THE SCRANTON TRIBUTE-SATURDAY, NOVEMBER I, 180D.
. COMPLETE STORY OF
FILIPINO REVOLT
NARRATIVE THAT READS LIKE
PAGE OF FICTION.
Events Following Dewey's Victory.
Agulnaldo Becomes nn. Enemy Be
gins War nnd Sots Up a Govern
ment Worse Tyranny Than That
of Spain The Commission's Efforts
to Conciliate Insurgents Munic
ipal Governments Formed In Sev
eral Towns, but the People Showed
Lack of Experience In Self-Goveru-ment
Anarchy Would Follow Our
Withdrawal from tho Islands.
Their Value to Us.
The summary In yesterday's Tribune
of the preliminary report of tin- Philip
pine commission, interesting us It was,
Is Inadequate to convey the dramatic
Interest of the complete document. We
therefore Rive, below, the full text of
the 'commission's report, beginning at
the point where It discusses the first
arrival of American troops at Manila:
On tho arrival of the troops com
manded by Gen. Anderson lit Citvito,
Agulnaldo was requested by Admiral
Dewey to evacuate that place, nnd ho
moved his headquarters to the neigh
borinfc town of Hncoor. Now for tho
llrst time arose the idea of national in
dependence. Agulnaldo issued a pro
clamation 111 which he took the res Don
nihility of promising It to his people on
behalf of the American government,
although he admitted freely In nrlv.it"
conversation Willi members of his cabi
net that neither Admiral Dewev nor
any other American had made hltn any
such promise. He hud already made
himself dictator and surrounded him
self with n cabinet. The landing of
American troops ut Pnrannque in Julv
1G so exasperated the revolutionary
leader that he wished to attack at once,
but was deterred by lack of nrms and
ammunition. He finally decided to
wait until the fall of Manila, enter the
city with tho American troops, secure
the arms of the Spanish 'oldler. if
possible, and then make his iittin-k.
Meanwhile lie sent orders to the n Mgh
borlng towns for a passive resistance
and for the planning of all possible ob
stacles in the way of tho Amcrie.in
troops.
The second expedition went Into
camp, the front toward Mnnlli and
about 100 yards from the con.st. n.'fiv
tho landing place. The ramp was
called "Camp Dewey." At the time of
landing the Filipinos maintained a line
from a. point on the coast about five
miles south of Manila and three milis
north of Camp Dewey eastwurl, and
turning to the north with headquarteis
at l'nrununuc, three miles In tin war
of Camp Dewey. The troops Inimeili
aiiij threw out a line of posts, extend
ing from the coast around the runiD
nnd eastward to Pasay and bcvonJ.
Vpon landing and joining the troops
at Camp Dewey, Hrlg.-flen. Anderson,
the ranking brigadier-general, nsitimed
coirnmnd of the division. Shortly
afierwnrds, upon the arrival of Hen.
Mt-trltt. the insurgents were notifhd
that our troops Intended to commence
operations against Manila, and would
establish a line of works, commencing
at the base and extending east In front
of the outposts then maintained by
them. This movement was not re
ceived kindly by the Filipinos, but on
the establishment of our line on their
front they gradually receded. There
were no conferences between the offi
cers of the Filipinos and our officers
with a view of operating against the
Spaniards, nor was there any co-operation
of any kind between tho respective
forces, nnd the relations between the
two forces were strained from the be
ginning. Upon our landing they fur
nished our. forces no protection nor
support. The natives objected to our
establishing camps, nnd were only
quieted by the assurance that the
United States would pay for nil the
damage done and for all wood and
other articles consumed. There never
was any preconcerted operation or any
combined movement by the United
States and the Filipinos against the
Spaniards.
AGUINALDO'S DEMANDS.
