The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 16, 1907, Image 4
PROM A lit ADUATC in ntt’ PHILIP. ! ! ft| fM : - satisfied and we, “U —» -— 15,-, _ S. & L'o ” as ponders ^ ust»al, will pay for their acts H'ith both people do 1*^ and tnoney f _ ji;" of the I'h f^gam there is the sissy man si ho is could sol always ready to stay at home d id of dayh|^|^ letter. I hahn’s way and *t«£l exactly how of coneid ■Jvfcnl to those fht» uphol i our (^d^irnnht nt. Oti the orhei h.md o4r Ameiicaa papers often : re far from the trdth, afijd; the An lerican p^tiple l now lit»i or pra Really nethmK «F the re*I cpnditioi that pee\tiil in I thp^e Is an Jr, unlesa they have been here and had ex porn nee in fr** ' :rlR * 1. with iti niany dificult ; problems t tat we^ ahva\ ^r . ally frying to wily#. If wflth j B^causi ■ O [i (treat divta i e the Inlands at a ffiim natH'e land; and *~Teause |) tljyir haviny so alien a jVjp- lat on thjay lean never bd ex|>e ted to Jy a part and paroel of our ‘ ' " .us to B li, , upon tants as,a patriotic portion tn|ho*»weaUh. K|tpf?Hence iaLny that thr lie*-mis ( HEtivernm T^st easy tieir m '4# the htis tauft ^Philippine* ate ihjsiolo-»i, ally and psychologically / thtfiTent, in fhet almost oppoMtv from iti. 'I'he white fnan and the brown tile have stafred fitun entifelx ditfer- ef t Standpoints and the lines of their jwtinress do not seem to be .con\a?rg- 'Idt- I'hey i may parallel !bur vs ^l iiiexer nteet * ind even though they ;>arallel their Elista news are so far apart ai to make and keep the people -traruters always. Out herv you ate l*etter ably toj realrze and appreciate this deference, and K>.ktM>.^ how un- sarmountahle is the iritervettinie bar- rwr, than one living in the states. No dpuht (he people on our Western toast can more fully realize this iruth. I he map ajr a distance may have beautiful tieories. (For instance W. ,U Bryan Who once' made a stateoiem after vipit^lK the. Islands for a fen 1 days, “4 yould clean these Islands up a»id have it he people under self govern ment In ; six months.” Bryan only sfcw the tiiishest ttpe of the native rfeople a i id undoubtedly j judged all ak cordmg ly.) But even the eheonoi ttf a phi osephtc and humanitarian umv-ersicy professor, however nicely tnsidere i, that do not always contain icts, am it naturally follows that inflicts 'rill result when sudh people tjy to tell the public of something of Which th.ty know nothing themselves, to advance ideas tha; could tjevfcrhe ptiOinto practice. In the mean time while we are Heinging uur little brown brother to a proper cc no-ption of his duty to his treat F mancipator" as a patriot and Citizen, and are educating the slow 4nd unsv npathetic ones to see things ih their rhie light abd as they really to the gende extent of them day by day. We ate ndehtpd to a member of the class of ‘M5. who is now a com missioned iftwer in the Philippines, for the fo lowing interesting letter.* - — — * a is^i exacuy now For reason that are probably obvious thiigs should be dotje. - TTie mgher to most of he cadets and alumni of odjcials here aiX? no doubt the Imost thip institui ion, voe tpustj pffniri from xbie and brighest that AmoriQa has publishing his narrie [We certainly ever produced, because they l| ife a appreciate i)s letter, and hope bt will Kt^it problem tx> solve and thej best w^te again i , i‘ !. 