The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1899, Page 1

| fr to be taken ; the Library-*?* om v+ OLUME LXXXYV 87. FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY PRESIDENT IS STYVLED A PECKSNIFF Johnson of Indiana Scores McKinley for His Policy. SENSATIONAL S PEECH IN HOUSE Chief Executive Charged With Re- taining Philippines in Interests of Capitalists Pledged to Aid Him. Speclal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.—Dur ization bill, yhilippic heard in the dent and th motives, questioned h tency by adv more s of his auditors by the impetuos the spee Landis, one of his Republican stated to the House that Johnson se public sentiment. 1 appropriation bill to- lost sight of in the gen- ion of the policy of ent relative to the and several notable de, particularly that . (D.) of Kentucky. The gen- e bill closed to-day, rrow will be taken up for ts under the five-minute rule. hnson rose for his remarks he at+ once attracted the attention of the House “A few evenings ago,” he began, “the me Market Club of Boston gave a t at which the President was the principal guest. From the newspaper aceounts of the affair it was an exceed- ; elaborate one. The Secretary of War was In attendance, he whom the ston populace had hissed upon the a few rs before, ere they with rapturous ap- chief who had bestowed H the plause upon him his official character. dl n, for they were dent set them the leading Republican of the country, which for e been fiercely attack- y and yet have lacked lay their ax to the root the evil and censure the gentleman who, to rev d him for his political i s in the cam- servi paign of '9, & ent position the nd has maintained him notwithstanding his s and against the righteous t that have been made him. o Secretary of the Navy also graced the occasion with his presence, &nd s ot his 1 1 courte so and tr epeat the stale 1l charge that those who fication of the infa- ce with Spain wete - bloodshed that od ilippines. the Chief Magistrate had speaking another member of the official family, the gentleman who pre- sldes over the Postoffice Department, in his place and proceeded to load chief down with a eulogy so ful- ravagant, so absolutely . given over to hyperbole that no indi- vidual not wholly eaten up with vanity 1 possibly have endured it without ea and ¢ st The newspapers further inform us that among other decorations, there were suspended over the entrance to hall three portraits, one 1, one of Lincoln and one and that be- the banquet Liberators.” Now George gton fought - with his sword for eight long and bloody vears to establish the right of a people to ~govern themselves, and in his farewell address he counseled his countrvmen to live on terms of amity with all na- tions, and to enter into entangling al- Hances with none. «Apraham Lincoln’s whole political life was a contention for the rights of men, and it was his kindly hand which the immortal emancipation proclamation that struck the shackles from the limbs of millions of bonds- men. One would think, sir, that the gentleman who was just then engaged in the prosecution of a bloody war against a poor and defenseless people in the Orient, engaged in the unsavory task of Christianizing them with the sword and = civilizing them at the mouths of cannon, would naturally have felt some little embarrassment as he gazed upon these portraits and read thé significant inscription below. Pos- sibly his excellency did not see them. He -may have turned his back upon them just as he has turned his back upon the declaration of independence. Be- this as it may, sir, the President does not appear to have been at all abashed by this incongruous circum- stance, but he arose from his seat and penned n bill in the House to-day Johnsen (R.) of Indi- night ago made several notable speeches violently at- licy of the administration during the consideration of returned President and some of his advisers House for months. influences which he alleged controlled him, impugned his sincerity and likened him contemptible character, charged his Secretary of War with incompe- 1d predicted that the President would in the end be engulfed Although his nsational than those in his former speeches and dazed some ity with which h did not raise about him the storm of his former speeches. ’s colleagues and the two members had a wordy duel. \ois replied to some of Johnsom's strictures, but the Republican ders had evidently decided to ignore the attacks of the Indianan i no general reply was made to his speech to-day. blame them, though. | pointed him to his pres- | ing | ing the general debate upon the the assault and delivered the most scathing He sneered at the Presi- to to Dickens’ most utterances were