V/hat I wish to say now in conclusion is that in the Philippine Islands American soldiers have three classes of people to deal with. different in that respect from most wars. It is. as a rule. one class of people. with one set of ideas. habits. and civilization on one side. and another with the same habits and Ideas. The same general rules will then apply to both sides. But when barbarous elements. such as do not exist anywhere outside of Asiatic civilization. are to be dealt with. then orders must be made in extreme cases in retaliation for great cruelties and barbarities perpetrated upon American soldiers in order to put an end to it. if the lives of the soldiers are not to be uselessly sacrificed.
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Barbarous elements are said to exist only in Asiatic civilization.