Show ALLEGED CRUELTIES OF OUR SOLDIERS exciting scenes in the lower house of congress over the charges made by a democrat washington may 15 ff mr vandiver of missouri adit to ane desk of the speaker of the house and biad read a dt aument appearing ill the arink world signed by corporal hie hard Ol irien company M wicnty sixth infantry giving alloyd of in alio philippines ip tho killing afi women and babes under circumstances ot ru elty including tile alleged uio of tho dum daito balleta bu lleta sir vandiver road a letter from patrick ford editor of alie irish ing he had talked with corporal who alio charge and wa ready to make alli davit to them to be forwarded to washington the charges vere too honi lilo for belief sir van direr said it they were not borne out by reports of ontra gea by our forces against alifi natives when sir vandiver asked if any one in of tho administration wn ready to rise and defend the atrocities of american soldiers on natives nati vei air W A smith retorted with an inquiry whether fttie one on the other side of the chamber was ready to rise and defend the atrocities of on american an exciting between fc I 1 L mr smith and mr the latter alint atrocities neither on one bido or tin other were defensible 1 I haac evidence piled mountain high declared sir vandiver of cruelty cator tion tor murder arson rape und cry oilier known to the calendar that ia falte falt e exclaimed air smith and I 1 hurl hack tho charge at tho ran aleman and cfall him 0 o produce the TO if he can tho proofs are ample and vill bo baid sir tho gentleman ought to lo 10 asham of elf interrupted mr smith to casall the army seven thousand milea from home mr vandiver responded that iiii respect for tho of humanity woo greater alian that for soldiers guilty of eccli cruelty he proceeded to read portions of the testimony before the philippine committee of the senate when he referred to general huntton Funt ton mr landis iud interjected the w cabatic inquiry i fenston I 1 that the gentleman who ruptured you rold frigul f f M dij ye answered mr vandiver and this diiulio aguinaldo seems to be a great bugbear to the otner side of the chamber but all hii eulogies come from that side of the chamber answered mr landis poon after mr vandiver became en paged ina in a aarni colloquy with mr hamilton mich who demanded to know libya stable government was going to be maintained there was considerable confusion and the chair had to rap n for order mr vandiver continued to recite cases of alleged cruelty |