far they were delivered colleagues from Indiana, briefly had repudiated him, Later in the day Marsh (R.) - ie e gop o ga g | there, within the shadow of the monu- ment of Bunker Hill, where Warren fell, fighting for liberty, and within a stone’s throw of Fanueil Hall. where time and again the true sons of the 4 o0ld Bay. State have sent forth to the | country their messages of freedom. he delivered perhaps the most remarkable, certainly the most disingenuous, ad- dress that ever fell from the lips of | an American President. This address. | atvested of its | apart from its platitudes and the ostéen- | tatious. profession of virtue with which | it was interlarded, was' nothing more {or less than a carefully devised and verblage, considered | studious misstatement of the issue be- | | tween the chief executive and those of his own party who are opposed to his wretched policy in the Philippines. It was an effort to befog the subject and to mislead the public judgment. We are told, sir, that this address was re- ceived with enthusiastic applause by | those who heard it, but we who read | it in cold print in the light. of the in- defensible tragedy now being enacted | near the shores of Asia, involuntarily | think of that creation of Charles Dick- ens, who was accustomed to roll his eves plously to heaven and exclaim with great ostentation to those about | him, My friends, let us be moral,’ and who was the father of two daughters. | one of whom he named Charity and the other Mercy. “His Excellency declared upon this ocecasion, if not in so many words, at least in effect, that he had never en- tertained any policy with respect to the Philippines up to the time the treaty of peace was ratified; but that he had simply held them as commander. in chief, the questions as to their disposi- | tion and control to be determined there- after by Congress. “If the chief executive really feels as he declared at the banquet that he did, that the disposition of the Philippines is a matter to be determined by Con- gress, why does not he call a special session of Congress to settle the mat- |ter at once and then keep his hands off? Heaven knows, there is need of action. If he is sincere, why did he | permit his supporters in the Senate to | vote down the other day the Bacon res- | olution which distinctly declared that the United tes entertained no inten- | tion of permanently holding these isi- | ands? Why did he insist that the Mc- Enery resolution should be passed., a resolution which is a fraud, a delusion and a snare—a shameful evasion which, like a Christmas tree, has something upon it for everybody. That resolution is intended simply to quiet the con- seience of the American people, to lull all opposition to sleep while the Presi- dent goes ahead, waging relentless and merciless war against the Filipinos and laying deep and secure the foundations for.a permanent American colony. “Mr. Chairman, I am determined that the President shall neither befog the issue between himself and those of the | Republican party who oppose his Phil- ippine policy nor mislead the public judgment, nor shirk the responsibility | for the grossest blunders which he has | committed in connection with this great i problem. I insist that the whole policy is not simply an error, but that it is | a crime; and that the chief executive | of this nation is the one who has pre- cipitated upon us the embarrassments and the difficulties by which we are now confronted. I insist that he did not simply hold the Philippines as com- mander in chief, leaving the question of disposition and control of them to | Congress, but that he formulated and i put into execution an affirmative and | aggressive policy, that of their perma- nent annexation to this country, and forced it to the Senate with all the power and influence which his high of- fice enabled him to employ. “The President’s first impression was to demand of the people of the Philip- pines simply a coaling station, a meas- ure amply sufficlent for all of our legiti-' REPUBLIC OF FRANCE IN SMALL DANGER PARIS, Feb. 24—M. Paul Deroulede is trying hard to turn his blunder into an act of heroism. It was apparently the Government’s wish to let him down so easily that only the ri- diculous side of his escapade would strike the people. There is only amusement felt at the way in which he walked into the open arms of the police just at the mo- ment when the authorities were wondering how to prevent him doing mischief without at the same time adding to his impor- tance in the eyes of the populace. His grotesque appeal of yester- day gave him afine opportun- ity. After haranguing General Roget to save France from some- thing which he was too excited to specify