Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-04
all over the islands. except those who
We're stationed at the city of Manila.
Says Faith Has Not Been Kept.

all over the Islands, except those who
were stationed at the city of Manila.
Says Faith Has Not Been Kept.
Can we, then, say we have kept
faith with these people and in face of
all the facts that we are now. or ever
have been, in the islands only to re-
store order and protect our Filipino
| friends? Is it not unquestionably
true that just as soon as our shrewd
and unprincipled politicians who stood
close to the administration, backed by
their selfish clientage, had time to es-
| innate the possibilities of Admiral
Dewey's victory and boil it down to
basis of value in dollars and cents,
that just that soon they turned their
batteries and artful schemes upon the
administration to bring about change
in any attitude or purpose then exist
| ing to aid and assist the Filipino peo-
pie in establishing government of
their own, to the present attitude of
war against them in an effort to sub
iugate and take from them the rich
| lands which God in His wisdom had
given them.
The Water Cure.
"An investigation has been recently
made of the manner in which our war
| is being conducted in the Philippines.
The facts brought to light in that in
vestigation will make the hair on your
head stand like the quilts on the fret
| full porcupine,' and the half has not
yet been told Most of the evidence
J was obtained from senators and repre-
!, sentatives who obtained it from rela-
tives or friends in the army with strict
! injunctions that their names should
not be disclosed under any circum-
! stances. We have, however, as posi-
! tive order from our general in COM
mand in one of these islands, that all
male children over ten years should
i be slain. We know also that torture,
cold blooded and deliberate torture,
has been used by our army to eXtort
4 information from the Filipino Not
, the boot and thumb-screw used by ?
!, Claverhouse, nor the slow fire and
boiling oil used in the Spanish inqui-
:. sition, but the water torture commonly
known as water cure, the most cruel,
painful, damnable and eXcruciaiing
torture that was ever conceived by the
ingenuity of man. We know that this
war has not been conducted upon the
high plane of civilized warfare.
The Cost.
! Besides these brutalities for which
!, the nation must account ana for which
!, she will ever be responsible, what is
: the result from practical standpoint?
, In matter of dollars and cents the
cost has been over $500, 900 We
, have sacrificed thousands of American
!, lives, the best young men of our ooun
try. Our generals are coming home
from their harvest bringing their
sheaves with them in the shape of 9th.
er thousands of sick and wounded and
: insane to drag out miserable lives
wrecked in body and mind.
Imperialism.
But what is the loss of $500. 0UJ,
900? What are the lives of American
. soldiers and the many more thousands
!, that are brought home to exc out q
miserable existence? What is all this
: to the influence this change of polio.
: has wrought upon the S0000,000 o
, our own people and the hundreds o
millions of people of other nation
a looking to us as Liberty enlightenin!
+ the world?' Whoever thought of i'm
: perialism before our treaty with Spail
!. in the purchase of the Philippine Is
/ londs? What loyal citizen of the Uni
ted States ever dared dream of tns
people of this grand liberty loving ma
ton changing its traditions, its boast.
and its ideals. from true democracy
to an empire? The danger lies in the
education Of our people along the line.
of imperialis m-the touching of ths
springs of thought We first endure
J then pity then embrace
Application of Monroe Doctrine.
How can we reconcile this attitude
toward the Philippine people with tha
of the Declaration of independence
the constitution of our country ant
the bill of rights of every state in thu
Union? What is to become of The
Monroe doctrine? 1t was said by Pres
ident Monroe that any attempt OF an!
foreign power to extend their system
to any portion of this hemisphere
would be considered an unfriendly ac
and that no part of the American con
tinent was the subject of future col
onization by any European country
For over a century we have stood b,
that doctrine and compelled obedicnc,
until it has become part of tha yer,
law of our land.
Cleveland's Stand.
This doctrine was called into &C
ton but a few years ago when En-
gland wanted portion of the territor,
of Venezuela, the little republic OF
our south. She was proceeding to take
what she desired forgetting that tn,
democratic party was in power will
Grover Cleveland as chief executive
When the matter was called to the at
tention of our government. Presiden
Cleveland S determined stand for tn,
4 Monroe Doctrine was applauded b!
the whole people of this nation.
False Gods WorshiPped.-
Forgetting all these principles
|, which were so indelibly stamped upol
not only every department of our gov
eminent, but upon every individual
: composing it, the present administra
, ton attempts to lead us away iron
the traditions of our fathers an,
; change the whole trend of our nature
. from champions OF liberty throughou
the world, to the despoilers of the free
dom of a race of people without sin
: gle excuse therefor-leads us to tn
altar of imperialiSn AS was so forci