Show 5 OFF IN EVERY WAY 1 Andrew Carnegie cabled from London I a follows l I n sure that President McKinley will direct that Apulnnldo shall bo treated asa as-a bravo Coo who has fallen n victim to tho ato of war reincmbcrlnp that had Washington been captured ho would have been called a rcbi1 Afulnaldo Everything Every-thing Is pardonable to a leader who fights for the Independence of hip country against an Invader History will record ARulnaldos cause a sacred regardless of our views now Therefore he must be honored captivity There Is hardly one correct proposition proposi-tion In the foregoing Aguinaldo will doubtless be treated kindly but not because he was a brave foe but because be-cause Ills blood is mongrel his brain flighty his Instincts perverted and hence is entitled to much charity of thought and then he has much Influence Influ-ence among the uncertain and half savageminded creatures of his own kind Again had Washington been captured he old noU have been called a rebel but n traitor against the Government of Great Britain and would probably under the halfbarbar ous rule that prevailed then been tried convicted and hanged No such charge can be brought against Agulnaldo for a man cannot be a traitor to a Government Govern-ment to which he never gave allegiance He can be proceeded against only on the score that in inciting and carrying on the war he violated the rules of civilized warfare and would b tried ndt by a civil but by C military tribunal tri-bunal Then again his stock his training and his halfIrresponsible brain would be considered hence vfft never expect to hear of his being tried at all Again the Innocence or culpability of a leader who fights for Independence against an Invader hs very little application ap-plication in Aguinaldos case Rather It was the case of a selfexpatriated slave striking at the power that had broken his chains and restored him to native land Again history will not record Agui naldos cause a sacred The true reading read-Ing will be this Tho mongrel 5 soon as he was warmed In the bosom of his deliverer tried to strike him with poisoned pois-oned fangs and certain senlmentallsts In the United States to gain n cheap notoriety as libertyloving Imprac ticables and certain politicians to gain J possible party advantages simulated n sympathy ant made no end of noise painting the mongrel as a Washington and the soldiers of the Union as wagIng wag-Ing a war of conquest until the unnatural un-natural bubble burst order was estab limited in the Philippines with order a just and progressive government with trw schools and with absolute freedom guaranteed to the whole people and the names of the men who in the United States made the senseless and dishonest charges against the Government Govern-ment and the work of the soldiers are happily forgotten |