Newspaper Page Text
IGTEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BY TELEGRAPH AND CABLE-{^??~
THE RESERVES
CALLED UPON
Queen Victoria Sends Important
Message to British Parliament,
WIDESPREAD COMMENT
British Gamp Captured and Sacked
After Severe Fighting.
THE ZULUS ARE ARMING
Advtcca Itocnivofl fron? Nonth A fr?on
Mmw dim tlm Ilourn nro Ktemllly
Adrnholiiif on llridNii <niii|>n nu<t
Httril Flicbtlnff Blity llo Ex pec toil
NOOU-KnEnrOmCttt ItoyoiMl l.inly
? iiiii!i Reported?Tlio <'umh? Out
of I lie Nllltin mill Mtltlln Ittnurvc?
Of KltKlHIIll Itcvlvoa Old Ntorlca- A
Wurm DcbuCoIn I?arliiimoul.
(By Telegraph to Vlrglnlan-Pllot.)
London; Oct. 18.?A special dispatch
at Pretoria at noon yesterday says:
"After n few shots were llreil at Mafe
king the while Hag was hoisted. A
Boer party bearing a Hag of truce was
sent to Inquire whether the town sur?
rendered- No definite reply was re?
ceived. Tho Burgher messenger was
detained for six hours and then re?
leased."
The War Olllcc has issued the follow?
ing statement:
"News has been received from Gene?
ral Sir George Stewart White, tho gene?
ral commanding In Natal; that the an?
ticipated movement of Boer forces
across the DraU \>erg, already re?
ported from several quarters, was likely
to bo continued on October 17, and thnt
more of thenv might be expected to ar?
rive at Bonn it Bank thn t night, and
probably to come Into contact with our
cavalry between Lndysmlth and the
passes of the Drakensberg.
"On the north the Boer forces from
Ingaganc are advancing, accompanied
by a few batteries of artillery.
"On the Buffalo river the Boers from
Vryheid are moving toward Vants and
Rorker's Drifts.
"Our cavalry remain In observation
and report movements in Orange Free
Stale. The Basil tos are said to mani?
fest an attitude hotflile. to the Bgers.
and they may neutralize a certain
number of the Boer forces." f
BRITISH CAMP CATTURED.
Lourcnzo Marquet, October IS?The
Volkssten, tlu> Boer official organ at
Pretoria, gives the following account of
tho occupation of the British camp at
Rarnnlhlnhama, Just north of jvfaife
klng:
"The British camp at Ramathlabama
has been captured and sacked by Gen?
eral Cronjc, .after severe lighting. Many
burghers were killed or wounded. The
British loss is not known."
The Volkssten added that "success
has thus far every where attended the
burghers," although It admits that In
the various skirmishes near Mafeking
and at other points the Boor casualties
number some sixty or seventy killed
and wounded.
BUYTXG UP PROVISIONS.
A representative of the Transvaal
Government has arrived hero and Is
buying iip all tho provisions obtainable.
One hundred and thirty persons have
just been released from the Barberton
Jail. A Transvaal train -has been over
the Portuguese border.
MOVEMENTS OP BOERS.
rretoria, Oct. 17.?(Delayed in trans?
mission).?Commandant General Jou
hert has arrived at Newcastle, Natal.
Ho found only< a hundred men there
when he entered the town. General
Jan II. M. Kock, second In command of
the Boer forces, la still at Ingogo. He
has cannon commanding R?thas and
Linnet passes, and has cut the railway
between Dundee and de Jaager's Drift.
Several Transvaal commandoes are
moving toward the Blggarsberg moun?
tains, to tho south of Gloncoo.
The telegraph superintendent at
Heidelberg, Transvaal, reports that on
Sunday night a balloon passed over
Nigel in the direction of Standerton.
General Oronjo, after warning the
women and children to leave Mafeking,
opened fire upon the town with can?
non this afternoon. No response was
made.
In spite of the severe strain the
health of President Krugcr continues
good.
The first hatch of military prisoners
is expected here this evening.
