grams from the front which are not of a confidential nature, are denied us. It is impossible to maintain any system of correspondence from Iloilo and the other islands except by mail, as the officials in those places, under orders from headquarters, exercise a censorship practically. prohibitive over the cable. Instances of the suppression of news to prove that the sole intent of the authorities is to suppress accounts of the real situation here could be multiplied if it was necessary, but the repeated assertions of the censor that he was instructed to permit nothing to go of a political nature-nothing that could reflect upon the Army or "create a bad impression at home"-leaves no doubt on that point. Such items as courtsmartial have been ruled out, with the explanation: "I am here to protect the honor of the Army." Recently I filed what I thought a most inoffensive statement that the business men who had appeared before the commission had advocated the retention of the existing silver system of currency. The censor said: "I ought not to let that go. That would be a lift for Bryan. My instructions are to shut off everything that could hurt McKinley's Administration. That is free silver." I explained that the silver system here was not 16 to 1, and with seeming reluctance he O. K.'d the item. The charge that we cared for nothing but to make sensations for our papers is most unjust, for I doubt if ever a body of newspaper men were more conservative in the presence of unlimited provocation for sensationalism. There have been three or four instances which I now recall of conduct by our soldiers resembling the episode of the Seventyfirst New York in Cuba, which were matters of common knowledge here, and which none of us has attempted to cable nor desired to. There has been, according to Otis himself and the personal knowledge of every one here, a perfect orgy of looting and wanton destruction of property and most outrageous blackmailing of the natives and Chinamen in Manila, and various incidents like the shooting down of several Filipinos for attempting to run from arrest at a cock fight, not to mention courts-martial of officers for cowardice, and the dismissal of General for getting hopelessly drunk on the eve of two important battles-all of which the correspondents have left untouched by common consent. Also, there are the usual number of Army scandals and intrigues which we have not aired, foremost among them the fact-it is universally considered a fact in the Army-that Otis is deeply prejudiced against and jealous of Lawton, and has done everything in his power to keep Lawton in the background and prevent him from making a reputation. As a correspondent of the Associated Press, I am supposed to have no opinion, but in writing of events like this war one must necessarily, 443. Aggression-America guilty of, 235. of, 262; Atrocities of, in the Philip- American citizens-Heritage of, 525. American commerce with Hawaii, American conquest of the Philippines American diplomacy and the Paris American expansion-Jefferson's ideas on, 170-1. American government-Moral force American interests in Hawaii, 78. American officials-Duplicity of, in American Republic-Hope of, 164; In- American Sugar Refining Company- American traditions and Hawaiian American warships-Coal capacity of, 166. wealth-Distribution of, Americans in Hawaii-Character of, Annexation of Danish West Indies- Annexation of Hawaii-Reasons for Annexation of San Domingo-Argu- Anthracite Coal Trust-Agreement to Army legislation-Demand for, 272. Effect on American industry, 73, 74. Asiatics in Hawaii, 11. Atrocities-Committed by Americans Big Business-induence sé an polities, Buer Independence-Lfect of gud Boers Characristics of 15: De Boer War-Causes of 654-5; Events Bond sales Bankers, profits on. 462-4- British colonialism-Efects of, on British rule-Characteristics of, 657; British seizure of Hawaii, 113. Business men for annexation of com, 200 - Purposes of, in the P Cessings of terrary-International Chinese labor-Efects on HaEn Cinzenship in acquired territory, 351-3 Civilized warfare-Methods of, in the Cleveland Administration-Bond is- Climate-Aid civilization, 182; And Concentration Camps-In the Philip- and of population, Conquest-And the Declaration of Constitution of the United States- 397- Filipino government-Conditions un- |