When the city of Manila was taken,
on Aug. 13, the Filipinos took no part
In the nttnek, but came following In
with a view of looting the city, nnd
were only prevented from dotnr so by
our forces preventing them from enter
ing. Agulnaldo claimed that he had
the right to occuuy the city. He de
manded of Clen. Merrltt the cession of
the palace of Malacanan for himself,
nnd the cession of all the churches of
Manila, Paco and Krmlta, and also that
a part of the money which was taken
from the Spaniards as spoils of war
should bo given up, and above all that
he bo given the arms of the Spanish
prisoners. This confirms the statement
already made that he intended to cat
possession of these arms with the hope
of attacking us. All these demands
were refused.
After tho taking of Manila tho feel
ing between the Americans and the
insurgents grew worse day by day. All
manner of abuses were Indulged In by
tho insurgent troops, who committed
assaults and robberies, nnd under tho
order of Gen. Plo del Pilar even kid
napped natives who were friendly to
ward the Americans and carried, them
off Into the mountains or killed them.
In the Interest of law nnd order It be
came necessary to order the Fllluino
forces back, nnd this order made them
angry. Agulnaldo removed his seat of
government to Mulolos, In which the
so-called Filipino congress assembled.
The anti-American feeling was steadily
nourished by the Filipino newspapers.
which were directed to foster It. At
this time Sandlco began to establish
what were called "popular clubs" in
Manila and the neighboring villages
and towns. Ostensibly they were in
tended to promote social Intercourse
and the! education of the people; their
actual object was to provoke bitterness
toward the Americans. Their influ
ence was far reaching, and from their
membership was recruited later on the
local militia, which was to attack us
from within Manila, while the regular
insurgent troops ottacked us from
without. .On Sept. 21 u significant de
cree passed the Filipino congress, Im
posing military service on every male
over eighteen years of age, excepting
those holding government positions. In
every carriage factory and blacksmith
shop in Manila bolos (knives) were be
ing made.
INSURGENTS AHUSE AND INSULT
OUR TROOPS.
It Is in proof before us that Agulnaldo
was urged at this time to make some
Immediate determination in regard to
settlement of affairs with the Ameri
cans. At tills time we were about to
discuss the future of the Philippines in
Paris, and many of the leading Filipi
nos believed that America would
abandon this country. It was made
plain to Agulnaldo that It wus not
enough for the Filipinos to desire
America to stay in the islands, but that
It would.be desirable for them to show
America that it would lie to her Inter
est to keep tho country. Agulnaldo
was advised to write President McKlu
ley nnd ask what desires ho had nbout
the country and what form of govern
ment he wished to establish and ask
him not to abandon tho Filipinos.
This view was nccented. not only by
the government but by many mombois.
tne jnunipo concrciui. There was,
however, considerable opposition, es
peclally from Pntcrno, Mablnl ond
Sandlco. While It seemed to appear
that the sovereignty of America was
acceptable to Agulnaldo, situ ho was
always urging the military men to pre
pare for war. The Cabinet at Malolos
decided to send to the Preil.l'H of tV
United States the proposil'ons above
mentioned, but Agulnaldo did not 'v sh
to do so. He llrst stated that Im d -sired
to translate them into Tagalog.
and nfterward that lie whho 1 to put
them Into cipher, and so delaed the
sending.
PLOT TO ATTACK ("it'll FORCES! IN
AND OUTSIDE OF MANILA.
Danger slgnnls now multiplied.
Agulnaldo endeavor 1 to gtt the wnr
muklng power transferred from con
gress to himself, lie nlso urged n
heavy bond Issue t s.utv $1,000,000 for
the purchase of iron and amniunit'on.
It Is now known that elaborate plt'iis
had been perfected for a simultaneous
attack by the forces within and with
out Manila. The militia within the
city numbered approximately 10,000.
They were armed for the most part I
with bolos. Gen. Flo del Filar slept in
the city every night. No definite date
had been set for tho attack, but a
signal by means of rockets had been
agreed upon, and It was universally
understood that It would come upon
the occurrence of the tlrst act on the
part of the American soldiers which
would offer u pretext, and In case of
the lack of such act, In tho near future,
at alt events.