definitely, M. Deroulede committed the blunder of refus- ing to leave the barracks when ordered to do so, and was promptly arrested on the ridicu- | lous charge of illegal trespass. When Deroulede was told by M. Cochefert, Chief de la Police de Surete, last night what the ac- cusation against him was he was stupefied with indignation. To dream of revolution” and-be- ar- ! { ! ! B e S e R e R T S S SR SO S [ Eaas as ool rested for trespassing was too much for his ebullient nature, and he broke out with an indig- narnt protest, declaring that ‘he had attempted to induce the sol- diery to join him in overthrowing the parliamentary republic and replacing it with some embryonic monstrosity which he calls a “plebescitary republic,” pre- sumably meaning a form of gov- ernment in which he would ap- peal to the people represented by the gang that is always at his heels upon every important ques- tion. Perhaps the truth is he saw that the contempt with which the Government was preparing to treat his abortive coup would kill him politically, so he made a bid for a martyr’s crown by pleading guilty -to the serious crime of sedition, for which the code provides punishment of M. LUCIEN MILLEVOYE. B e o e e e e e ] from three months’ to two years’ imprisonment with a fine of 3000 francs. M. Deroulede has de- clared his offense and signed his | | | | e e e e e S e ol ol e ] D440 040404949 404-09 4040404040400+ 0 40 s> e e e @ declaration. - M.. Marcel Habert his lieutenant, says he is willing| to do what his chief says. There was much excitement in the Chamber of Deputies this af- ternoon and a large attendance of members. The President of the House, M. Deschanel, declared that he had received a request to prose- cute MM. Deroulede and Mar- cel Habert. The statement was greeted with cries of “Read.” The President then read a let- ter from the Public Prosecutor, according to which " General Roget deposed that a band ' of men, headed by Deroulede and Marcel Habert, followed his bri- gade and ehtered the courtyard of the barracks occupied by * the troops. MM. Deroulede and Marcel Habert, the general further de- posed, questioned the officers and refused to leave whén re- quired to do so. Therefore they were arrested and confessed that they wished to lead the troops M. PAUL DEROULEDE. | | I B e S R S A | into a revolutionary movement and replace the “parliamentary republic by a plebiscite republic.” (Uproar.) The two Deputies mentioned were then removed to the police station. The Public Prosecutor asked | for authority to prosecute the two prisoners on the charge of attempting to turn- the troops from their duty. M. Castelin, Republican mem- ber for one of the .divisions of Aisne, moved that MM. Derou- lede and Marcel Habert be set at liberty, provisionally, without prejudicing their prosecution, de- claring that he knew of their love for the republic, and did not be- lieve his friends were as guilty as represented. The Premier, M. Dupuy, said a decision whether or not to prosecute the two Deputies ought to be taken without delay, and he asked the Chamber to imme- diately appoint a committee with instructions to report on the sub- ject this evening. M. Laces, Nationalist, repre- senting the Condom district of Geers, said he had accompanied MM. Deroulede and Marcel Ha- bert to the gate of the barracks, and asked to be included in the prosecution. The House then adjourned for the bureau to meet and elect the committeemen. The bureau se- lected a committee unanimously favorable to the prosecution of MM. Deroulede and Marcel Ha- bert and opposing M. Castelin’s motion. After the briefest meet- ing, at which M. Dupuy was heard on the question, the com- mittee decided to authorize the prosecution of the two Depu- ties, and subsequently reported to the Chamber, which, by a show of hands, voted for the prosecution and dé&eated M. Cas- telin’s amendment. Messrs. Deroulede and Marcel Habert were transferred during ‘the day to the Prison de la Sante. M. Millevoye will be tried be- fore the Correctional Court for assaults on the police. The Chief of Police has commenced a search of the headquarters of the League of Patriots, situated in the Rue des Petits Champs. the island by Spain without a.com- pensation by the taxpayers of the United States. Had he adhered to his, however, all would have been well. The whole Union would have followed him cheerfully and to-day we would have been at peace with the Philippine re- public; our army and mavy, which is now waging war against our former friends and allles, would have been dis- banded. No army bill for a standing army of 100,000 men would have been mate purposes and the evacuation-of | pending and we could now be ntun“ ready to reduce Instead of