BRITISH ARMY ESTIMATES.
London, October IS.?A supplementa?
ry army estimate has been issued, ask?
ing the House of Commons to vote an
additional S?.OO? men and ?10,000,000
sterling in consequence of the situation
In South Africa.
It is expected that tho 35,000 men
represent the probable maximum ex
ccsa beyond the establishments fixed
for the year 1SM-19C0. and Is In conse?
quence of the calling out of the reserves
and cf the temporary transfer of troops
from the Indian to the British estab?
lishment. With the additional ?10.000,
0">0 the U'.al army estimates are ?30,
617.200.
A REQUEST REFUSED.
Ladysn>it,h, October 17.?(Delayed In
transmission.)?A native tribe In Zulu
land, whoso cattle had been raided by
Boers, applied to General Sir George
Stewart White, the British commander
In Natal, for permission to make armed
resistance. General White refused their
xequeat, as be Is opposed to the use of
colored auxiliaries In the coming strug?
gle.
APPP.O ACHING BRITISH CAMP.
Camp Glcncoe, Natal, October IS?2
p. m.?Boer scouts have been sighted
at Hatting Spruit, seven miles from the
British camp, and an engagement Is
imminent.
THE OR AN" OK PHEE STATE.
Ladysmlth, Nntal, October IS.?An
oflicia! note published here says: "A
Free State commando yesterday com?
menced actual hostilities. The Free
State has thus taken upon itself the re?
sponsibility of beginning war and can?
not hereafter pose as the Injured par?
ty."
ENGAGED IN RATTLE.
Ladysmlth. October 18.-5:25 p. m.?
The British forces came Into contact
with the enemy in the neighborhood or
Acton Homes and Lester's Station,
about sixteen miles out, tins morning.
The tiring began about 10 o'clock.
Ladysmlth, October IS.?5:0"> p. in.?
The British cavalry patrols have been
In action at Acton Homos and Lester's
Station since midday and the action is
i still In progress. A number of casual?
ties have been reported. Supports are
leaving the camp and expect to light
tomorrow.
THE ZULUS ARMING.
London, October 18.?According to a
special despatch from Durban. Natal,
the Zulus are arming with Assagais.
Chief Din/.ulu says he ils unable to re?
strain them. It is expected that they
will bo joined by the Swnzis.
MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.
London, Oct. IS.?In the House of
Commons to-day the first Lord of the
Treasury and Government leader, Ar?
thur .1. Balfour, brought In the follow?
ing message from the Queen:
"The state of affairs in South Africa
having constituted, In the opinion of
her Majesty, a case of great emergency
within the meaning of the act of Par?
liament, her Majesty deems it proper
to provide additional means for mili?
tary service. She has, therefore,
thought it right to communicate to the
FILIPINO OFFER
TOJELL O?T
General Otis Receives a Message
From General Pio Del Pilar.
AFTER AMERICAN COLD
For Ono Ham lie Offers to Kcfrnln
From AIIACkliie Itlmilln, for An?
other to Knrreuder After n Mhnui
lintilc, .-.in) for A not tier to Over?
throw rill|iluo Itoptiblic nutl.Unlie
AculiinUlo n I'rlsoner.
(By Telegraph to VI rein tan-Pilot*
Manila, October IS.?S:05 a. m.?Gene?
ral Otis Iras received messages purport?
ing to come from the Insurgent General
Plo del Pilar, offering to sell out his
army and to deliver Aguinaldo Into the
hands of the Americans. Although he
is not satisfied that this offer Is au?
thentic, It Is not Improbable. The policy
of General Otis Is firmly set against
buying any surrenders.
Pio del Pilar offers for the sum of
$30,000 to refrain from attacking Ma?
nila with ills army; Cor the sum of
$250,000 to surrender his army after a
sham-battle, both sides firing Into the
air, and for the rum of $500,000 he says
he will procure the overthrow of the
Insurrection -and the cap Iura of Agui?
naldo, Pa.tei'no and the other leaders.