Persistent attempts were made to
provoke our soldiers to lire. The In
surgents were Insolent to our guards
and made persistent and continuous ef
forts to push them back and advance
the Insurgent lines further Into the
city of Manila. It was a long and til
ing period of Insult and nbuse heaped
upon our soldiers, with constant sub
mission as the only means of avoiding
an open rupture. The Filipinos had
concluded that our soldiers were cow
ards and boasted openly that we were'
afraid of them. Rumors were always
prevalent that our army would be at
tacked at once. AVIth great tact and
patience, the Commanding General had
held his forces In check, and he now
made a llnal effort to preserve thp
pemv bv appointing a commission to
meet n slmllnr body appointed by
Agulnaldo and to "confer with regard
to the situation of affairs and to arrive
at a mutual understanding of the In
tent, purposes, alms and desires of the
Filipino people and of the people of the
United Stntes." The sessions were held
dally, the last occurring on Jan. 2. six
days before the outbreak of hotllltle.
No substantial results were obtained;
the Filipino commissioners being either
unable or unwilling to give any definite
statements of the "Intent, purposes and
alms of their people." At the close of
the last session they were given full
assurances that no hostile act would
be Inaugurated by the United Stntes
troops.
The critical moment had now arrived.
Agulnaldo secretly ordered the Filipinos
who were friendly to him to seek refuge
outside the cltv. The Nebraska regi
ment at that time was In camp on the
east line at Santa Meca. and was
guarding Its front. For dnvs before
the 'memorable 4th of February. 159!),
the outnnsts In front of the regiment
had been openly menaced and assaulted
by Insurgent soldiers: they were at
tempting to push our outnosts back
and advnnce their line. They made
light of our sentinels and persistently
Ignored their orders.
FILIPINOS REOIN THE WAR.
On the evening of Feb. 4 an Insurgent
olllcer came to the front with a detail
of men and attempted to pass the guard
on tne San Juan bridge, our guard
being stationed at the west end of the
bridge. The Nebraska sentinel drove
them back without firing, but a few
minutes before !) o'clock that evening,
a large body ot Insurgent troops made
an ndvance on the South Dakota out
posts, which fell back rather than fire.
About the same time the Insurgents
came In force to the east end of the
San Juan biidcro In front of the Ne
braska regiment. For several nights
prior thereto n lieutenant In the Insur
gent army had been coming regularly
to our outpost No. 2 of the Nebraska
regiment and attempting to force the
outpost back nnd Insisting on posting
his guard within the Nebraska lines:
and nt this time nnd In the darkness he
again appeared with a detail of nbout
six men and approached Private Cray
son of Company D, First Nebraska
Volunteers, the sentinel on dutv at nut
post No. 2. He. after halting them
three times without effect, fired, killing
the lieutenant, whose men returned the
(he and then retreated. Immediately
rockets were sent up by the Filipinos
and they commenced filing all along
the lino.
The story of the actual fight liny has
often been told by military men who
were engageu in It, and we do not deem
It necessary to g!v a description of
It here. It is known of all men tint
Immediately after the first shot the
Insurgents opened lire nil along th"lr
line end continued to fire until about
midnight, nnd nbout 4 o'clock on th
morning of Feb. r. the insurgents again
opened fire nil around the cltv. nnd
kept It tip until the Americans charged
theni and diove them with gieat
slaughter out of their trerclien.
After the landing of our troops Ajr
ulnaldo made up ids mind thnt It would
be necessaiy fo Pght the Americans,
and after the making of the tinty
of peace at Paris this determination
was strengthened. He did not openly
declare that he Intended to fight the
Americans, but lie evclted evervbody.
nnd especially the military men, by
claiming Independence, and It Is doubt
ful whether he had the power to check
or control the armv nt the time hos
tilities broke out. Deplorable as war
Is, the one In which we are now en
gaged wns unavoidable by us. Wo are
attacked by a bold, adventurous nnd
enthusiastic armv. No alternate e was
left to us except Ignominious retreat.
