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Show TVe are told by the correspondent of th" ; Paris Temps that over a hundred men have been hanged in Manila for various . offenses growing out of the war. Th.' j fact is a grim commentary' on the meth- j ods we have been trying to make our rule i acceptable to the people who rose up I against the authority of Spain. We ought I to ask ourselves, has our rule proved to be more beneficent than that against , which we helped them to protest? This t'jr-matter t'jr-matter is too important to be regarded in ' any factious spirit. It demands the most serious attention of cool-headed people. The pacification of those distant islands is a question involving the highest interests inter-ests of the republic. It touches our honor no less than our material welfare. There , is a new chanter of history npeninsr before us, and in the determination of the wa it shall be written justice and humanity are factors which no statesman can dream of overlooking Standard anil Times. |