The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-05-22
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PROM liie NpittiuitsFs
Republicaa e9bofs who seek TO jss-
ny tbs eeoel praeiires 10 tbs Pablo.
rincs would do well 10 read the meg-
,ngra OF President Mckinley dusiug
aad immediately prior ~ tho spanish
American war period.
These messages ATE full Of denunei-
alioas Oi ihe practices IN Cuba, which
practices were not W brutal rs recent
revelations would indicate the Prae-
..ces In the Philippines 10 be.
liz the message OF December ls,,
1927, Mr.. AcKlaley referred to to the
concentration system, then established
10 Cuba BY Spain and now maintained
by the UDilsd States IN the Philippines
as 20 cruel policy" lie said this
was not 'ciyilzcd warfare" Il was
determinations" aud 10 referred TO
this policy IS Fan abuse Of the rights
Of war" And 10 his message 81 April
II, 1888, Mr, Mckinley reiterated the
statements Of bis 1897 message aud,
referring 10 this concentration system,
declared "Thc only peace II could
bcgc. was that Of The wilderness and
the grave
Ia bis message Of December 6,
1927, lr Mckinley denounced SPANS
policy Ia Cuba as sysiem OF warfare
that tended "to dive tho Cubans to
90 the horrible alternative Of taking Go
lhe thicket or suseumbiug 10 misery
lie referred, 10 that same message, 20
"tAn policy Of cruel raplne sud sx-
termination !ba, so long shocked the
universal sentiment Of humanity lie
referred also TO the Spanish commander
"uhose brutal orders infamsl the
American mind ani shocked the civil
lied world lie denounced tbs
''h0rrible order Of concentration
10 his message o. April II, 1898,
Mr. Mckinley rCiorred 10 Spaiu's poi
isy in Cuba as "thC horrors o. strife
ot new aud iuhuman phase, happily
unprecedented Ia tho modern history
Of civilized Christian pe0r!gs.' He
denounced a policy wherein "Ihe
farms were laid waste, dwellings I'M
rooted aud fired, mills destroyed, and,
In short, everything that could desc
late the land and render Il unit for
human habiiaiion and support"
In the same message Mr.. Mckinley
said "rhc prospect Of = proipcuon
and continuation Of the present strife
Is a contingency hardly TO be cou'om-
plated with equanimiiy by the civilized
world" lie spoke Of the United
States acJiog according 10 The large
dictates 81 humanity" and as the FIRST
ground for Intervention ho proposed
"ln the cause Of humanity aud to pat
an end 10 the barhatities. bi0odsbei,
starvation aud horrible miserics DOW
existing there aud which the parties to
the souilic, arc either unable OF IN
willing 20 stop or mitigate.
10 has not been forgotten either that
iu TIE preamble Of The war resolution
Il was said that the ''nbhorrent con-
ditions which have existed for more
than three yelu Ia the island Of Cuba
so near orr own borders have shocked
tac moral sense Of the people Of The
United States and haye been disgrace
10 gsI.slian civilization. 90
Whom spain did things 10 Cuba
similar 70 The things we are DOW doing
"a the Philippines, these things were
bitterly denounced.
No attempt Was made 10 apologize
for lhem; and ye; to-day when Amer
lean oilizcns protest agalus, these evils
10 the Philippines they are arraigacd
a. enemies Of their own government
and IS ASSISTANTS Of she American
ARMY
What special dispe1saiion eau there
be that would justify a wrong COM
miiicd in the name Of our own gov
ernmea, which, Il done by the repre-
scutaiiyes Of any other government,
would cell lot prompt and vigorous
protest in every section Of this broad
country?