Medill, J. D.2017-11-092017-11-091900-05-12YD-1900-05-12http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11867/20793 sheets 22 x 16 inch. Printed. Chipped edges do not obscure context."A communication appears elsewhere in this issue from a surgeon who is seeing hard service in the Philippine islands. We invite our readers attention to this letter. This brief statement of the surgeon undoubtedly shows the true situation as it exists in the islands better than any of the censored press dispatches that have filled the columns of the American press for the past eighteen months. The surgeon's report of the situation there is entirely in accord with the interview lately given out by Mr. Wildman, who until recently was American consul at Hong Kong. These reports agree in effect that the war in the islands is now no nearer a successful conclusion than it was a year ago, not withstanding the fact that several thousands of lives have been sacrificed and treasure to the estimated amount of over three hundred millions of dollars expended, which is wrung from the American people by a ruinous rate of taxation. If this Philippine mess we have got into is only the sowing in the new policy of colonialism upon which as a nation we have embarked, what will the harvest be?"No Known Copyright The organization that has made the Item available reasonably believes that the Item is not restricted by copyright or related rights, but a conclusive determination could not be made. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.Spanish-American War, 1898