Show Till MANUA I Detroit Free Fre Press The frauds which have huc been discovered discovered ered In the Philippines resemble rt emble those that were perpetrated without num number number ber bar during tilts the civil war var A commis commissary story sary und mind an his hili clerks sell seii govern government mont ment stores to a contractor who pro proceeds proceeds proceeds to dispose of ot the tho spoils and ev er on the th Inside has ha a share In iii Inthe the tho loot Conditions In lit the tha Philippines ore are peculiarly favorable for tor crimes of this character The Tho and their confederates are miles from fromn home The nature of the country makes It comparatively el to lose commit sary sury supplies An n exorbitant tariff Is Imposed Upon lon Imports of at foodstuffs Consequently the time to tim be bo made by the tho th sale of ot government supplies are aro enormous and ant It would bo ho strange e If It somebody had bad not yielded to jo temptation temptation tion Indianapolis Sentinel It Is l not surprising that the Neely Nee and scandals scandal In Cuba are fol tol lowed by the Harrows scandal at ut Ma Mo Manila nila Down In his heart every Amen Ameri American can cnn recognizes the fact fuet that these ore are only specimens of at what may be ex ox expected expected If It we wo undertake colonial government we will have havo fraud scan dal shame humiliation and the more so because we have havo undertaken It In violation of ot our principle principia of at the right of ot Baltimore American They Toe the scandals are In reality nothing more mort than the outcropping of ot the weakness pf ot human nature Trusted officials have halo been tempted and have hare ha yielded to the temptation Their remoteness from the tho center of ot nu au and probably a n certain sense of ot security attributable to the chaotic conditions surrounding them thorn have hae con eon to breed these scandals which disgrace the nation but do not riot Impeach the honor hono or integrity of ot Its motives natives On the part parlor of the country but one dc do demand domand mand will he bo made That demand will bo ho 10 for the discovery discover of or all 1111 those In these frauds antI and their punish punishment meat ment without mercy |