getting ready to greatly increase the burden of our taxation. But thé President committed a fatal error. He wrote into that treaty the absolute transfer of Spanish sov- ereignty over the Philippines to our- selves and the payment of $20,000,000 as a consideration for' the cession. Then he issued to the people of the Philip- pines a proclamation in which he in- formed them that the United States d succeeded ‘to"the title of Spain, ared that the government and con- | trol of their territory belonged to us, ordered them to pay their taxes to the military government which he estab- lished over them and blandly made known to them that our mission in their midst was one of ‘benevolent assimila- tion.” e “ “The President drove the treaty through_the Senate by the unlimited exercise ‘of all those powers and in- fluences which the great office he holds makes posgible. G * “What, then, Continued on Fifth Page., " did the chiet executive, 1 Oregon as Nece rines Have Bee B R R R + + “MANILA, Feb. 24— + For political reasons the + Oregon should be sent + here at once. DEWEY.” + + O o o o s NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—The Herald's Washington correspondent sends the following: The cablegram from Ad- miral Dewey to-day, asking for the Or- egon, was in the nature of a bombshell to the administration. Unfortunately for the authorities, Admiral Dewey made no explanation of what the “po- litical reasons” were that necessitated the immediate dispatch of the battle ship to the Philippines. Admiral Dewey’s message was one of the principal topics of discussion at the Cabinet meeting. After the meeting a member of the Cabinet gave me this statement in reference to the sensa- tional dispatch from the naval com- mander: “So far as we know, there is nothing in the international situation in the Philippines requiring the presence of an overwhelming foree at Manila. There is no Qquestion pending between + + + + + + + ernment relating té6 the archipelago. “No complain has been made of the inability of this Government to pro- tect foreign subjects and their prop- erty, and no intimation has been re- ceived that any foreign government proposes to submit a claim for dam- ages on account of the destruction of property in the city. “It is my opinion, and the President and other member of the Cabinet view the matter in the same way, that Rear Admiral Dewey, in cabling for the Ore- gon, desires to have in the Philippines a battle ship flying the American flag which might impress the Filipinos with the naval power of this country. “It is true that he has at his dis- posal a large number of smaller ships, but the moral effect of the presence of the Oregon would be such that it might impress the Filipinos with the futility United States.” Notwithstanding this pacific state- ment on the part of this Cabinet mem- ber, there is an underlying apprehen- sion of trouble, and it is expected that Admiral Dewey will immediately ac- quaint Secretary Long with the nature of the “political reasons” which caused him to request that he be reinforced by the Oregon. The Americans have been victorious in every conflict and the natives suf- fered enormous losses, but it does not seem to have affected their fanatical desire to rid themselves of the Ameri- cans. It is pretty certain that Otis will have to keep on fighting untii his army is increased to such an extent that it will be able to inaugurate an offensive campaign against the rebels and com- pletely crush them. General Corbin /said this morning, after reading the dispatch from Gen- eral Otis, that he was satisfled the worst was over at Manila, and that the arrival of the Scandia, together with the knowledge among the insurgents that General Lawton with other rein- forcements will speedily appear, will put an end to their activity. He had no doubt that the rebels were putting the American force before a large body of regulars could arrive, as this course was strongly urged on Aguinaldo by his agents in Washington, Paris and opinion that unless the Americans could be defeated before fresh and thoroughly seasoned troops they could never be beaten. the Irene, which Is at Manila, though Kalserine Augusta and several other cruisers which might be sent to the Philippines. It was stated to-day that Rear Ad- miral Dewey might want the Oregon because he had learned that the Ger- mans proposed to reinforce the Irene and he ‘desired to have available a squadron which would overawe the German admiral and prevent him from resuming the high-handed tactics which he pursued last summer. It was reported at the department to- day that a large number of German marines had been landed at Manila, but neither Secretary Long nor Secretary Alger had received