WARMLY GREETED
INjCENTUGKY
W. J. Bryan Addresses Twenty
Thousand People at Louisville.
HE ANSWERS A LETTER
Ami Creed ?he Donioornln of the Bine
Qrnn Mtnte to Hnpporl tllo Noml
ucoa of the Democratic Convention
? McKinley'* "Divine Direction"
Theory Exploded?Uo Also Npenk*
to Larco trowih nt Oilier Pointe?
(By Telegraph to virginlan-Pllot.) |
Louisville, Ky., Oct. IS.?Twenty
thousand people greeted W. J. Bryan
and the candidates on the Democratic
State ticket at Churchill Downs this
afternoon, the occasion being the first
demonstration by local Democrats In
the Stato campaign now Iii progress.
The crowd was filled with enthusiasm
and satiated with barbecued meat and
burgoo. It fed upon oratory by the
State leaders, notably ex-Senator J. C.
S. Blaokburn and William Goebel, and
the champion of tho cause In National
politics, W. J. Bryan.
The barbecue was tho featuro of the
third day's program of tho parly which
has been dumping Kentucky In the In?
toresi of the regular Democratic nom?
inee. They spent three houm at the
BRITISH ARTILAVERYMBN IN ACTION".
House that her Majesty is, by procla?
mation, about to order the embodiment
of the militia, and to call out the mili?
tia reserve force, or sucn part thereof
as her Majesty may think necessary,
for permanent service."
WIDESPREAD WONDERMENT.
The calling out of the militia and the
militia reserves has occasioned wide?
spread wonderment. Old stories of
preparations against continental com?
binations are revived. It Is freely ru?
mored that the government Is determ?
ined to demonstrate to Europe that the
British army is not a negligible quan?
tity.
Tho House agreed to consider the
Royal message to-morrow.
A motion by Mr, Balfour, appropriat?
ing the entire special session for gov?
ernment business, was carried by 1179
votes against -18.
THE GOVERNMENT ATTACKED.
The debate on the address in reply
to the speech from the Throne was then
resumed. Philip James Stanhope, Libe?
ral, member for Burnley, moved an
amendment, strongly disapproving the
conduct of the negotiations with the
Transvaal. He attacked tho policy of
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr.
Chamberlain, and demanded that the
latter should clear himself of the charge
of complicity in the Jamison raid.
The amendment was seconded by
Samuel Thomas Evans, Liberal, mem?
ber for the Middle Division of Glamor?
ganshire.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Liberal,
member for West Monmouthshire, and
former ofilclal leader of the Liberal
party, following several minor speeches
for and against tho government, said
It was tho duty of the party to support
tho government in maintaining the in?
tegrity of the Dominions of the Queen.
kbut that they had a right to speak of
the policy of tho government in an al?
together different tone- He criticised
Mr. Chamberlain's policy.
At the conclusion of his speech the
| Houaa adjourned.
BRITONS MUST LEAVE.
London, Oct. 19.?The Cape Town cor?
respondent of the Daily Mall says:
"The authorities at Johannesburg
have announced that they will make a
hou?e-to-house Inspection on Monday,
and will compel every British subject
to leave the town,
"Dispatches from P.oir, dated Satur?
day, state that the Boers advancing
northward were repulsed at Lobatsi
Station. This doubtless means that
Colonel Plumcr's force, advancing to
the relief of Mafeking, had encounter?
ed the Boers."
FLANKING LADYSMITH.
Ladysmith, October IS.?It Is stated
that the enemy's scouts are almost in
touch wrth the outposts nt Glencoe. The
Boers are working around both sides
with the idea of getting south of Lady
smith and attacking in force with the
eo-operation of Commandant General
[ Joubert.
At Glencoe the British patrol covered
a wide area in order to prevent out?
ranking, and were subjected to a hot
tContlnued on Sixth Page.1
In the course of the communication
he refers to Aguinaldo in contemptuous
terms, indicating that strained rela
tlons exist between them.
PIO DEL. PILAlt'S PLAN.