It Is not to be conceUe.I of that any
American would have sanctioned the
surrender of Manila to tli.i Insurgents.
Our obligations to other nations nnd
to the friendly Filipinos, and to our
selves and our flag, demanded that
force should be met bv force. What
ever the future of the Philippines may
be, there Is no course open to us now
except to prosecute the war until the
lnurgents are reduced to submission.
The commission s of the opinion there
had been no time since the destruction
of the Spanish squadron by. Admiral
Oewov when It was possible to with
draw our forces from the Islands cither
with honor to ourselves or with safety
to the Inhabitants.
CONDITION OF Till! COUNTRY.
As a result ot the lighting of Feb.
4 and r (he Insurgents w.re everywhere
driven back, and Hie United States
forces soon occupied a 'itio extending
trom Pasal on Hie south to Oaloomn
on the north, and stretching out to tho
eastward far enough to protect tho
water supply of Manila.
On the night of Feb. 22 some 600 In
surgents entered Mm district i.f tho
city known as Tondo, whero they
started a conflagration and fired on our
guards. It had been planned that tho
local mllltla should join In this at
tack. All tho whites were to have
been massacred, nnd certain enthu
siasts hod even wished to Include th
mestizos (people of mixed descent) In
the list of the proscribed, hut prompt
and vigorous action on the part of
the provost marshal, General Hughes,
rendered the intended uprising nbop
tlve. and no subsequent attempt was
ever made.
When tho commission reached Manila
on March I. the situation In tho city
was bad. Incendiary fires occurred
dally. The stieets woro almost desort
ed. Halt of the native population had
fled, and most nt tho remainder woro
shut In their housec. P.uslncss was at
a standstill. Insurgent troops every
where faced our lines, and the soun4
of rifle fire was frequently audible at
our house. A reign of terror prevailed.
Filipinos who had favored Americans
feared nssasslnntlon, and few had tho
courage to come out cponly for us.
Fortunately, there were among this
number somn or the nest men of tho
city.
As one result of tlu Issuing of the
proclamation of the commission, which
Is more particularly described herein
after, tho objection was ralsd by the
Insurgents Hint the Spaniards had
promised that nnd more thin we did
nnd had done nothing. They nsked
for nets. The commission was anxious
to meet this very lusllUnble demnnd,
and ns a first step strongly urged tha
re-estnbllshment of the law courts,
which had been In suspension since
the surrender of the cltv. Knrlv In
June the Supremo court was reopened
with five Filipino anil throe American
lustlces. Courts of llrst Instnnce nnd
Justice courts were established later,
when the difficult problem of securing
siilti'ble Filipino ofUclals had been sat
isfactorily solved. This action great
ly ahled In the restoration of public
confidence.
The flow of population Foon began to
set toward the city. Natives who had
fled from their homes returned, while
many of those outside cur lines begin
to clamor for admission, regarding
Manila ns a place of lcfuge to be
sought, rather than op. at the time of
our arrival, a danger center to !)?
avoided. The native population near
ly doubled in two weeks, nnd It was
necesparv to Impose severe restrictions1
on Immigration In order to prevent
dangerous iivcrerowdlnu. Among th-
refugees came men of Intelligence from I
mi over Luzon, and we soon gained,
fiom competent witnesses, nn accurate
Idea of conditions throughout the Isl
and. Wo lenrneil tint the strong nntl
Amerlcan feeling was confined to Hi?
Tagalog provinces, namely: MnnJl.i
Cnvite, T.nguna. Uatnngas. Mnrong,
nulnenn, Nn.-vn Eclja, Principe, Infan
ta and KmnhnlcN. it was strongest iu
the first six named, ami hardly exist
ed In the last four. The population of
these provinces in estlmalled to ho
nbout 1.-.no.000. but It should not be
supposed that een In the six provincej
Immediately adjacent to Manila the
people were united In their oppnsltloi
to us. liven here there was a strong
conservative element, consisting ot peo
ple of wealth and Intelligence, opposed
to the war.