any official infor- mation on this point at the close of office hours. - It is admitted in administration cir- cles that the effect of ‘a large squadron upon the representatives of foreign governments in the Philippines would be excellent, and it may be Admiral the United States #nd any foreign gov- of resisting a government like the | forth their utmost efforts to drive out | Hongkong. These agents expressed the | arrived | So far as is known here the only Ger- | man man-of-war in the Philippines is | at Hongkong the Germans have the | PRICE FIVE CENTS. DOES DEWEY FEAR GERMAN INTERVENTION ? Asks for the Battle Ship a Political ssity. WASHINGTON IS APPREHENSIVE A Disquieting Rumor That Ma- n Landed From the Cruiser Irene. Dewey had this in view when he sent his dispatch concerning the Oregon. Though it was stated at the Navy Department at the close of office hours that no instructions had been sent to the Oregon to expedite her departure from Honolulu for Manila, it is expect- ed that she will be communicated with, if possible, by the army steamer leav- ing San Francisco on Sunda Proba- R R o e e e e R o o g CONFERENCE OF MANILA CONSULS MANILA, Feb. 25.—10:15 a. m. —The foreign Consuls met to confer regarding commercial in- terests, but the result of their deliberations has not been com- municated, it is understood, to the American authorities. The British Consul was not present at the conference. The shooting of two English- men and of Mr. Argentine, man- ager of the Andrews cotton miil at Tondo, on Wednesday is gen- erally regretted, but it is ad- mitted that it was quite una- voidable. Instead of refiafning in the stone basement during the excitement occasioned by the fires in thg vicinity, the trio leaned from an upper window. Their white suits attracted the attention of the American sol- diers, who, believing them to be natives firing from the windows, shot all three. Mr. Argentine is dead. Mr. Simpson is fatally wounded and Mr. Haslam slightly. R R RS R R AR R e AR R R R R S SR SR A A s a R D R e R R T bly, however, the Oregon will have sailed before the army steamer arrives. i el AMERICAN WOMEN PLACED ON TRANSPORTS FOR SAFETY MANILA, Feb. 24—The transport Scandia, bearing American troops, ar- rived here last night, General Wheaton, who was in command, reporting to General Otfs at midnight. The Twen- tieth Infantry lands to-day. The strict precautions taken last night by the American authorities for the prevention of a renewal of the fires and disturbances proved effective. There were only two small fires in the Santa Cruz and Pendacan districts. The streets were deserted at an early hour. Tondo district is now cleared of reb- els. Numerous arrests of suspected na- tives have been made. It is impossible to praise too highly the scheme of General Hughes, Provost Marshal, for the prevention of fires, the re-establishment of order within the city and the defeat of the attempted | uprising. He has been working contin- | uously for two days and nights, in spite of injury from a fall. Sharpshooting, which has been going on in various parts of the city, has practically ceased, but there is contin- ued skirmishing on General McArthur's front. One American was killed and four were wounded this morning. The church of San Francisco del Monte, which was used by insurgents as. a fortress and from which yester- | day's attack upon the First South Da- | kota Infantry was made, was bom- | barded by the Utah Battery this morn- ng. | Despite the excitement -of the past two days business is proceeding as | usual, and there is general confidence |in the ability of the authorities to maintain order. | - The American-women in the city were sent on board the transports to-day to | safeguard them against danger. | A military government similar to that \ol Manila has been established at Ilo- ilo. | The Negros Island delegates had an- | other conference with General Otls yes- | terday. FRiiais | SPANISH STATESMEN ‘ DISCUSS' PEACE TREATY MADRID, "Feb. 24.—In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the debate upon the peace treaty was continued. The Min- ister of Finance, Senor Puigceiver, re- proached Senor Sflveala, the Conserva- tive leader, with speaking more like “an American Minister than a Spanish statesman.” Senor Moret y Prendergast, former Minister for the Colonies, also defended himself against Senor Silveala’s at- tack, declaring that the destruction of the United States battleship Maine was the first cause of the war. He said that when General Lee visited the battleship er the explosion the latter exclaimad ow I have it.” “The truth is,” said Senor Moret, “that the United States wanted a war in order to attain imperialism, and Spaln was the vietim.” -