Show WAR IN THE philippines the new york tribune in speaking epe aking of the famous war letters written to tho new york evening post by captain harry L wells whose illustrated lecture the war in the philippines Is now attracting so much attention says we reprint some salient passages from the new york evening posts special correspondence from manila setting for the alms of the insurgents sur gents and the methods pursue dby them for the attainment thereof we are glad to do this as we have been hitherto to quote from the same correspondence because we consider these letters to be among tho most valuable contributions to current history and to current information concerning the philippine islands and their inhabitants the writer is evidently a man of cultured intelligence shrewd observation and sound judgment his letters are pervaded with a spirit of soberness and truth of these war letters of captain wells tho post itself says our correspondents letters bear indisputable evidence ot judicial fairness and adequate knowledge in every sentence we have faith in his intelligence and integrity and firm confidence in his ability to tell what heb elleves to be the truth without fear or favor these letters gave captain wells a national reputation as an authority on the and tho war and are sufficient evidence of the of his lecture on the subject illustrated as it Is with genuine views of battles and campaign life taken on the field while in actual campaign captain wells will lecture in ogden dec ath |