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THE REBELLION NOT A NA
TIONAL MOVEMENT.
In the remaining provinces of Luzon,
the Tagalog lebelllon was viewed at
first with Indifference, nnd Inter with
fear. Throughout the archipelago at
large there was trouble only at those
points to which armed Tagulogs had
been sent In considerable numbers. In
general, such machinery of "govern
ment" ns existed, served only for plun
dering the people under the pretext of
levying "war contributions," while
many of the Insurgent officials were
lapldly accumulating wealth. The ad
ministration of Justice was paralyzed
and crime of all sorts was rnmunnt.
Might was the only law. Never In the
worst days of Spanish misrule had the
people been so overtaxed or so badlv
governed. In many provinces there
was absolute anarchy, nnd from all
sides came petitions for protection and
help, which we were unable to give, ns
troops could not be spared. The feel
ing between the opposing armies was
at this time very bitter.
When Gen. MucArthur began the
movement which ended In the taking
of Mulolos. the natives, at the order
of Gen. Luna, fired their towns before
his advancing columns. Those who
were unwilling to leave their homes
were driven out by Insurgent soldiers,
who burned their houses. The object
of this Inhuman procedure wns to com
pel the inhabitants to flee before us,
and thus prevent their learning from
experience that the fearful tiles con
cerning our soldiers, with which they
had been deceived, were myths. This
method of procedure, eminently suc
cessful nt first. In the end lecolled on
Its authors, provoking so much opposi
tion that the obnoxious order was re
voked, llefore the commission left the
Philippines, nearly till the Inhabitants
had returned to these ruined Mages.
Many of the houses had been rebuilt.
Fields that had lain fallow for three
years were green with growing crops.
Municipal government had been estab
lished and Hie people, protected by our
troops, were enjoying peace, security
and a degree of participation In their
own government previously unknown
In the history of the Philippines. At
tempts of the insurgents to raise re
cruits and money In the province of
Uulacan were proving abortive, except
when backed by bayonets and bullets,
ind even In such cases the natives were
applying to us for help to resist them.
ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENTS.
It was not, however, in the province
of Rulacan thnt the tlrst municipal
governments were established. Dur
ing May and the early part of June
there was a tacit truce along our south
line, but later In the month the Insur
gents became aggressive ut this point
und Gen. Lawton took the field against
them, driving them from Pnraiuiue and
Las Pinas and utterly routing them at
the Seapote river. Hacoor also was
occupied, and the presldente of Imus
came out to meet Gen. Lawton, offer
ing to surrender his town and asking
for a garrison, which was furnished.
A visit to these towns at this time
reveajed a greatly changed public sen
timent. The Inhabitants had neither
burned their homes, nor. ns a rule,
abandoned them, but had quietly'
awaited the ariivnl of the American
troops. Those who hnd remained soon
learned that their confidence hnd not
been misplaced, and those who had lied
speedily returned. We found their con
dition to be most pitiable. They hod
been plundered by the Insurgent
troops, who had robbed them of Jewels,
money, clothing nnd even food, so that
they were literally starving. Peace
able citizens bad been fired on, women
had been maltreated, and there was
general satisfaction that the Ameri
cans had come at last. Large quanti
ties of food were promptly distributed
among the hungry, n measure which
resulted In great good.
Conditions seemed favorable for an
American propaganda. The towns of
Uacoor and Imus were selected for
purposes of experiment, ns they were
notoriously the two most rebellious
towns of the most rebellious province
In the islands. In such places the
"headmen" were called together and a
frank talk was had with them. Our
purposes were fully explained, and they
were urged to state their own wishes.