Reports are being received from the
districts occupied by the enemy that
the Filipinos believe that Pio del Pilar
has an audacious plan to break through
tho American lines Into Manila and
seize General Otis and the Archbishop.
Possibly these rumors were started
with an idea of helping him to make a
deal with the Americans.
it is unnecessary to say that tho
Americans would welcome an attack of
that sort. There has been much specu?
lation of late regarding the whereabouts
of Pio del Pilar. The recent attack at
La Loma is credited to his men. It Is
believed that ho Is now in the vicinity
of San Mateo Valley with a force of
from 1,800 to 3,000 men.
FILIPINOS KILL CONSPIRATOR.S.
Ten former Spanish soldiers who were
captured by the Filipinos and for a
time acted ns officers and members of
a Filipino artillery regiment located In
the vicinity of Santa Itosa, in the La
guna do Bay district, determined to
surrender tho artillery to the Ameri?
cans. The plot was discovered by the
Filipinos, who killed seven of tho con?
spirators, tho other three making their
escape to Manila.
A MESSAGE TO OTIS.
It appears that when tho surrender
was determined upon tho Spaniards
delegated one of their number to pro?
ceed to Manila and to propose to Gene?
ral Otis to surrender, after a pre?
arranged mock battle, about twelve
pieces. Including Krupp and Norden
feldt rapid-tire guns, well supplied with
ammunition from the LI pa power fac?
tory, In exchange for certain sums to
be paid the Spaniards, who were to be
pardoned for carrying arms against the
Americans and to be transported to
Spain.
The delegates left Santa Rosa and,
accompanied by three Filipinos, entered
the American lines at Caiamba. The
Filipinos did not proceed far, deciding
to await his return at a given time.
As the delegates were detained In
Manila longer than they had expected
they grew suspicious and returned to
Santa Rosa.
THE PLOT REVEALED.
The Plot was then revealed and the
remaining Spaniards were attacked.
The gunboat Nupidan. coasting near
Santa Rosa, perceived two men on the5
bc-noh hurriedly embarking in n canoe
and pushing out toward them, she took
them on board and they reported that
the Filipinos, on discovering the plot
to surrender the artillery, had cut the
throats of seven of their Spanish com?
panions and that they themselves had
barely escaped with their lives.
The three Spaniards are now hiding
In Manila fearing Filipino vengeance.
Genoral Otis had declined their offer
through the delegate to surrender the
artillery for money, but ho promises to
send the three to Spain.
XConUnuccl oa Page Dlcvenv).
Jockey Club grounds, nil full of speech
making, and then resumed their trip
to Covington, Ky. After a meeting
there to-night the campaign in Ohio
will be begun. A notable part of the
day's program was played by the Cook
County Marching Club, of Chicago,
which, 300 strong, camo into town at
S o'clock this morning, and to the
music of five brass bands cut a swath
through the heart of Louisville that
brought cheers from the hundreds who
had gathered to grcot "them. To-mor
row they will take a trip to the Blue
Grass region, touching Frankfort. Lex?
ington and Paris, jumping Into the
midst of the Ohio campaign on Friday
at Cincinnati.
MR. BRYAN" WARMLY GRRETRD.
When Mr. Bryan arrived at the race
track he was greeted with loud ap?
plause. The crowd completely filled
the large grand stand, even down to
tho bottom of the steps, and several
thousand people were Jammed and]
packed together on the ground. j
The speaking stand was Immediately
In front of the grand stand. It was a
sea of huma.nl ty that the speakers
faced. The Chicago Democrats were
seated In tho center of tho grand
stand.
LETTER FROM GOVERNOR BROWN
Mr. Bryan began by reading a letter
from John Young Brown, which had
been handed to him on his arrival in
tlie city.
The letter cited the statements con?
cerning the -agreement of Goebel and
Stone by which they combined their
forces for tho purpose of securing the
organization of the Louisville conven?
tion, and asked whether, "after over
300 men were olaced In the convention
Instead of the delegates selected," the
convention could give Goebel the nomi?
nation of the party. He also asked
whether such a contract was not fraud?
ulent.
