Sunday Washington globe., 1902-05-04
The Philippine Atrocities.

Inc 4ANAc~a~0-'
The Infamous Generals Smith and Bell
have brought eternal disgrace upon the mil
itary service Of the United States. Crom-
wells determination of the Irish is the only
historical parallel for their barbarous war
fare upon the women and children of the
haDless Filipiuos We have been trained
from our early youth in anti-British senti'
ments and our favOrite literature has been
that which assailed and exposed the char
acter Of the British nation. We have closed
our ears and shut our eyes to any and every
thing favorable to Britain or calculated to
modify our views and eulighten our under
standing on British law, justice, character
morals and honesty. We have been a rabid
American even when under an unjust SEN
tence inflicted BY mob of hoodlums and
in defiance of law, justice, honor and Amer
lean manhood. We have cOndOned the
semi-savage administration of justice in our
criminal courts where the yellow journals
and the intimidated witnesses and iuries
have sent men to prison and to the scafold
TO satisfy the clamor or crafty the brutes OF
the gutter And we have ignored the digni-
fed, impartial and enlightened administra-
ton Of criminal as of civil law by British
tribunals in England, Canada, Australia and
wherever the: English ensign hies, except,
perhaps, in unhappy Ireland We even
withheld our bravo England" when she
courtmartialed and shot her brutal officers
in South Africa for violations of the rules
Of civilized warfare. And these violations
were venal offenses in comparison with the
crimes of those Infamous murderers, Smith
and Bell, in thesPhilippines.
The more than half century convictions
Of everything praiseworthy labeled Ameri-
can and everything condemnatory branded
English oriBritish have been undergoing a
transpOsitiou not alone in our feelings, but
in millions Of our countrymen since the un-
Paralleled treachery Of theAmerican military
commander who opened Ere on his simple
minded and trustful allies in the suburbs Of
Manila.
To-day we stand convinced Of the errors
Of a life time and mourufrlly regret that we
ever exchanged the red jacket of the Eng
lish for the blue uniform of an American
soldier-for we have worn both--when the
dominant political party through its egisla-
tive ndsadministrative representatives. de-
fend and justify the inhuman butchers who
issued orders to slay boys of ten years of
age, because they stood by their fathers on
their native soil and fought like young
heroes the invaders who with fire and sword
were making wilderness of their country!
Already has the delegated executioner,
Waller. beensacquitted by courts martial
and the general who issued the Herod in
structious to "slay, burn and destroy" BOYS
of tender years armed or uHayDied because
they 1ceye match for AmeyfcaN soldiers
on me field Of baifie--this monster Smith
who glories in.his murderous record-will
be justified on the grounds that he acted
under rules of warfaie promulgated by the
War Department.
While it is true that the British govern
ment and aristOcracY-the same thing
seduced US into this colonial exploitation
infamY, thatlour hands might be tied and
our mouthsEplastered while she wiped out
two republics, .iastice as well as truth com.
pels the admission that even she-Eug.
lauA-haHa aIFSOllcu ~ tlS DaiDaiDu7 AlADNi-
ties of her protege and British humanity
stands aghast at the awful, blood thirsty,
aud ravehouslbHtehers wearing the uniforms
of the United States Army, who are
smeared with the blood Of tender children
and helpless old men, of virgins and ma
irons whose only crime consisted in their
birth and race
If these infamies receive the Endorsement
and approval of the American people at the
ballot box; and, if the blood stained
butchers of old men and women and of
children of ten years Of age are permitted
to wear the uniforms Of officers and gentle
men, the civilized world will have the cor.
rect data upon which to guage the greatness,
the Christianity, the progress, and the
destiny Of the American Republicl