Evening star., 1918-08-11
BY PATRICK GALLAGHER.

It was a picture city to our SOL
dier boys in blue shirt and khaki-
domes, battlements and spires sus-
eesting the scene of some Arapiaii
Nights tale And a picture CITY II
remains twenty years after ina
morning in the trenches, August To-
1895
The field guns begun barking ana
Dewey's guns booming as Anderson
little army went "over the top. Al
told, about $500 regulars and Soiuh-
teers took part in the assault.
commenced at $50 am, when the reu
and gold banner of Spain waived 10
the sun from the tall pole on the
executive building in the heart OF the
Called CITY. A couple of hours later
rhe red and gold fiuttered down anu
a plain white flag went up. cease
fring,r" was ordered on snip anu
shore After a brief interval down
came the white flag and up Went tns
Stars and Stripes With res9hahs an
capitulation of Manila. The cheering
stopped as suddenly as it began Inc
marine and military bands were play
ing THE Star Spangled Banner Inc
lines of "Jimmie's" face softened as
his voice joined in the hymn. VIC
tory sobered his spirit. He helped 70
take Manila, not as conqueror' put
as a liberator.
Making World Safe for Democracy.
Five of "Jimmie's" comrades were
killed during the assault: the wounded
numbered 43. Before that, In the
trench fighting, II were killed and 90
wounded. Twenty years ago Jimmie
could not know that he was helping
to make the world safe for democracy;
that he was closing a page OF old
world history and opening a clean.
white page, upon which he would
write things that would change the
whole political face of the world; that
he was about to train for action on
a greater stage heroes who would
lead a vast host of his juniors-most
OF them nippers OF ss-over
the Philippines-the "Full-of-Prunes"
of his campfire jests-would be the
crowning justification of the Ameri-
can standard to be raised alongside
our brothers in arms in France, The
name they gave him-John Bass and
o. X Davis-was to pass away. He
was not to be Jimmie" but Sammy"
soon. Still his work was to live and
it did live and it will keep on living,
because it was good. honest. Ameri-
can work, well and nobly done.
When President Wilson stood before
the tomb of Washington July 4, 1918.
and summoned the slaves of the Kings
Union to cast off their chains and be
free-as God intends all men to be
free-ten million Filipinos bore wit
ness to his right to lead the way to
world government under law.
Among the wreaths reverently lain
at the grave of our First Chief were
two brought to Mount Vernon by the
Teodoro r. Yangco. And the white
silk inscribed with the date Of our
first Independence day also bore the
significant date. August 20, 1916"
be celebrating the second anniversary
of their own independence day. In the
short space of eighteen years America
aided them to achieve their ambition
and become one of the free, self-gov-
erning peoples of the earth. That is
Wilson penetrates to friend and foe
as the voice Of truth. We can 1iber-
ate the world. We have liberated the
Philippines.
Kaiser-Kicked Germans See It.
Even a kaiser-kicked German must
accept the Filipino as a competent
witness in the matter of American
honor and American capacity. Con-
sui Andre and other tools of the
Hohenzol1ern slave master worked
night and day to seduce tho Fflipinos.
They failed to manufacture q soli-
tary pro-German Filipino. That fact
should be known in Berlin. It Is a
signal proof of American honesty and
Prussian rottenness- Lies money,
Why?
Coiumbia,s call to arms was an
gwered with joyous shout on every
Philippine isle and in every Philippine
Village. The bravest' and best among
tho Filipinos hastened into the uni
form Of Uncle Sam and organized for
the battlefield division, now said to
be one of the best under the nag.
Manila and Philippines stand high on
the honor roll of units that over
subscribed their quota of liberty
bonds: Why. Kaiser William and lie
son for Philippine loyalty.
Nobody loves conquerer. My
travels have taken me around the
world, and I have never yet come
its conquerer. It might seem to be
loyaEto accept the seeming in
evitable-but always you would hnd
present, burning. however dimly, the
emDerS OF dlSioyalty TO force, which
is merely another term for loyalty
to truth. A thing is just or it is un-
just: it cannot be both at the same
time.
Loyalty Of the Filipino.
The loyalty Of the Filipino Is due to
tho fact that he knows the American
nag stands for liberty and justice. And
he knows that liberty and justice mean
progress and prosperity. 1t is not
merely that he can hold up his head.
politically, just as high as other men
and to every man. that is something,
but he can jingle pesos in his pockets
and cash his check at the bank
Twenty years ago, there was no Sc
curity for life or property in the Philip
pines. After more than three centu-
ries Of misrule. the natural nobility of
the Filipino was responsible for such
yestige Of law and order as remained in
the archipelago. The despot was respon-
sible for the prevalence of banditry.
The foreign commerce of the islands was
almost wholly in the hands of foreigners.
Tho alienation of the Filipino's domain
was well under way. Self-expatriation
was the price Of liberal education; the
scaffold. the firing squad or the living
tomb Of a donjon, the price of patriot