We found them thankful for the con
siderate treatment they had received
from our troops, nnd willing to nld us
against the Insurgents, nt whose hands
they bud suffered so severely. They
seemed, however, powoiless to net on
account ot lack of organization, nnd
there was n universal desire for the
establishment of some form of munici
pal government.
Encouraged by what we saw In
Hacoor and Imus we continued our
work In Paranaque and L'is Plnns.wlth
similar results. On reporting these
facts to Gen. Otis he ordered Gen.
Lawton to organize these towns. At the
request of the latter, and with the
asslsance of two able Filipino lawyers,
the Commission prepared a simple
scheme of municipal government, simi
lar enough to the old svstem to be
readily comprehensible to the natives,
but ulving them liberties which they
had nevor before enjoyed. The schema
was adopted in its entirety by Gen.
Lawton, nnd at his request a member
of the Commission accompanied him to
aid In putting it Into effect.
ELECTIONS HELD IN EACH TOWN
In each town tho people wero called
together and an election whb held, Tho
ofliclnls chosen wero fully Instructed
si to their duties, and were udvlsed that
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they must expend every cent raised by
taxation In defi-nylng local expenses, in
every Instance enthusiasm ran high be
fore we took our departure, and when
wo left, cheers were raised for Gen.
I-awton and for the country which he
represented.
With n single exception, the officials
elected proved worthy of the trust Im
pused In them and conditions very
rapidly Improved In the newly or
ganized towns', each of which soon be
came a centre ot attraction for the In
surgent soldiers whose families resided
within Its limits. Deserters began to
come In. some of them bringlne; their
nrms. Opposition to the Insurgent
forces grew rapidly among the peace
able natives of the province. Deputa
tions came secretly from many Import
ant towns, begging us to advance out
lines and do for them what we hnd
done for Hacoor and Imus. This wns
Impossible, but governments were or
ganized with most satisfactory results
In 1-nsPInns. Paranaque. Fandacan,
Santa Ana, Sanfellne, Nerl. and San
Pedro Maeatl. while a slightly different
system was put Into effect In Malabon,
Polo, Obiindo, Melcanaynn, and
Matolos. The results obtained In these
latter towns have already been men
tioned. Largo amount of supervision
over the nffairs of our new municipali
ties proved necessary, as the oillclnls
were timid nbout assuming responsi
bility and slow to conunehond their
new duties. At inimv of the elections
voters went in succession to the com
missioner present, the military repre
sentative and tho native priest asking
whom they wore expected to vote for,
and It was only with great dlllleulty
and by dint of much nrfrument that
they were persuaded to exercise tho
right of free suffrage.
SITUATION AT TIIK TIMK OF OUU
nrciAHTlTKK.
When wo left Manila a largo volume
of business was being done, and the
streets wore so crowded as to lie hardly
safe. The native peoplo wore quiet and
orderly and nil fear of an uprising hud
long since passed. s
A system of public Bchoolu In which
KngllBh was taught had been advocat
ed by tho Commission and established
by Oen. Otis. Some 0,001) scholars woro
In attendance, in the Tagalog prov
inces of Luzon, whero the anti-American
feeling hail been strongest, pub
lic ueutlmcnt bad greatly chunked, as
evidenced by the fact that the Military
Governor of llalangas had offered to
suni-nder his troops and ills province
If we would only send n small force
there. The Hlcols, In southern Luzon,
had risen against their Tagalog mas
ters. Tho Macabebes woro clamoring
for an opportunity to light In our ranks
and native soldiers and scouts were al
ready serving under Gen. Lawton.
Stories of corruption of Insurgent olll
eers were becoming dally more common
and the disintegration of the enemy's
forces wns steadily progressing. The
hope of assistance from outside sources
seemed to he all that held them to
gether. CONDITIONS IN OTIIKll ISLANDS.
