Show DEWEY AND ND AGUINALDO A i A TION NEWSPAPERS APERS 13 are nrc more inane than gleeful over oer Admi Admiral I J ral rat Deweys testimony about Again I I aldo They seem to think that the en entire enI entire I tire Filipino case hinges on the ques question ties j tion as to whether Aguinaldo o is a hero heror or r a Nothing could be more absurd Admiral Dewey has testified that the tb first opportunity that came to toA Aguinaldo A for looting was accepted The admiral naively confesses that he be beate ate a part of some cattle callIe that Aguin Aguinaldo Aguinaldo Aguinaldo aldo had stolen but he justifies his po position position on the ground that it was yas a necessary necessary essary essany evil en of warfare It lt certainly was No fault can be found found with t th Admiral Dewey on that score core Neither does anybody object to toI I his statements of opinion and of fact concerning the former Insurgent lead leader leador er or Perhaps he has made out a very i bad case against Aguinaldo Whether he has baa or not Is for the public to de decide dedde cide cId It really aU make the least bit of difference which side gets the verdict Is not no the Philip Philippines pines He Is not the Filipino people If he be Is a thief thI t If he Is a 0 traitor does that fact make the policy ot of im imperialism Ii right Benedict Arnold was wasa wa waa tr a n scoundrel of ot the worst possible type trpe He sold his country to the enemy en mJ for tor moneys moneS and position Did Arnolds y crime make the cause of oC liberty less l s just Does any reasonable ble r man suppose France would have hate been justified In refusing aid to the conti continental continental armies Ies because Arnold was a traitor Admiral Dewey very bluntly told the thes senators s who ho questioned him Chat they were W re making too much of or Aguin Again Aguinaldo DIdo aide He lie spoke truly Too much was 1 made of Cf him bim The Issue In the Philip Philippines I pines plue is not a man or men It is a policy That the administration Is 1 not hot particularly proud of oC Its course cou e Is evE evi evidenced bj by Its evasion eaSlon and suppression a of the real ireal facts and the real Issues Now Xo President Roosevelt has issued a solemn proclamation in which he be de declares declares clares dares that peace reigns In the Philip Philippines Philippines pines n He ha Ham made ethe the tha same statement s e tm In his Pittsburg Independence day speech spee h But the dictum of one man overt even el en though thoUC he ke be president of a great Teat re re j public does not ot transform r rin war war ar Into Inlo peace pece There can ran be n H w peace where a sullen people have bave been crushed Into a semblance of nonresistance The fires tires of ot Insurrection n may ma be banked now but they l y ire are r like e to break breakout r ak out with renewed violence v leme at tit any mo moment ment meat Peace In the Philippines will hardly be permanent p until the Th Filipinos receive some assurance that tHey tIby th y will ym willbe be given ghen some measure of vern ment meat under an American protectorate Meanwhile Aguinaldo used as a n prop pro p to sustain tim the sinking Re Be publican cause caus |