Show HOWZE AGAIN EXONERATED i The final and complete exoneration of Major Robert L llowze of the United States army Is a source of the deepest satisfaction to all who hate Injustice and admire manliness and openhanded methods Major Howze was accused of torturing and killing Filipinos who were captured at his station of having them chopped to pieces with knives Major Hunter appears to have been the chief enemy of Major How e and to I have taken the lead in his prosecution I When the charges were first brought to the attention of the War Department a court of Inquiry was ordered the testimony tes-timony agaInst Howze was by insurren toH and l was shown to be false the officers of-ficers of the command testifying that nothing of the kind occurred So the accused was exonerated I Ignoring this exoneration General Miles on his visit to the Philippines last year rent Major Hunter whose enmity against Major Howze was open and manifest to make another InveMtgitlon On the lying 1 testimony of the unfriendly Filipinos and prompted by his own malice ma-lice Major Hunter selcd the opportunity opportu-nity to make nn adverse report against Ilowe But lie did not have the decency decen-cy to send his report through the regular regu-lar channels and received a Just reprimand I repri-mand for Ills failure Gen Miles In his it port made unfair use of this report of Hunters Ualmlnb that How e wau guilty in spite of the verdict of Die court of Inquiry Then Secretary Root look the matter up again und convoked another court ofInquiry with directions to go to the bottom of the whole mater This It appears the court did withthe resultS that Major Howzc Is fully cleared Ma the jor Hunter having appeared before court to substantiate his charges a thing which it Is evident he failed to do The result is an excellent vindication for an able and patriotic officer and a complete com-plete overthrow of what appears to have been C nasty plot for his ruin |