Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-18
, SHORT severe war is less cruel

IN Ludu lOuE UIdW OuL A6AT
49, said the captain, easily. "Of
course it isl Everybody knows it! So
why do the people at homeecriticise
us because we use every means in our
power to prevent further rebellion2"
"They ought to be thankful we don't
use Spanish methods" said Wilcox, the
5unior member of the mess. He was
only six weeks out Of his cadet gray,
and a new arrival at Camp Chicobang.
The captain smiled, pleasantly.
mop he said. Haven't we a recon
centrado system similar to theirs?
Haven't we q blockade? We're mere
~ taking up affairs where they left
them, and following Spanish methods
In our own way. When this rebel
lion began, we tried to treat the ma
dives as civilized creatures, but, thank
heaven, we're learning sense at last
The subaltern flushed to the roots
of his close-cropped hair. do you
mean to say that any measure, how
ever cruel, Is justifable in war;"
About thet," said the captain,
amused at the boys interest In a sub
dect which was q stale one to the rest
of the mess. This business has got
TO be Strengthened out, and that's
exactly what, you and are here for.
War Is wrong; therefore 1t Is cruel
and brutalizing Benevolent assimila-
ton talk Is all rot, and as for civilized
warfare, there's no such thing. The
measures used are adopted as circum-
stances arise, and must be cruel or
barbarous, as the necessity calls for"
Wilcox was staring at him. half In
horror, half In fascination. And men
can talk that way in the twentieth cen
fury" he murmured.
The captain smiled again. 1.-THE only
way to carry on.war with this peo-
pie is to do to them as they first did
to US. AS long as we spare them,
they're going to think we're weaklings,
and grow holder by result. They
haven't any honor; you can't treat
them as white men, Their own meth
DDS are what they expect and their
own methods are the only means by
which this fighting will ever be stop
ped. It may involve an awful lot Of
suffering for non-combatants, but we
can't help that. When the people cry
out Enough then the insurgents
will lose their support and the rebel
lion will be at an end-for while"
Wilcox was playing nervously with
his fork, and biting his lips as II to
keep back words he would not speak.
He was young, and his high ideals
Of the calling he had chos-
en- had made him blind to the hard
facts with which he was now brought
face to face. It was impossible to bo-
lieve that his own countrymen-offl-
GERS of the United States a1my-could
be so cruel, so barbarous. He did not
care what the captain said; bloody
treatment must serve only to ALLEVIATE
this struggling people. If the rebel
lion had once been handled different
~, what was the cause of this rever-
sion to the savage? Had the lust Of
blood so crazed the white men that
they forgot their race, their civiliza-
ton. their upbringing? Wilcox pitied
the Filipinos; they, at least, were fight
ing for their liberty.
by the way" said the captain,
''did any OF you fellows hear that the
general expects to catch Luiz Maha,
who killed our policeman down at
Bin0ran, and tried to murder the port
commander"
"Been wounded asked some one.
''No, but his wife had a baby re-
Gently, so he probably won't move his
quarters so easily. They'll shoot him
on sight"
well, hope they see him soon."
said the medico Hes made more
trouble for US than any other insur-
recto in that part of the island"
A sudden sound Of running feet was
heard through the din of tie rain out
side. The door OF the mess-hall rasp-
ed open, and dripping figure appear
ed on the threshold.
''The colonels compliments to the
commanders Of X and o Troops, and
will they please report to him imme-
diately? Outpost No. 2 has been cut up
by insurrectos, and Lieutenant Ellard
and men at No. 4 have been captured"
In the blackness Of the night before
dawn, long line Of men, lying fat
on the soggy earth, wormed their way
through the tall rank grass. On the
crest Of a steep ascent the leading
figures halted cautiously and one by
one the men came to a standstill, each
with a hand on the foot Of the man
ahead. A light was beginning to
streak the east when the captain con-
suited the native guide in soundless
pelloQrA --A-.-.