1 jJ ■ j *ni required to do it. Pracacplly , .Tbe Ph lippines 4^-* w b^t they demonstrating this point 1 refer ToOUr were in tie days of the Umpire, and olA Indian fighter*, ini the early j days fftfarr; Inyvi C were, nor they never of American colonization. Th®- got WT^l be. I i4iat the; masaes of Arrjer- prictically the samtf deal. O^it: in 3 people consider ! them to be. th^ dreary desert wastes or in thd jun- e we jreeesve the daily • IpapiAs j E***' they suffered frbhi rain, haill Cold lished in Madiln and «1 x> the or heat, but eve: dutifully and jlrxv^- dailits of America «otwo !«m every ^'iffmaht thfc butties and blar.el the Steamer. By comparing the: e two vs ay for the'Pioneet. [taking thej con- paj>e s you will observe thlofdll 3vring: di4i®i as thby found [them; Ch^icipg opt * HHp MBHHjl v<are t dat» and fac^s in the c Hb of ('•eluding torture and scalrm fffj and every cvtHnt, wtfh *t«ciei« U " ' L " J iukta e (o those uphol I friends Ur it ophic min hill and down; through forest wilderness, morning, noon aiul fa):iag fhe- dangers i>* ambus treachery—W handfql often hundreds, and yet ' the sent siisy map soug'^rx si*me com heme in the vHry tieart of z'ivil add luxury., Whu. never .knei never cared to know,’ how it fel ajreal man and do a man's work, „ « readv (ahd it still readi*^ with his little darning needle to pjinch a hole in senrie reputane*. j Me raises up his little squeaky ethpuhate vpice m expression jot horror j itVthe '^rutaj ;treatmyi«’| . accordesl the religious fanatics or insurrectonaas. the may be in this part of theilolrld) b^r thb bl«MHi thirkty soldier maq. ■ l*he engagement at Vft. Bud l>aje on Jolo Island,’(w hich is in aie ex t^eme Southern piiri! of the Arcripela un 1^06* bitw'een ftve hundred frenzied fanitical Moros cnpoeiMtlte JAiivy hnd Constibnlary l^ts receited the greatest ofabusJ bj the American press. More so thapi nny tqher one thing which has been called tp my notice and ‘ io the njtlc^ erf oithers'in these Islands. r It is indeed a shame that out grand ufd nation can not procure the rierx ices «d some few of theseVnost distinjuished gentlemen who sit in the cool hreevzes of an electric fan twelve thpusind rqile* away,and dnscrupulouslyi pul>- Ifch to the world what outi^gepus things are happening in the-fa; off Philippines, where American ktiidets afid soldiers are killing men, l-orritm ahd children for spori. 'I'helbarha- rian way in which fhey assaulted Hud l?ajo and with no consideration |For 4 X or , a » e slaughtered five h «rf our dear , little Moro brtn flaring one td tell of the dfced. I hik afotemei ‘■bombre*' who is bubbling oylr w Ith g^eat Kxecutive abilities (that hialone Wnows of) proceeds to publisH hdw '•human, disgraceful and i^ncatyd |or Were these actions of the U. i.Ttrooje ia their murderous wholesale daugh ter of the little brown men. Thi* shine sissy man then proceeds tp erx- Fjlam how the (iovernmem of i heae Islands should be run and the fillings they should not do,'and the thine* they should do. . There he is on rhe the question why the ;>U* these men in charge Ippinhs. Any one that th's sin^^in in a few- should have the greatest ion. But alas! could a few of these! ther stupendous philorf- step over in chi* direc tion ui>d ini tie the sweet fumes of black- pow er, and see before hull sever*! hu ired fanatical Moros pr Pulajhnes i ith uplifted bolos trying, to get his scalp, "do you candidty thinlr»he i ould take out his field gluaie* and nake a careful inspection of each bra m amigo before he shot (in r (jetenc of life) in order that no mistake wt ild he made and the hlobd of ftmatit il frencied woman wuidd not hie *»n Kis hands. Certainly the brchvn ferSalt- would sacrifice h'er li/o any iMomenr to get his, because Albl( has promised them that thlr ip«ire! lives a ken ^he greater is the -rf'ald in Ae hereafter. Again con sider; that the women on Mt. Bud wen dressed as the tpen and 7 the 4** C aid not be' distinguished 11 un^alWou were very close, then ypu wero undi ibtedly in cjose quarters and j on)# fighting for your life. Thefe M|x»s at I!