The sun., 1902-03-10

and all tho hundreds Of lives and all the
millions OF money expended since that
time would have been saved.
There Is no possible doubt In the world
that by this time, more than two years
afterward, we would have been pretty
well on the way, instead Of fighting with
the Filipinos. toward fighting the thing
out amongst ourselves as TO what we would
finally do with the Philippines.
WAS WASHINGTON AN assassin
hope that may be allowed 10 combat
another impression that il altogether too
prevalent in the United States; that Is,
that the insurgent leaders in the Philip
pines are very high type of men, patriots,
fghting for the good of their country,
and all that sort OF thing, and that they
are TO be compared with the men who won
| the Independence of the United States
more than hundred years ago. | shall
/ in few moments give you few samples
| OF some OF these patriots over there, and
| allow you 10 make your own comparisons.
About the ablest military leader the
insurgents had was Antonio Luna, who
| was brave man. a good officer, accom-
plished: and as to the capability to handle
troops In the field he probably would come
| up almost TO the officers of our own army
This man on account OF his personal cour-
| age was gaining such prestige with the
! insurgents that Aguinaldo ordered him
TO be assassinated, which was done at the
town OF Planan, the man being shot down
Z
| Aguinaldo' = door when he stated 20 the
| sentry on duty that he wanted TO zee Agli-
naldo. ! talked with the late lamented
! dictator himself on that subject, and asked
| him about Il. He said:
Why, yea. j had him killed simply be-
cause II had not he would have been die
tator in my place
! Can you imagine George Washington
| doing such a thing as that? Cheers.
DID GEN. PUTNAM MURDER cHILDBES'
In the town Of san Isdro, where I com
manded for n year and a half, was family
| OF the name Of Baya, Filipino family.
| The father had been an opponent always
OF rebellion; he was a large landowner
and had a considerable family. He had
five or six sons, among them, the Youngest
boy, chap OF about 10 years. This boy
had gone 10 school for a couple OF wears
In Manila, but during the war had returned
To his home.
He came over quite often 20 visit me
and talk with me. He spoke Spanish aud
was thinking OF studying English. Conse-
quently he got hold OF grammar and was
working away at the English language,
and he came to me half a dozen times 10
get some aid when he would get all tangled
up on some of our beautiful words.
This boy was suspected finally OF being
spy because he came over TO my head
quarters few times. One day little
over a year ago, his father sent him just
outside the town 10 see II the crops on his
land were ready TO cut. III was CDfhluefeu
perfectly safe 20 allow the boy 10 go out
there; but the insurgent chief, Tagunta
had ordered this boy captured at all hazards,
not only because he was suspected of being
a spy, but also because his father had re-
fused to pay taxes TO the insurgent Govern
ment and would recognize no Government
but that Of the United States
This poor, helpless boy, who was as inno-
cent Of being a spy as any one possibly could
be. and who in fact had never discussed
- . .NL all
taken by these murderers. tied TO a stake
and fogged TO death; they tiogged him
for three hours, until he fell dead.
Can you imagine Israel Putnam doing a
thing OF that kind? Cheers
few days later the same chief who had
had the boy fogged and who had been un-
able 20 collect any taxes in the town, made
a raid ia the town with number OF guerr,l-
las: he made the raid and burned about
three hundred houses and killed more than
fifteen hundred people, without any just
cause or proNocation whatever, in order TO
compel them to pay taxes to the alleged
insurgent Government. We had been hunt
ing him for fully a year, and laid for him
for many week, and ain glad to say that
the next time | had command OF a detach-
ment that got him. and now he is with the
angels. Laughter and appausel
EVERY CHIEF MURDEHLB IN OUR EYES.
II would be impossible 70 eyaggerate
the number Of crimes that have been COM
mitted 10y the insurgent leaders, crimes
almost against their own people. the assas-
sinatious of FUipinos. not only those who
were suspecte ed Of being IN sympathy with
the Americans, but people who had refused
20 pay insurgent taxes, men against whom
there was no suspicion whatever. The
number would run not only up into the
hundreds, but even up into the thousands
There is not a town In the Philippine
Islands In which men have not been assassi-
mated by the orders OF these men, and there
j. not single chief. from Aguinaldo down
10 the lowest leader of a band Of gtiprriia-,
who could not he put on trial and con'ic' I'd
Of murder before any Jury in the United
States, downright. deliberate. cold-blooded
murder
Aguinaldo himself tried in any court in
the world. could he convicted Of the muir
der Of Luna. md there il not one who could |
not he convicted Of the assassination Of !
men, women and children.
OCCASIONALLY PEW GET HANGKD, OUR
STYLE.
We had at San Isidro a sergeant of police |
named Lopez, lie had been n soldier in the |
Spanish Army. We appointed this man a |
. rgeant Of police and he was very eff
cient in the obtaining OF information re- |
garding the insurgent tax collectors who !
came into the town. and also In ascertain |
ing the hiding places OF concealed arms. |
The insurgents made every effort to cap |
ture this man, but he slept with our SOL |
diers and they found il impossible.
One day he and his wife and daughter, |
a young girl Of about IS years, went in |
small vehicle, about as large as one Of |
our buggios, 20 n little town not far OF |
on a visit. Tecson's men werc lying in |
wait for them and captured them, and they |
took these two women and this man out |
into the fields and brought them before a |
guerrilla chief, who ordered the three To |
be thrown down well 35 feet deep We |
recovered their bodies a short time after
ward; We captured the murderers and |
hanged every one Of them. lApplausc |
SEVEN IUSDRES TRIED MOSTLY PoR MURDER |
believe it is safe 10 say that there has
never been war in this world where the
people have shown such patience and such
humanity as have the United States troops
in the Philippine Islands. Cheers With
very rare exceptions all the men executed |
have been executed after a fair trial before
"A military commission: they had counsel
to defend them where the case has gone
before the commanding General for final
review
or course, there have been exceptions,
but probably not more than dozen alto
geiher, where men caught edhandcd
in the commission of "A crime have been