Show Evidently the war department is trying try-ing to razzledazzle the paople of this great republic I anyone but Al ger were in charge of this department we should feel assured that such is the case One day they send out dispatches announcing that the Filipinos have quit Next day the leah list is longer than ever Then the announcement is made that the backbone of the insurrection insur-rection is broken But this is followed Immediately by the canof General Otis for more troops on the ground that it is impossible to maintain our supremacy supre-macy in the Philippines with the 40 000 who are there There is something uncertain about this expansion business busi-ness I |