Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-06-11
HUMANE WARFARE.
The President Speaks for Our Sol
diers in the Philippines.
says the War Is for the Peace and
Freedom OF Natives-COn-
demns CrueIties-NOt
Party Question


aParty Question.
The Memorial day services at Airing
ton cemetery, Washington, were at
tended by President Roosevelt, who in
feeling address To the old soldiers of
the civil war spoke of their younger
brothers-in-arms, saying:
Just at this moment the army OF the
United States. led by men who served
among you in the great war. is carrying TO
completion a small but peculiarly trying
and difficult war in which Is involved not
only the honor of the flag but the triumph
OF civilization over forces which stand for
the black chaos OF savagery and barba.tsm.
The task has not been as difficult or a i'm
portant as yours, but. oh my comrades
- the men In the uniform Of the United States
20 have Tor the last three years patiently
uncomplairingly championed the
rican cause in the Philippine islands,
our younger brothers, your sons They
shown themselves not unworthy Of
and they are entitled TO the support
~ men who are proud OF what you did.
Ie younger comrades Of yours have
sht under terrible difficulties and have
Pceived terrible provocation from a very
Eruel and treacherous enemy
VIII Prevent CrueIties
Under the strain OF these provocatiors.
] deeply deplore TO say that some among
them have so far forgotten themselves as
10 counsel and commit. in retaliation acts
CT cruelty. The fact that for every guilty
act committed by our troops loo acts Of far
greater atrocity have been committed nv
the hostile natives upon our troops. or upon
the peaceable and law-abidlng natives who
are friendly to us, cannot be held TO excuse
any wrongdoer on our side. Determined
and answering effort must be made and
Is being made, to find out every instance
Of barbarity on the part OF our troops 10
punish those guilty Of 1t, and to take II
possible, even stronger measures than have
already been taken to minimize or prevent
the occurrence Of all such instances in the
future"
LynchinEs mt Home Worse.
The president declared that the Iynchine,
when occur from time TO time in our couu-
Try under circumstances of inhumar cru
city and barbarism are Indefinitely worse
than any cruelty which has ever been com
United by our troops in the Philippines and
that the men who fail TO cordtmn these
lynchngs, ard yet clamor about what has
been done in the Philippines are indeed
guilty Of neglectirg the beam in their own
eye while haunting their brother about the
= mote In his. He continued: Every effort
is 'Detng made and Will lie made to mini
miZe the chances Of cruelty occurring But
keep in mind that these crueties in the
philippines have been wholly exceptional
and have been shamelessly exaggerated
War Conducted with Humanity.
The fact really is that our warfare in
the Philippines has been carried on with
singular humanity. For every act Of cru
city by our men there have been innumer-
able acts Of forbearance, magnanimity and
generous kindness. These are the Qualities
which have characterized the war as a
whole. The cruelties have been wholly ex-
ceptional on our part.
Must Finish the Task
1T behooves us to keep a Tg;lsnt watch
TO prevent these abuses and TO punish those
who commit them; but IL because of them
we finch from finishing the task on which
we nave entered, we show ourselves cravens
and weaklings. unworthy of the sires from
whose loins We sprung
Peace and free om-are there two better
objects for which a soldier can fight? Well
these are precisely the objects for which
our soldiers are fighting in the Philippines
our soldiers conquer; and what IS the OBJ
Ject Tor which they conquer? To eStab-
lish military government? No. The laws
We are now erdeavoring 90 enact for the
government OF the Philippines are TO in
crease the power and domain of the civil
AT the expense Of the military authorities
ana 10 render even more difficult than in
the past the chance Of oppression. The
mllltary power is used TO secure peace. in
oroer mat II may itself he supplanted by
N~-he-clNn gccernment. TIE progress OF the
american arms means the abolition Of cru
elly' the bringing Of peace and the rule
oil law and order under the civr govern
meHt. Other nations have CONQUERED tn
create irresponsible military rule We con-
quer to bring just and responsible civil gov
trnnent to the conquered.
Can Teach the FiIfpihOa
The slowly-learned ard difficult art OF
seH-goVernment. an art which our people
nave taught themselves by the labor Of a
thousand years, cannot be grasped In q
Gay bJ people only just emerging fr1m
conditions OF life which our ancestors LEFT
pehlnc them IN the dim years before History
oaWned. We believe that We can rapidIv
teach the people Of the Philippine islands
rot only how TO enjoy but how 10 make
good use OF their freedom; and with their
eIo"Ihg knowledge their growth in self
government shall keep steady pace Whe,.
they nave thus shown their capacity foi
real freedom by their power Of self govern
ment, then. and not til then will II be pos
slDIe TO decide whether they are to exist In
depenJently OF us or be knit 10 rs be tles
OF common friendship and Interest When
that cay Will come IL is not In human wis
com low 10 foreteU All that We can saw
with certainty Is that IL would be put back
an immeasurabled distance II we eholld vieId
10 the counsclS OF unmanly weakness and
turn loose the Islands TO see our victorious
foes butcher with revolving cruelty our be-
trayed friends and shed the blood OF the
most huHane' the most enlightened. the
most peaceful. the wises1 and the best OF
their owr number-for these are the classes
VINO have already learned 10 welcome our
rule.
Not n Party Question.
. ''""FN 10 "4'it pt d party question
than the war tor the union should have been
a parry question. At this moment the man
in highest office iu the Philippine Islands 10
the vice governor Gen. Luke Wright ~
Tennessee, who CALAMITY wore The gray lr
the civil war and who Is low working hand
ir HAND with the head Of our army iu the
Philippines. Acua Chanee. whtlr the civiI
war CALAMITY wore the blue Those two.
and the men under tht m. from the north
and from the south. ir civi! lre auC ir rrilf-
taiN life. ar teachers. as admin traitors a.
soldiers, are laborirg nightly for w. who
live at home. They are CoiuR "a great work
for civilization. great work f1r tir honor
and The iutfreE OF this ration. and above
an. Tor the welfare Of The i'm, bifarts OF the
Phiuppiiv islands. All honor TO thtr.ard
shame tpr!cc shame. TO- US % We fail to up.
mold Their hands,