The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-14
UN.AMeRIcAN METHODS.


<The army does not gain by the Eff
forts OF some Of It's officers to extenuate
the water cure" Nothing excuses
torture N an instrument OF law and
sesrr. and the American people. far
|. froo. participating their own need OF re-
b,its. hate never thought to excuse Il
n lothers. The war that gave US a
6,otinx M the Philippines was widely
6ef.fded as a war for humanity.
sosin,s crteI treatment OF the cubans
y wax held 10 Justify a. How Is IL pos
z .ibse. then. for us. In trying To govern
n population which We have rescued
sfro.a spain TO, Guido weyier himself In
fsarshusss and barbarity: How - IL
Epo1sfbie for-us TO do this and stu find
.xeuses that either calm the conscience
= ? g. ,cofsvinc.' this judgment7
General Charles King Is one OF the
defenders OF the water cure and this
- part OF MS plea: =.
DO the exigencies OF Philippine war-.
farpnsxsr Justify acts which 20 citizens
S.s.fveusp. ssx<rrl.Tunsxzrrantably cruel
, -sSrcss- 4, .EroHn>ns wtruie string OF ptpses
in Fast Paco they fired on our wounded
and sttepdants the day OF santa Ana
ana tnos& ,sTriiIrg homes went up IN
srsoisr From the walls and towers OF
= ehu.rs-fsr within our lines. and one
We had Evarded against possibility OF
Srsreratiqh hey fred or our p-np,s
, IN fotfA That church was burned
. Al -sbcsbkstie Of Santa Ana. TO escape
eur charging line. battalion threw
down It's arms on the bank OF the Pa
sig and was safe- Other insurgents
threw arms and selves into the Pasis
ana failed to reach the other shore.
Certain papers made furious outcry at
this. saying we slaughtered helpless
natIyes IN cold blood We didn't. We
we're, following strictly the laws OF war
the world over.
:. ts-nersd King bess the question
When houses OF churches are used 10
conceal n firing line the LAYS OF war
say they shall be burnt. That Is not
objected To: u II not the point az issue.
Morris there any reason why an escap-
ing enemy. In or out OF the water.
should not be- fired upon. Nobody In
America. entitled To- a serious hearing.
differs m6ch from General Kings opin-
ION in this respect. But what have
these matters to do with the water
ear.l In what way do they extenuate
the fdtcibie injection OF half-barrei
Of fluid Into a man to make him tell. |
at the point OF bursting. where arms |
are hidden or an enemy concealed?
General King says:
Finally be patient enough to remem-
Der thar neither Indian nor Malay was
ever successfully handled with gloves;
thafYdaspite all the trimming and HUI
mAhfxlng In the course OF centuries OF
the laws Of war. war Is still what hu-
man nature makes and Sherman called
IL.
weyier might have made that. ex-
cuse for the horrors OF RECOMMENDATION
bat II would have been met In America
by an outcry for war IN which General
King would probably have joined. Let
IA be admitted that Indians and Malays
are .barbarous. but Is II not our bust
ae.S to set them a civilized example?
Must We show that we are worse bar
barisns than they7 II so what IS TO
bring about the chief end or the war.
namely. to- win them over and trans
form them into contentsd. industrious
and loyal citizens Of the United States?
surely they cannot have hope or jus
tice from n people who. when they
want TO get the testimony OF an I'M
willing witness. subject him 10 an or
deal Of torture which would have al
most sharhed the savages OF the Span
ish Inquisltiou- Against barbarity
such a. that they are quite justified In
bearing arms