The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-10
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1902
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rAs eHIlIPpINe ArRoelrIee INVESTIGATION.

General Chaffee reports that Major Gardener has
filed few specifications very general in character
and that he regards the investigation as an attack on
him"
Now while General Chafee says that the board has
no desire to attack Major Gardener but it will pursue
"a rigid investigation OF his allegations, irrespective
of what he wishes and will permit him to shape
or dictate the course of the investigation it is not to
be forgotten what the terms OF the cabegram
Secretary Root sent to General Chafee when he or
dered the investigation In this cablegram General
Chafee received pretty broad mint to fnd against
Major Gardener and doubt the board he has called
together understands what expected at Washington
IT is believed the secretary of cables that the
violations of law and humanity of which these cases,
If true examples, will prove to be few and occa-
sional and not to characterize the conduct of the
army generally in the Philippines
Does any reasonable believe that, after receiy-
ing instructions of this from the secretary Of war
General Chaffee and the board will proceed to hold
fair and impartial investigation get at the facts the
truth whole truth and nothing but the truth about
the facts? Does not every reasonable believe that
General Chafee and the board will proceed to find ac-
cordng the belief OF the secretary of war that has
been expressed in advance and that the evidence for
the defense will be assisted and the evidence for the
prosecution limited and curtaed to justify YER
dict that will be pleasing to Washington?
There is another why an impartial nyest!.
cation will not be held. How do know that the of.
fcers the board, some of them have not been
concerned in the very atrocities which they nves-
tigatng?
The atrocities in the Philippines the honor
not of the army alone. but of the whole American
people. The people demand the facts The facts are
not to be obtained through General Chaffee and an
army board acting under the instructions of the sec
rotary of war who is himself implicated he has sup
pressed reports giving account of the atrocities
Nor will the people be satisfied with the presidents
personally reviewing the findings of the army board
and the evidence brought before it. The president is
interested party, he must have known of Score
tary Roots suppression of reports The people look
to congress The senate under the leadership of men
like Senator Culberson, is manfuy doing its part. II
Senator Culberson who unearthed the suppressed
Gardener report and the suppressed report of the gov
of Batangas, in which province 100 900 out of
population of 100000 have persisted Facts like Cap
tain GieRns burning a peaceful town of 1000 nhabt
ants held until his arrival by corporal and sixteen
without any disturbance coming to light The
leading natives tortured, and the remaining in
habtants who had not been put death were left to
die of starvation. When adj of the facts found out
and tie responsibility is fixed the American people
viii see that proper punishment is melted out com
mensurate with these crimes.