Governor Brown further asked whe?
ther a. chairman had tho right to deny
an appeal; whether armed police in the
convention was not a menace to free
government; whether Bryan vrns In fa?
vor of the Goebel -election law. and,
lastly, whether Bryan had any plea
save that of political expediency to
justify submission.
THE LETTER ANSWEWED."
Mr. Bryan said on the subject of.tho
letter: "Now, he asks if it bo true that
this was done. I want to' say that I
did not come to sit in judgment on any
convention. I did not come to discuss
the details of an election law. I come
to say, and I say with emphasis, that.If
there wan anything done tn that con?
vention that a Democrat does not think
ought to have been done, I ask of that
Democrat what his remedy is.- Is it to
elect a Republican Governor and Re?
publican olllclals? The man who tried
to correct a Democratic convention by
electing a Republican Governor as?
sumes responsibility for all that that
Governor does after he has been elect?
ed."
URGED TO SUPPORT NOMINEE.
Mr. Bryan then urged his hearers to
support tho regul?r nominees of the
Democratic convention, saying that the
convention not only reaffirmed tho de?
clarations of the Chicago platform, but
defined tho attitude of the pat ty on the
Issues that have arisen since 1S9C. The
survival of those principles, he de?
clared, to bo of more importance than
the question of candidates. He assert?
ed it was not a question between Gocbel
and another Democrat, but between
Goebel and the election of a Republican
Governor and Republican State officers.
He recognized tho right of any man to
bolt, but said ho thought this a very
poor way of remedying any wrong,
fancied or real, that might have been
done by the Louisville convention.
M'KINLEY'S PHILIPPINE POLICY.
Mr. Bryan again attacked tho Philip?
pine policy of the administration. He
cited MY. McKinley's statement that the
United States would hold the archi?
pelago and quoted the President as
saying:
"I confidently believe that Congress"
will provide for these people a govern?
ment that will bring them blessings and
advance their material Interests."
"Change this sentence but slightly,"
said Mr. Bryan. "Put 'Parliament' In?
stead of 'Congress,' and 'colonists' In?
stead of 'people' and you have a decla?
ration exa-ctly In line with the policy
of King George when the American
patriots were In revolution.
"Again, put "Cortes' Instead of 'Con?
gress' and 'Cubans' Insteud of 'people,'
and yon have tho announcement <>f tho
Spanish King Sn justification of his
campaign of subjugation at the lime the
United States Interfered to free the
desolated island near our coast.
A DEPARTURE.
"These things denote a departure
from the principles contained in the
declaration of Independence, As an il?
lustration of the demoralizing effect of
this Imperialism, let me cite a recent
manifestation of our foreign policy.
When Greece was struggling for free?
dom, Daniel Webster thundered the ap?
proval of the American nation. When
Cuba was devastated the American na?
tion came to the rescue. Now the gal
t laut Doera In South Africa are shed
i ding their life's blood for tho right of
men to govern themselves, and this na?
tion stands with Its hands tied, it6
throat gagged.
"If we appealed to England In Treh?lt
of tho Boers, she would reply, 'What's
the matter with the. Filipinos?'
"I want this nation to be at peace
with the other nations of the world,
but I would rather have tho gratitude
of these valiant Boers than tho smile
of an English aristocracy."
DIVINE DIRECTION.
Mr. Bryan attributed to President
McKinley a statement that our posi?
tion in the Philippines was a, matter of
divine direction. If he felt It an im?
pulse to go Into his pocket and give to
the destitute he might, he said, trace
that feeling to God. But If he felt In?
clined to reach Into another man's
pocket and rob him he would not
charge that against the Almighty. The
Republican Philippine policy, he said,
reminded him of a colored man about
whom he had heard. This negro Haid
he had found that if he prayed to God
to send him a, chicken he rarely ever
responded, but if ho prayed to God to
send him to a chicken ho most always
got it.
Mr. Bryan urged upon his hearers the
importance to the party of the olectlon
to tho United States Senate of J. C. S.
