| Show condition of affairs in dwar the testimony given by general hughes before the ali senate committee on the philippines dealt entirely elih tho military conduct of affairs lu ili the tia island of bamar where the massacre masa acra of occurred last fall eald said the natives of that island had bad been incited to locate near the stations of the united states troops and thai tha when be he left the island last september about out of a total population of had thus located they had bad been advised that it was necessary for them to pursue this course in tn order to secure protection in the cases where the natives of a tillage village were found liaro oring the th 0 village ivaa generally burned general hughea hughes eald said that as a rule the policy in a riven section Is toward severer treat ment mt nt as the insurrection prows grown fit a point of time he said however thab that the policy to be pursued waa wan generally generall determined by the officers in command com many general hushes hughes eald said lie lie founie ad the Visca generally far I 1 leas 11 i lt ot vt 1 I clyed than he had expected fie lie had chad supposed that they krould follow the rule rules of civilized warfare but had bad been disappointed and thie was one on reason for tho the change of policy toward them |
