Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-06-02
POLICY OF ROOSEVELT
Attitude to Philippines Told In an
Address at Arlington.
OBJECTS OF THE WAR THERE
President Declares That Every Ef-
fort VIII be Made to Convict Sol
Iiers Guilty of Cruel Practices.
Self Government For Natives.


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Roosevelt said;
1t is a good custom for our country to
have certain solemn HOLIDAYS in comment
GRAFTON of our greatest men and Of the
greatest crises In our history. There
Should he but few such holidays To in
cr.as. their number is to cheaper tn, N,
Washington and l.iucoln-thc man WHO
cid most to fp,nd the Union and the man
VINO did most to preserve it-stanQ hpa
and shoulders above all our other public
men and have. bv common consent won
NE right to this pre-eminence. Am0nS
tue holidays which commemorate the
farming points IN American history
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| mankind fou oIt' ttle SrNa'cS' a'''i mo
necessary tIsh "HiG.. nag tNol !"H:H "
| the lot Or any men on TINS western hthlI-
sphere. Nearly 'hfet centuries nave pass
co since IN" waters OF our HoaStS were
/ HlSl luIfp"td bA lllt keelS u lHe men
whose chi!dfens children We're TO lnftflt
TINS talr land over century ana a man
OF colonial CROWN 1olo"ed the Settit-
! meht and now TOR over Il century ana a
quarter we have been nation
The Really vital Task.
During our four generations of national
life we nave had ia do many tasks ana
some Of them of farreaching i1uturtarce
but the ONLY really vital task was the one
van di,l the task of saving the Union
;rher. were, other crises i'm which tn have.
pou. wrong would have. meant disaster
Int this was the one crisis in which to
, have pon. wrong would have meant not
| merely disaster bur annihjlatiou For fail
mr.. at any other poinr atunen1ent could
| have l,A4n rnaa4 lujt had Won failed in the
iron DAYS tn. loss would have been ir-
| reparalie the. defeat jrretrieyable
I You left MS a reunited country. You
left MS the, right of brotherhood with the
men in gray, who with such courage and
such devotion tor what they deemed the
| right fought against you, but you lelt Us
much more even IMAM your afheVtmeht'
| Tor you lett US the memory OF no" IL was
achieved, Aou VINO MADE sooa ny your
Talor ana PATRIOTISM the 'altS!n'hshlp OF
| Lincoln ana the Soldiels}4lp OF ''iaht nave
set as the STANDARDS Tor Our efforts IN the
| future bptli >he way you ulU your "oi
| IN war ana the way IN "hich Wheh lhe
| war was over you turned again 10 inc
work OF peace. IN war ana III peace alkt
! your example VIII sldhu a. 'he "iAest "a
! lessons 10 us ana our cilluleh ana oul
chIldren's chIldlen
just al inns moment the army u 'ht
| United states, lea pv men VINO served
among you IN the great war; II carr ING
70 coinplt uoh sihali put pscuiiarls ,lN-
| ing ana dlHlcult war IN Whlch is lhNolFtu
not only tsle hohof OF the nag hut the lrl-
umph OF clVlllzatlon over forces "hlch
stand Tor inc plack chaos OF saVaserS ana
barparlsn. j ne TASK mas MOI peen as OH :
hcuIt or as important as yours pu'' on,
my comrades, the men IN the UNIFORM OF
the Chleu STATES VINO nav lo' 'iie ia
three years patiently and uncomplalnlngly
champoned the American cause IN the
| Philippine Islands are your younger prolil-
selves not unworthy OF you, ana they are
entitled TO the support OF all men VINO are
proud or what you dld'
The Cruelty In the Philippines.
These Younger comrades of YOURS have
fought under terrible difficulties and have
received terrible provocation from a very
cruel and very treacherous enemy. Under
| the strain of these provocations / deeply
dpnlor4 10 saw that some among them
have so far forgotten themselves as to
! counsel and commit in retaliation acts OF
| cruel,y The fact that for every guilty
act committed hy one of our troops a hun
dred acts of far greater atrocity have
been committed by the hostile natives
rnon our troops or upon the peaceabe
and law abiding natives who are friendly
| Ia us cannot he held to excuse any
,srongdoer ON our side Determined and
| rnswtrving effort must be made and is be
,n, mad. tn lind ont every instance at
harharitv ON the part of our troope 10
nunish those guilty of It and to take. it
,rs.i,,1. even STRONGER measures than
| hoyas already h..n taken tn minimize q,