Blackburn, saying his volo was needed
In tho determination of the questions
of public policy brought to us by the
Spnnlslv war In tho event of possible
legislation looking to an Increase of the
standing army, such aa he said, was
attempted last session; and in the mat?
ter of trusts and the Income tax.
At many periods of his discussion of
national Issues, he paused for the re?
mark, "and yet they ask us to stop
while theso questions are pending, to
settl.-s the deUHs of a State conVen
tion."
Mr. Bryan's speech was Interrupted
frequently with applause. He was fol?
lowed by Mr. Goebel, after which the
party went eastward, expecting to ar?
rive at Covlngton to-night.
AT HARRODSBURG.
Ilarrodsburg. Ky.t October IS.?The
Bryan party left Junction City at 6
o'clock this morning and reached Har
ro-vlsburg at 9 o'cloclc, where the first
meeting of the day was held In the pub?
lic square. Great enthusiasm was man?
ifested throughout. The reception uc
corded Mr. Bryan was warm and dem?
onstrative. Mr. Bryan repeated that he
did not come to Instruct the p.roplo
how to vote. He said the right of every
citizen was to vote as his conscience
approved, but that as the I.oulsvlllo
platform endorsed the Chicago plat?
form, Mr. Goebel, as the representative
of his party, should receive the united
support of the party, and that there
will be plenty of time after the elec?
tion to adjust the personal differences.
Mr. Bryan said the trust question
was like the flea question; one flea did
little harm, but many became a pest.
We had trusts In 1890. but not so many
as now. Trusts have become a pest.
A plea was made for Joseph Black?
burn's election to the Senate.
In the same line he favored tho elec?
tion of Goebel for Govornor. who. If
need be. can appoint In case of a fail?
ure to elect by a Legislature. Ex-Sen?
ator Blackburn and Senator Goebel,
candidate for Governor, also addressed
the meeting.
Mrs. Bryan, by special Invitation of
the ladies of Harrodsburg, occupied &
seat on the platform.
AN IDEA A GOOD THING.
Khelbyville, Ky? Oct. IS.?Shelbyville
was reached at noon and an enormous
crowd greeted the train on Us arrival
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
; I?r, flrovrn** Condition.
! The Vlrglnlan-Pilot received :
: hist night the following telegram
: from its Richmond correspondent
: In answer . to an inquiry wired
i him:
: "Rev. Dr. A. G. Brown, who
I has been 111 at his home In Ash
1 land for several months, and who
j was taken muoh worse yesterday,
t was resting a little more com
; fortable this morning. His son,
: Dr. A. G. Brown, Jr., of this city,
: and his other children, are ut his
: bedside."
I ililMMHl (? IM?M? ?I4M<|U ?Ml? ?? ??.??
Emperor William and His Great
High Priest Hananias.
? '?: * i
REV. HERBERT B1CELOW
Xbroiri Nome Hot Shot In the Aull?.
Imperlitllsllo Contorence at Chi?
cago?Atnnjtlng Artvlco Olren by
Doctor* of Divinity?What Wo Aro
Dolus In the I'tillipplnea-A Sen*
antlon-Reioiution* Adopted?
(By Telegraph to Vlrclntan-Ptlot.T
Chicago, III.. Oct IS?Delegates to the
anti-Imperialist conference nt Central
Music Hall held tho second day's ses?
sion to-day and resumed the task of
completing the organization of a na?
tional anti-lmperlnlist league. J. Ster?
ling Morton, of Nebraska, presided. Tho
speaker of tho morning wtis Herbert
Myrick, of Springfield, Mass.
Following Ml*. Myrlck's speech the
general discussion of tho Philippine
question occupied tho timo until noon.'
A. public mass meeting' was then held,
conducted by Mr. Morton. Congressman
J. J. Lietitz and Rev. Herbort S. Bige
low, of Cincinnati, delivered speeches.
