Show NOT BADLY TREATED SENATOR ROAR HOAR HOA has introduced a are aJ 5 J resolution re asking aking for for some ome information information tion ton about abut the case cae of f Mabini the te cele eels celebrated celebrated Filipino leader It I Is doubtful If an Inquiry Into case will wU show that tat any great wrong has been done him Next to t Aguinaldo Mabini was the most prominent of ot o all al the tho th wn pinos He was a member of Agnal dos cabinet and the te chief advisor of the leader It I is said of Mabini that he is a man manof manof manof of intelligence refinement and education euca tion ton Moreover re he Is thoroughly hon honorable honorable honorable as his actions have shown hown When all l tle command commanders commanders ers era t took tol o the tJ oath of f allegiance to the United States Mabini held back He would not then nor has he since sworn fealty to this this government On account of this he was deported dep red from the Phil Philippines Philippines and sent to the he island of Guam where he still remains remans According to reliable authority Ma Mabini Mabin bin bini is not being badly treated He may wander at his own pleasure about Guam but he will wi not be permitted to toland toland toland land at any American port until he agrees agee to become an American subject subject Should he desire to go to Europe or to any other continent other than North America Amerl or so s much of it as Is con controlled controlled trolled by the United States there is nothing to prevent him from embark embarking embarking ing at his own pleasure In alt aU con conscience conscience conscience science he expect any better treatment At the te close cose of ot the th civil cIvI war the sol soldiers soldie soldiers diers die of or the confederate army were compelled to subscribe to an oath oth of al allegiance allegiance legace and there is no reason for be believing be believing lieving leving Mabini should be accorded greater geater privileges than American citi citizens citizens zens who fought for the lost cause It Itis I ItIs is entirely to the credit credi of this Filipino to decline to t enter into an obligation which he cannot conscientiously fulfill If I he wants want to remain unreconstructed or unassimilated that IS ts surely his I privilege But it is also the privilege of ot the United States to keep him h m where he cannot sow seeds of sedition d lon from irom i h a harvest of blood might t be bel I reaped reaped d It If l mer i over ove the Philippines pines would woula be continued for an n indefinite period I Herald does it Jt approve and never never has ha approved the ide idea of ot holding g the archipelago as y a colony and its is Inhabitants as subjects If the policy must be pursued Mabini should shout be prevented from stirring up I strife stife |