Show GENERAL E E. S S. S OTIS MAKES DEFENCE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS CHICAGO March 10 Reports Reports of In Increasing Increasing increasing In- In creasing cru cruelty among tn the American I t troops oops in dealing with the Filipinos os are I discountenanced by Gen E E. S S. S Otis who declares S' S that an American American soldier is not capable e of the brutality which has been beena a accredited to him Revenge was not wreaked upon the Filipinos by United States troops while I I I. was was' in the island said Gen Otis That was not the spirit of the troops Whenever oc occasional cases of cruelty came to the ears of officers rigid were made and adequate punIshment punishment punishment pun pun- given There is less trouble with the natives as s time wears on and I am certain that the r reports ports of cruelty are re over over- drawn drawn |