| Show democratic BLUNDERS general fred grant has just returned from the philippines firmly convinced that the complete pacification ot the islands Is assured he tells of the embarrassment occasioned hy the position ot the democratic party in tho last presidential election he says the property holding class in the islands is composed of persons who are pretty ignorant and who could not quite understand the situation they are naturally our friends abut were under constant pressure to throw in their fortunes with the insurgent cause when they heard that a party was coming into power in the united states which was in favor of withdrawing the troops and giving up the government to the insurgents they did not know aliat to do it they stood out against the insurrection they would ie likely to lose their lives and property as soon as we turned our isacks with that kind of people timid ignorant afraid to espouse a cause that might lead to their destruction and with the most unscrupulous clement in the islands in charge of the native forces there was no use in going ahead I 1 stopped active operations after the nomination of bibryan and tried only to protect my own men the cessation of activities had a de plora tole result the slaughter of innocent people by the lawless element was partly sanctioned by the insurgent leader some ot the figures which I 1 can vouch for in tho case of any own district are appalling in the province ot they killed over 1000 people because they would not swear allegiance to the insurrection in one narrow district over people were burled alive possibly oy Lad but much more probably proba oly for the same cause ca use one man lorenzo Cal nayor killed eight men in one day within easy reach ot my quarters in the case where the perpetrators ot these outrages could be proved I 1 acted severely after the election when the natives learned that we were there to stay the real end of the insurrection came the above proves the error made by the democrats the last campaign bryans opposition to the administrations cause in the philippines cost thousands of ibeling our own american soldiers and all of a false sense of right and wrong As to the future government of the natives gen grant advocates a form of hom eru in harmony with the movement now under way you must remember says gen grant that they were originally pirates that their civilization is of the fourteenth it not of the fifteenth century and the tendency to brigandage Is so great among them that it amounts tb a disease in many districts the paying of tribute to roo bers is considered the regular thing no more out of the way than taxes our task now Is to give them good government in their municipalities to protect themselves against themselves until they leam a taste for order and then withdraw gradually irom active interference leaving the towns one at a time as we see that they can be trusted but having our troops within striking distance for some time after we leave any district so as to insure against a relapse we must expect much robbery and brigandage and pillage and even murder ifor a long time |
