Show A MANILA VIEW Philippine Paper Thinks That Mili Military tary Authorities Are Tyrannical Manila Freedom What right has the military govern government government ment mast to deport a civilian from these th Is Islands Islands islands lands What right have they Utoy to arrest a man and place him bim In confinement Incommunicado Incommunicado incommunicado contrary to all law honesty and Justice The military authorities claim that they have a grievance In that the man Brooks broke a contract with them They never neve had a contract with the men that were discharged under the special order that tha they claim the civilian broke At least leas the quartermaster general or the chief cute quartermaster of the department has de decided decided decided that the little paper that was signed by the men was no contract It would not pass for a contract in any court of justice in the world Besides this the government has broken broken bro broken ken contract in several era instances with the men who were discharged dl discharged to take tak places place as u civilian clerks with the depart department department department ment There are a number of instances s where clerks were discharged because e the de department department said there were no DO funds to pay them their salaries and no appropriations na bad had been made for fer the tha same L L Another Item In the contract Is that if It a j clerk could better himself he was entitled to his discharge from frem fro the service Brooks bettered himself materially In that he was wu offered ced a position with a commercial company at almost double the salary he was receiving from the govern government government ment and accepted It as any man nina who to Its honest with himself would do Something be he had a perfect right to do and some something something something thing the war I department would not ob object object object to if they knew the circumstances circum In the case There was no reasonable excuse for the deportation of the man Brooks there was no DO honesty or er justice in the affair It was gross injustice It was highhanded militarism pure and anti simple It was an another another another other illustration of what militarism would do If It had the power Deports Deportation tion is 18 cowardly and aDd unfair and Is rob robbing robbing bing men inca of or a fair and honest chance in inthis Inthis this world Deportation is ill contrary to every principle principle pie and every law of honesty justice and liberty It Is 18 a dog in the manger act They refuse mUM to pay a man a decent salary and refuse to in allow aDow him to accept a de decent decent cent salary elsewhere Every man Is en entitled entitled entitled titled to a fair and honest trial before he heis heis I is punished I A number of men en were warn W discharged di from front clerkships at t ne time e g the tm ground that i ino no hat had 4 been n made ULde to pro provide vide ride for their salaries bat het after alter the ga goy through Its Ita agents te had bad broken the contract contra t C 7 BO so to speak and then re received received received the necessary appropriation to meet the contract they were taken back the t representatives of f the government then claimed that the former contract held good and was Inviolable I printed agreements are not n t contracts wherein one party has every right to violate vi and antI break the same and It is not binding according to law i I When a 8 man can better himself he has every right according to the principles and laws of liberty to do so 80 and every I eff rt to curtail curtan a mans mant liberty in that ir t uon is II unfair and dishonest A gen cral ral impression had obtained about the tho c of last July that the days of Deportation Deportation tation were a thing of we ie e past and that It if men were guilty of ot any violation of the law they would be given givena a fair and honest trial and be dealt with I according to law Alas such is not the case even under the civil regime and civilians are ar ax arrested rested and deported for the most trivial offenses offense What is to be gained by deportation What principle of honesty or law or ortice Jus tice is to be served by the same It may serve to appease e the personal spite of certain officials ot but it does doe not serve any end ead of honesty or justice I Again where are the tM civil authorities that hat civilians have h ve no protection in these islands under a 8 civilian regime If the man has committed murder try I him if it guilty hang him If I he has corn com committed larceny try him and If found guilty confine contine him according to law If the he man has violated any law bring him bbs himo to o trial and give him a 8 sentence accord I tog Ing ng to law but do not resort to under underhanded underhanded handed trickery and scheming to went worst wenta a man simply because it is In your power to o do so no soWe soVe We Ve are acquainted with newspaper cor eec correspondents correspondents respondents who have been deported deport cl as dangerous characters We have h e heard of discharged soldiers who have violated the laws of war w using being deported because they wished to be re in returned returned turned to the states but this is III the first case e we have heard of where a man was deported because beca he was wu offered a re respectable respectable salary and accepted it Here Is le an open question que and we are open to receive answers What constitutes constitutes constitutes citizenship In I the Philippine Islands |