Mil. BIGELOWS SPEECIL
Mr. Blgclow spoke In part as follows:
"The nation la standing at the part?
ing of the ways. Two paths lie before
her. Two voices are Epeaklng. Ono
voice Is asking, Which path will pay?
The other is demanding. Which path Is
right? Tho course we take will depend
upon our answer to these questions.
Tho two questions are In reality one.
But if it is conceivable that even tem?
porarily wo might profit by the wrong,
still, unless the soul of the nation is
already lost, wo will ngrpe that before
tho question of profit shall have a hear?
ing, the question of right must be set?
tled.
"We arc told, Mr. Chairman, that
thcro are Imperialistic designs lurking
In tho mind of General Aguinaldo; that
he is seeking to establish over the
Islands a tyranny, and that in sup?
pressing tho insurrection we aro flght
l?K for tho right of tho Filipinos to ruio
themselves. Why not sny that to them?
Agulnoldo is keeping up the light under
the pretext of resisting American sov?
ereignty. Take away tho pretext; let
Congress issue a. proclamation declaring
tho right of the Filipinos to rule them?
selves, ii.nd promising to recognize the
government of their choice. Then what
cause, would there, be for disorder in
those. Islands?
AMAZING ADVICE,
"Amazing Indeed that doctors of di?
vinity should stand in their pulpits and
advise sending tho sons of the nation
to wade through seas of blood to com?
pel these Christians to "accept our ver?
sion of the gospel. Wo are to 'bestow'
tho blessings of a good and stable gov?
ernment upon thoni? Sir, we have been
reared In tho political faith that gov?
ernments are derived and not bestow?
ed. Tell the coolies of China, tell the
?fellnhln of Egypt, tell tho pariahs of
India that governments are bestowed
upon them. But tell the President of
the United States, upon whom we have
bestowed somo limited power for a
brief season, that such, language Is of
-fonslvo to the American ear.
"Wo paid twenty millions for a pre?
text to call criminal aggression 'bene?
volent assimilation.' We have paid
twenty millions for a tablet on which
to write tho epitaph of the Republic.
To the cry for peace we say, 'the war
must go on to tho grim end,' and we
call that Christianity. To men who
dare to fight for freedom we say, 'sur?
render or die,' and wo plead the decroe
of Providonoe. If that Is Provtdenoe,
then T appeal Xrottv tho decision of Pro?
vidence to the conscience of the Ameri?
can people.
BII/LY AND MARK. .
"Humanity?what aro the claims of
humanity; what is the offence of poly?
gamy; what Is the crtmo of slavery
compared with the insult of the rebel
AgulnaJdo In refusing to bend tho knee
to tho Emperor William and his great
high priest 'Hananias?' If t were a
Filipino and any canting Methodist
cams to me with tho proclamation ot
sovereignty and the ultimatum to dis?
arm and bo baptized, T would say to
him: Son of. Insolence, bombard our
cities, set Aro to our villages, mow down
our corps, mako of every woman a
widow, of every child an orphan and
overy home an ashhoap, and then when
you have left enough evidence of your
Christianity, go back wtth your blood
stained hands and gold that drips with
tears and boast of the desolation you
have wrought, the people you have van?
quished, but forget not to tell that,
though you have established the order
of a grave yard and the peace of the
dead, you have yet ta conquer the soul
of tho Togal
WHAT WE ARE DOING.
"But, Mr, Chairman, perhaps We
ought not to talk of war and oarnage
and murder. We are not fighting the
Filipinos. They are simply undergoing
a process of assimilation. They are ba->
(Continued on Pago Eleven.)
OTHER TELEGRAPH PAGE 6
CLASSIFICATION OP NEWS."
BY DEPARTMENTS. '
Teleeraoh News?Paces t, 6 and U.
Local News?Paees 2, 3 and 5.
Editorial?Page 4.
The World of Sport?Page 11.
Vinrinia News?Pai?e 8.
North Carolina News?Page 9.
Portsmoutb News?Page l? and 11.
Berkley News?Page 11.
Markets?Page 12.
Shipping?Page 12.
Real estate?Page 1Z
