Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-19
DR.. Parkhurst on the Philippines.

DR. Parkhurst Is not a man of prudent
speech or of the best methods. Attracting
national attention by the employment of
startling means in a local crusade, he has
continued In the sensational line ever since.
and stands now in the front rank Of those
pUipiteers from whom tart language and
extreme views are expected.
The reverend gentleman has now turned
his attention to the Philippine Islands, TAX
ing as his text the recent bloody engage
ment at Mount Dajo. In his sermon yes
terday he said this:
When we thought they would be a
source of revenue to us, We thought 1t was
an act of providence to put them into our
hands Now that we see that we are
wrong, we would call It another act of
providence II We could get rid of them.
The question of revenue did not control
our action in taking over the islands, nor
did any calculations of that character elate
us after the Paris treaty had been signed.
Our difficulties were plain to everybody
from the outset But even II the question
of revenue had controlled us, and we had
no higher thought now, we should be fool
ssh to let the islands go if a money oppor-
tunity presented itself Why should we
complain of lack of money returns when
we have not helped the people there TO
get on their financial feet after the over
throws of war and pestileHce and famine
The auti-imperialists. aided by the sugar
and tobacco interests of the United States,
ere irving TO force a separation between
the archipelago and the United States by
supporting a policy of starvation for the
former stranging the Philippine tarin Dill
is "a feature OF their program
AS 10 the tight on Mount Dajo DR.. Park
hurst said:
But a far sadder feature of the executive
communication to Gen. Wood Is that II con-
tanned not one word of sympathy not one
note of tender distress. In view or the III
discriminate slaughter perpetrated IN honor
OF the American flag We have been taught
10 believe and We like to believe, that the
President has great heart.
And so I prefer to think of that cable
gram COMPOSED. as ii was In the presence,
practically, of mangled men. torn women.
armless and headless children prefer 10
think of il not as being the expression OF
the man Roosevelt. but of the President
Roosevelt in whom officially the heartless-
ness and the greed of unregenerate nation
ality is functionally represented L want 10
find a way out for Roosevelt, for the per
Torrance on the Jolo Island has ghastly
look and the cabIegram matched 1t.
Mark the language. "mangied men, torn
women. armle5s and headless children" A
fancy picture-and altogether yellow -
drawn to infiame passion against the SOL
dlers of the United States. The scene doubt
less was sad enough. but It has not yet been
painted by those who saw it. While at 1t,
why did not DR. Parkhurst represent our
soldiers as dancing around gleefully. with
Moro babies decorating the ends of their
bayonets? And as bayOneting kneeling wo-
men pleading for their lives? The way to
he 3 fellow like that is to be a hades of
fellow
The army in the Philippines is to be con-
graduated on the fact that it's detractors at
home have put their case into the hands of
the doggerel spinners in Congress and yell
low spouters out of it.