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Show Battle W itkMoros FIGHTING FUZZY- WUZZIES. New Tork Globe. It Is difficult to spare a foe when that foe is firmly resolved not to accept mercy. A war with such an enemy is Inevitably cruol. and rather than years of sporadic conflict, with' hideous, un-namnble, un-namnble, unthinkable tortures practised prac-tised by "the Moro on his captives, including in-cluding tender women and helpless children, it is more merciful to have one reeking round-up. We can hardly doubt the fact, whatever may be true of the Christian Filipinos, that the Mohammedan Mo-hammedan Moros, especially their outlaws, out-laws, are amenable only to fear. A nasty business, therefore, and bringing not much of honor or glory to the ilag, but one it Is hardly possible possi-ble to shirk. Goosefiesh comes as we read the sickening story of fanatics huddled In a crater and hopelessly fighting until every arm was stilled. Moreover, It seems to many as if the President is overzealous in fulsomely congratulating those on whom the duty of butchery was laid. It Is quite probable prob-able that the troops who took part in the movement are now regretting- the compulsion laid upon them rather than rejoicing over Its results. MOROS LTKE THE APACHES. Chicago Rcconl-Hcrald. "In the words of Gen. Corbln, the actions ac-tions of the fanatical and treacherous elements of the Moros 'lias no more relation re-lation to the conduct ot the Filipinos than the Apache outbreaks In former days In Arizona had to the situation in the other Territories and in the States.' " GEN. WOOD'S EXPLANATION. Omaha Beo. w The response of Gen. Wood to Secretary Secre-tary Tafl's prompt demand for a full explanation of the deaths of women and children in tho recent battle with the Moros will go far to allay public feeling on a point in which Americans are extremely sensitive. They would not tolerate for one moment the wanton wan-ton killing of women and ohildren the possibility of which the first vague dispatches regarding the battle seemed to some to suggest, but which is explicitly ex-plicitly denied by the commanding General on the spot. THE TASK A HARD ONE. Indianapolis Star. ' Until we cun fit the islanders for self-government we must stay there, and we certainly can not suffer murderous mur-derous bands to ravage and despoil them, whether they are religious fanatics fanat-ics or mere matter-of-fact brigunds. Undeniably the task Is a hard one. the duty Is irksome, the circumstances odious. But these are not adequate reasons rea-sons for manly men to run away from tasks or betray obligations. The American Ameri-can Indians were in prior possession of New England, but for all that our forefathers fore-fathers made the colonies habitable by removing such savages as not In the way of Christian guns, Just as Gen. Wood is doing with the Moros. |