Should It bo thought that too much
attention has been paid In this prelim
inary Teport to the Island of Luzon, It
may bo replied that tho rebellion Is
essentially Tagulog, and that when 11
ends In Luzon It must end throughout
the archipelago. It should, however,
be mentioned that a member of the
Commission visited the southern Is
lands of the archipelago nnd held con
ferences with their principal olllclals.
Tho only Island, apart from Luzon,
whole serious trouble threatens Is
Panay. to which a considerable force of
Tagaiog soldiers was sent before the
outbreak of hostilities. Many of the
Vlsayans of this land are opposed to
the Tagalogs, however, und it Is not
believed that the Intter can make 'i
formidable resistance. In Samnr, Leyto
and Mashute, the Tagalog Invaders are
numerically few and are disliked by the
natives of the.se Islands whom they
have oppressed. We were assured that
Uflo men would sulllce to restore order in
Mindoro, Hohol wns asking for troops.
Tho Calaiulanes Islanders had sent
word thnt they would welcome us.
There can he no resistance In Palawan.
Satisfactory relations had already been
established with tho warllko Moros,
whose .Sultan had previously been con
ciliated hv a liiomber of the Commis
sion, and In Mlnandao tills tribe had
even taken up our cause nnd attacked
the Insurgents, of whom there are very
few In tho island, In Cehu we have only
to reckon with the lawlesa clement,
which has nevor been very formidable
there.
Tho Island of Negros Is deserving of
special mention. Its civilized inhabi
tants are exceptionally prosperous und
tern r
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enlightened. They had the good sense
to keep out Tagnlog adventurers und
retain control of their own af'ulrs,
adopting for themselves a somewhat
complicated form of government, and
electing olllclals and n congress. He
fore our arrival at Manila they had
raised the American Hag, sent a dele
gation to Gen. Otis, and placed their
island unconditionally In our hands,
asking for American aid nnd protec
tion. They believed themselves capa
ble of managing their own affairs, but
asked for a battalion of troops to hold
In check the Hubuylnues, a half-rellg-lous,
hnlf-unarchlstle sect, Inhabiting
tho central mountain range, who for a
number of yeurs havo plundered and
burned the plantations of the Span
lards and civilized natives. The bat
talion of troops was furnished. The
people of Negros were authorized to
proceed with their experiment in gov
ernment, and were promised all possi
ble aid and asslstnnce. but they proved
unable to enrry out their programme,
although aided by our soldiers nnd by
the friendly advice of their commander.
Gen. Smith. They were obliged to ask
for a second, and finally a third bat
talion of troops. After tho lapse of a
few months they began to accuse their
own olllclals ot dishonesty und to com
plain that the commander of the native
forces dominated the governor. Dis
satisfaction became general. Fortun
ately Americans remained popular, und
tho bettor element began to ask why
we did no tako control and help them
out of their dllilcultles. The people de
manded a new election, believing tho
trouble lay with their officials, but aa
the best people of tho Island were al
ready In ofilce, it was evident that re
lief could not be had by this means. At
the request of Gen. Otis, the commis
sion prepared a new and simplified
scheme of government for the Island,
giving the people n large voice In their
affairs, but placing nn American In full
control. The main features of this
plan had already been exp)ulnclto
leading people of the island by a mem
ber of the commission in oerson nnd
their appreciation secured. This sys
tem has Just been put Into operation.
The people are satisfied and public or
der Is better In the Island today' than
at any time during the last, twenty
years.
The Hat failure of this attempt to Es
tablish nn independent native govern
ment In Negros. conducted ns It was,
under the most favorable, elfeum
stanees, makes It appeur that hero, as
well us In the less favored urov.incps.
a large amount of American rnnjnil, la
at present absolutely essential to-a
successful administration of public af
fairs. EFFORTS AT CONC.UilATlQNV
The efforts of the military authori
ties, acting under the Instructions .of
'tho president, to prevent an outbreak
of hostilities with tho Filipinos have
already been described.,, .Tho fighting
began. while the.x:lvIL mcuibora-of.tho
.Continued on Pago 4.
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