; bat IL
pasishiss thss, 10. tAoss sho sis st ssss
II hoos, sho sslk dsiiss.sly sad live 10
he soit pisces Of the ssrib. fsnsm Der also
10 DO then oounos iasties. La not Tbs
,assslsss SD tbs astsaptsd rail ovstu ach
i stress sss sho sish blood and sssst
lees ysars Of toll spd days End nights 81
,sosy. sd II nssd 10y doun their lives 10
'seots nopie Isnsiss to brins The light 81
,ivilix .tion toto tie worlds dsrk places.
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