>ajo had been oifer- |djMHB| '“^ceivable treaty of peace mard Wood for over a every offer was refused, inuetl to sweep down on |peaceful inhabitants and L, and t:oke everything they return to their homes — a D. Tucker LIVERY STABLE Only Stable on Main Street. FIRST-CLAS$ TURNOUTS. THE ONLY RUBBER TIKE CARRIAGE IN BRyAN. 1 i ii i 'T H. JAMES ; j Leading Druggist- ■■ ’3 “RVAN. TEXAS Stationery Pipes. Tobacco I Toilet Articles of, i all kinds ■4-uii f — ■Sv J’: wished, |1 ±" c -'T:r' ul - voiikk y r, ' n .r: *»•' --- , T xe R nacamento. n rati\*e jjaper Hanili , receives many of these taolt wicj J j circulated papers from Auierica, mdseeing what the people honielatui jiay in reghrd erf Oi Pfiuippii to ttie ac ion oi V- S. troops in the * at once publish the -amt I'laf, ft Unifor t'AlS' \|aKR Cleani vor* vkkd ! MiN-Yi KORt; 4 kew |>*a j HI! ; Trousers or Uniforms CHARLIE I T S, The bailor ( . • '.*] -. T |KM F«»it Y' ’ l' UN A FKW DaYH’ NOTICE: * dressing and Repairing tfthqr side of the world and" doubtless lin* wor xxw- a b ilipino and k lows thing of their habits, custom i, re ligion, etc., while other menj from America's highest ranks areriijviiig ’ WtfT ‘ by year id make of which ^hilanthr ip«c-ally assimilatmg < W i th Jn *°'[L by mC * n * ° f swo * d P*«P‘« - part and mU,t 411 wi,,,nRl ^ 4“^ pafriotic commonwealth, fimhfullv and ^f racrAfi^ly of they often sav sqems icnpra pur blocd for fhbir enlightenment. Ibr instead of coinrfidmg ,t l-or in the end some oae must certain- we are diverging. U P “tT 1 ® O f 't. hut everys. a at k> n , of the w.wld b.»dy els^ going to get the short hot there men who stay at gnd. If hittory and onr own Amen- * W ay from t*»e field of C*J1 hloo. I- mat haa l*een lost in these are positive of their Island, ~ vindicated; so will be the *i.,t.ri*g the rit.ation ( yawping politician and exploits. ^ e y must be cUidered the w^t in Thm politician and exploiter w ill be land V), and no doubt the world am| in t! is' pay does more harm thaai can ae sumiomited in months, or team gr those whb are trying t©[ brt^K th» Filipino to a higher plain of plevat an. think the American hese islands are recei ving due reward tor what they fietd, for these brown hen they, for the ext*Cu*| :ir duty receive such en-j nt ti from their own peo- j been Recorded them ttf a[ ' * i Bo yju forces in a just a hane sa brdthers tiog of t courag pie, as h large j>e: I’res-? (Ah O • vg I A HE A1.S<> HIS *I»KCI AT.TIgK Ti , 1 J , [— - . - - 1 i j^j 1 "fl 1 j Lai . 1 1F e cent, of the American I , -1 i/jl r\er Only—Ope of the Class of 05.> j SANUA^ MEETING OF V. M. C. A. The Y da\f afte ourdel short ton, w About Cornell rell -of t of the with *v Ir ^ einert trip, and tiora anc building, inti of He Will ng.' t is M. C. A. meeting bun- n. owing to the reports of [ s to Rustqn and to the I of President Harr mg- [ more than usual interest. ity-fit-e were out to hear and Cunningham *0 catch a part 11 -usiaanra and earnestness j these boys are overflow-! to bci r regretted that all ' to go to Ruston. Next i t have a large delega- ;s are going *0 hum from \ we want everyone in! foe a stronger Asaooa- ultimately an Associatiob nd which the students* center. addresses, mention was traveling student secretary, k after the interests o^The ■ation, and will be an id in securing our build- ' All kind* Jewelry of *il( ext line of Chli ILL BRY AINI, TEX. Give your order for CLASS RINGS CLASS PINS l* 't Ml >tg» And all repair work to Ji «. 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