Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-12-28
ELIHU ROOTS RECORD OF
BAIIBARISM.
Continued from Page 1.)

France, Japan, Portugal, Belgium,
Canada Australia, Africa, Servia,
Montenegro, Roumania
Speaking at Carnegie Hall, Root
with pious JUNCTION exclaimed:
Poor Belgium! Peaceful, indus
trious, God-fearing, law-abiding Bel
gium!"
The hypocrisy of this apostrophe
Is apparent from a perusal Of Conan
Doyle's story Of the Congo atrocities
and the official report on the Belgian
crimes against the helpless Congo
natives. The world was petrlfied
with horror by the revelations of the
official Investigations into these acts
OF savage feroclty, studied cruelties
and malignant brutality Of poor
Belgium!" This alone proves that
Mr.. Root is a malevolent mischief
maker who pays little heed to the
truth.
But Mr.. Root is on record as the
man responsible for the atrocities
in the Philippines, and to revive his
memory of events that should make
him hide his head in shame instead
Of uplifting 1t in the face Of multi
tude Of people as the champion OF
humanity, we call his attention to
the printed report contained in
pamphlet of 119 pages, entitled
Marked Seventies. Roots Rec
ord in Philippine warfare. An anal
ysis OF the law and facts bearing on
the action and utteranccs Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Root"
This pamphlet was not q sporadic
attack on a politician TO crafty a
personal spite. but was issued as
protest against the inhumanity of
certain phases of the Philippine war
while Root was Secretary Of War.
The introduction bears date OF
August 90. 1909, and is addressed
to Moorfield Storey and Julian Cod
man and signed by Charles Francis
Adams, Carl Schmz, Edwin Buriitt
Smith and Herbert Welsh, Commit
tee.
These men ask for a report on the
truth Of Roots official communica-
tion, that "the war in the Philippines
has been conducted by the American
army with scrupulous regard for the
rules of civilized warfare with care
ful and genuine consideration for
the prisoners and non-combatants,
with self-restraint and with human
ity never surpassed"
The Committee says: 1--WE ask you
to advise us, in so far as can be as
certaincd, whether satisfactory or
complete revelations could have been
elected by any Investigations con
Quoted under the conditions imposed
thereon by the order issued by the
War Departement and the instruc-
tions therein contained"
The answer to this question makes
up tho bulk Of the pamphlet. The
publication is crowded with war or
ders and details, and the whole is
too long to be entered into circum-
stantially. 1t is one appalling record
OF violence and savage brutality sell
dom cqualled except by poor Bel
gium" in the Congo. There is MOTH
ing in our history that confronts us
with more scathing record OF brut-
ality and bestial depravity than this
report OF Messrs. Storey and Cod
man. 1t is the gathered evidence OF
two Americans to a committee of
Americans. Let us print here only
a part Of the findings Of the investi-
gators under the caption OF their
rConclusions%:
4. That the destruction Of Fill
pino life during tho war has been so
frightful that 1t cannot be explained
as the result Of ordinary civilized
warfare. Gen. Bells statement that
one-sixth Of the natives Of Luzon--
that is, some six hundred thousand
persons-had been killed or died Of
dengue fever in the first two years Of
the war is evidence enough on this
point, especially when coupled with
this further statement:
That loss OF life by killing has
been very great. but / think that not
one man has been slain except whore
his death served the legitimate pur-
pose OF war. IL has been thought
necessary to adopt what in other
countries would be thought harsh
measures, but which Secretary Root
calls a marked humanity and mag
nanimity.'
%. That al the very outset Of the
war there was strong reason to be-
lieve that our troops were ordered by
some officer to give no quarter and
that no investigation was had be-
cause it was reported by 1t Col.
Crowdcr that the evidence would
implicatc many others, General Otis
saying that the charge was not very
grievous under the circumstances
3. That from that time on, as is
shown by the reports of killed and
wounded and by direct testimony,
the practice continued.
"a. That the War Department has
never made any earnest effort to in
vestigatc the charges OF this offense
or to stop the practice.
IS. That from the beginning Of
the war the practice OF burning ma
tive towns and villages and laying
waste the country has continued.
The special correspondent OF the
Boston Transcript, as early as April
ID, 1899, wrote from Marilao.
Just watch our smoke is what
the Minnesota and Oregon regiments
have adopted for a motto since their
experiences of the last few days.
Their trail was eight miles long; and
the smoke OF burning buildings and
rice heaps rose into the heaven the
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