The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-22
FUNSTON is SCORED
CHICAGO ORATOR THINKS AGUyI-
ALDo'S CAPTURE A CONTEMPT
IcLE TRICK
SEVERE IN HIS ARRAIGNMENT
We Have Learned Spanish Cruelty,
He Says, and Are Now OutdOfng
WeyIer in Methods He
Used in Cuba.

CHICAGO. March A.-"A contemplate
trick" was the designation of Aguinal-
DOS capture given before the Chicago
Society for Ethical Culture, by William
NJ Salter, in speaking of Gen. Funston
and the sensational Funston speech at
The Marquette club banquet.
1T argues decentralization in our city,
Mr. SaIter said, when such rubbish as
Gen. Funston uttered in advocating the
hanging of American lovers of peace and
liberty was suffered to pass without
protest in a company of Chicago repre-
sentative men"
Only in tones deeply ironicaI did the
lecturer speak of the capture of Aguin-
aldo With emphasis meant to convey
doubt as to the boasted superior cou-
age of Gen. Funston, the lecturer spoke
of that commander as this brave little
general" He said that terror at home
as well as in sO-called American colonies
would seem to be the policy of the little
brave" from Kansas.
Would Move for Peace.
A definite proposal for the opening of
peace negotiations with the FilipinoS
was advocated by Mr.. Salter. He out
lined a plan for calling an assembly Of
the people of the islands al an early date
and if they should prove themselves pos
seSSed Of the qualities of justice and
moderation in such assembly, that then
the rule and government of their country
should be handed over to them without
delay.
He urged upon his hearers not to for
get that the leaders of our leaders,
are the common people, and avowed his
Unwfilingness to believe that the Ameri-
can will continue to uphold a policy that
Is strangling the feeling of nationality
among the people of the Philippine archi-
pelagO.
Here in Chicago this past week" he
said, 'One of our generals who captured
Aguinaldo by a contemplate trick was
commenting on the capture and execu-
ton of two naval deserters to the Fill
piuOS, and said: 1T would have been
more an act of justice had we hanged
some of the people who signed the recent
petition to congress asking that we con-
fer with the Filipino leaders in an eff
fort to secure peace Terror in the Phil
lppines, and terror at home would seem
TO be the policy of this brave little gen.
eral.
Says Liberty Is ASsaSsinated.
THE general made much of Fn!-ino
assassinati0ns-bad and vicious enough
they are surely-but how about the as
sassination of liberty?
The nation is now like a brave, strong
vessel at sea ready to fight. any storm
that may assail it, but without a chart
without a course marked out, without
even port to sail TO. We are making
good our title in the Philippines but
what are We going to 60 with it, what
Is our object in getting it2 If we could
have answered that in a magnanimous
way al the outset perhaps there would
have been little or no question to our
title. Il - toe late TO be magnanimous
now?
Our methods are sometimes extreme
not only the unofficial methods, like the
water cure, but the official ones, like con-
centTation camps. This water cuTe is
an an exquisite mode of torture which Gov.
Taft describes as consisting of the pour
ing water down the throats of men until
they tell what they know.
Thinks WeyIer Is OutdOne.
'I am glad to believe that these are
isolated acts and against orders. What I
refer to Is extreme measures taken by
military orders, I mean the so-caIled con-
centraton camps. Zones are established
around our garTisions, within which all
Inhabitants Of the country around about
must gather themselves. Any outsiders
are HaDle TO be shot or hanged. No neu-
Srallty is here permitted. Every inhab-
liant must be an active friend or is
treated as an enemy. AS a result fires
are seen IN every direction around the
ylHa9eS and farms and growing crops
are destroyed. And inside we are manu-
1acturlng lntormers, hypOcriteS and 10y
az Americans-it does not matter much
by which term we describe it. It is a
method we appear to have learned from
old Spain. We are more humane no
doubt and take better sanitary precau-
tons-but in principle the camps are the
same as those of Weyler in Cuba. We
have actually army officers now saving
that Weylor lInew his business
our relations 20 Cuba are one of the
brightest and most beautiful pages in our
history. Why could we not have done Or
be doing the same thing in the Philip
pines? Let us not say it was our late
presidents fault, although probably
nothing contributed so much to an out
break or hostilities as his cablegram IF
Dec. q, 1883. asserting United States SOW
ereignty unocoupied with any declara-
tIon that the United States would respect
the wishes Of the people. He had no
right to make such q declaration. If it
was to be done it should have been done
by congress"