| Show Till THI The statements mule made by b Governor Taft b beCore foro the senate committee on the Philippine situation clearly ole reveal r eal the for tor a n full Inquiry Into Inlo tho methods of ot warfare That war Vor M lit hell hellIs Is understood but the American people liae a n right to know to what particular lar IlIr depths of the lower regions the Philippine contest Is being The lamentable struggle In the Islands commenced In In the Interests ls of or humanity and nothing should bo tolerated that justly deserves the conture of ot tho civilized world Gov Tuft admitted that American I solder hud had Indulged In unnecessary I killing which la but another name for murder Ho no admitted some heR CAMS of torture one of ot which he ht explained It consisted In pouring water down the throats of ot men until they would swell up This ThIll WAD wal done for tor the purpose lUr l e of making them tell what they ther might as U for fOI Instant AS AI to whiM where Huns guns could be e Cured tl it is I needless to slY that practices of ot that kind must have the tendency of defeating the very ery t for tor the tho Mi Fol l wore wort tent lent to the islands The will not b converted N n to 10 Amor m r c can n Ideas by torture an murder Yh Wh They Have ought rought f op O Y w preson on They cannot be expected tM to submit protest t to any other form of ot To bo 1 0 auto suro Jov Taft that such atrocities lu Vo been orders doos that bettor tho situation Havo tho Iho soldiers who guilty boon culled called to tD account fur tur their wrong doings 7 If tSO so IUD wo 10 to understand th t many of or them urn so 80 entirely without discipline 1 tin M to go against tho express commands s of ot their ther superior lIu Wi arc ato told that tho cased Isell of ot torture have not Jt n been lieen many and a ill those thoc that committed In retaliation for tor tho cruel oruel deeds of ot he tho It Is difficult lo to avoid l the conclusion though that havo been many more than taken om olal notice of ot Only by flY a n thorough It In III Investigation can eRn the Ihl full tull truth bo La as nil ascertained I There thoro hao been ugly m ru mars of ot ns an practice tice Uco of If our military policy In tho 1 the tho narrative of at tho governor rather tuther strengthens the belief they Jut but too founded I Tet ot there be ho light on the cl And It would not lOt bo ho bad to 10 hen hear l the tho Filipino 1 side of bf the glory tor as III writ WIll as Cill HI dm other tide |
