The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, January 16, 1907, Image 4

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    PROM A lit ADUATC in ntt’ PHILIP.
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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.
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H. JAMES ; j
Leading Druggist-
■■ ’3 “RVAN. TEXAS
Stationery Pipes. Tobacco
I Toilet Articles of, i all kinds
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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[
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i Bo yju
forces in
a just a
hane sa
brdthers
tiog of t
courag
pie, as h
large j>e:
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A HE A1.S<> HIS *I»KCI AT.TIgK
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cent, of the American
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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-
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CLASS PINS
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And all repair work to
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The Jeweler
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atchea and Alarm Clock* at the loweet pric
Hand Painted China, Cat Glaea, and the Hn-
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A. Collins where Hong
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