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Show PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT S ADDRESS. nvery American citizen will want to read the great nddresa delivered )es-terday )es-terday at Arlington eemetcr) It Is running over with patrlotlo fervor, Its reference to the tasks that have been done by the people of this country, nnd to Mho one vital task of saving the Union was most lit and appropriate Tho men of the Union armies set the standards for efforts for the future, both In the work of the wnr nnd In the turning to peaceful pursuits atter the war was over It wns altogether a faithful and Just tribute to the great work done by that grent army Dut we are doing a work now not only for the honor of tho fHg but for the triumph ot civilization over forcea 'which stand for the black chaos of savagery and barbarism " The men who are doing It ara the younger brothers, the sons of those who did the vital work In the generation gone be-fore be-fore The leaders are men who took part In the treat war, as they are now doing their part In the smaller war Their work ia not unworthy of them or of tho country They have been accused ac-cused of much wrong-doing hut this has been grossly exaggerated and should not be made the occasion of an assault upon the troops as a w hole He referred to the l)nchlngs and their ter rlble cruelties sa)lng that ' the men who fall to condemn these and yet clamor about what has been done ln the Philippines nro Indeed guilty of neglecting the beam In theli own eje while taunting their brother about the mote ln his ' As communities cannot be Judged b) such occurrences, and aa no people can bo fttly weighed by the cases of crime, outrage and villainy committed among them, neither ran the soldiers be Judged by such cases of misconduct ns may actual!) have occurred oc-curred It Is certain that any cruelties have been wholly exceptional an I the guilty nre tn be punished But common com-mon Justlco should be done tn the soldiers, sol-diers, their work haa been tollsom-and tollsom-and they havo been provoked b) gi t trcacher) and cruelties, )et the war i, tho Philippine has, on the whole been prosecuted with unexampled humaneness humane-ness An I what does the triumph of Alnericnn arms bring In the Philip pines" asks the President, oppression and slnver " Not so, but an extension of llbert) of personal rights ot civ I llzntlon progress, order and advance ment such ns the people there can hardly ev n conceive 'Other nations hnve conquered tn create Irresponsible mlllfar) rule we conquer tn bring Just nnd lesponslble civil government lo the conquered Tho address is er) strong In slate rrenl mirvelously nble in l igh .mi deduction It Is such an address as does the heait good to read afler the oceans of miserable, wretched piiiry whines Innuendo, suggestion of evil nnl covert exultation In the fin ling of (laws In a noble work splendid!) done Piesldent Roosevelt may not silence the traducers of the army and of merlcan admlnlstrailon In tho Philippines hut ho has overwhelmingly answered th. m |