The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-02

they ask for no quarter and give none.
Tie native leaders say the struggle
viii only end with the determination
of the Spaniard. and then a republic
Will be founded on the principles of the
government of the United States.
The newspapers of Spain have been
forced by governmental restrictions to
minimize the Importance of the insur-
rection in the Philippines, fearing the
effect that the honest news would have
upon the Cuban patriots, and, while
all mail matter from the islands has
been subject to the strictest censor
ship letters intrusted 10 officers of
steamships have safely escaped in
vestigation and reached the hands they
We're intended for. These show the
true condition OF affairs in the islands,
and while they give but scant atten-
ion to detail, reveal all the horrors of
the war
INSURRECTIONISTS ON TOP.
The instruction has been in progress
but two months, yet the natives are
practically in control OF everything but
the city of Manila, where the Spanish
army is strongly fortified. There are
LOO islands in the group and the
total population is estimated at $780,
Co., but the Spaniards have never con-
Cuered more than 1000, 600 of these.
fiVe-SiXthS of the total area of the
islands has never been even explored
by white men. When the SDaniards
first conquered portions of the islands
most of the abOriginals fed to the in
terror and have lived in savage Wild
ress ever since. These aboriginals are
q negro race. and are fierce fighters.
They use poisoned arrows in warfare,
and are as skillful in handling them as
We're the Indians Of this country gen
eTations ago.
The principal island in the Phillip
pine group is Luzon, in which are the
three great cities of Manila, Cavite
and Malabon. The population of Luzon
is $500 600. and the population of
Manila is 10000, of whom $4,000 are
soldiers Differed by Spaniards. In the
central part Of the city is a great
fortress called Old Manila in which
the soldiers and Spanish officials, both
military and legislative, live. This
fortress is mainly armed with old
smooth-bore cannon, but within the
past year a number of rapid fire guns
and two great 15-inch rifles have been
added to the equipments.
Prior 10 the invasion Of Spain great
hordes of Malays had descended upon
the aboriginals, and in time had in
:er-married with them. Then numbe
OF Chinese entered the islands and in
ter-married with the children of the
Malays and aboriginals. Within the
last century there has been much mar
riage between Spaniards and the Won
en- Of the island of Malay, Monaghan
and aboriginal ancestry. The product
Of this mixture of races is now the
controlling power of the islands, and
furnishes the leaders in the revolt TO
break loose from the Spanish yoke.
When the Spanish first took possession
of the islands they called the half
breeds-the children of the Malay, Chi
nese and aboriginal parentage-Mest
ices. The Mestizoes, by the introduce
ton of Spanish blood. have developed
into a hardy, industrious people, many
of them persons of considerable wealth
and the heads of commercial firms.
which export the countless natural
riches of the islands TO all quarters of
the world.
The BIestizoes have made Manila
the great city is today. II is lighted
by electricity, the business streets
TEEN with vehicles and horse cars, rail-
roads run out from the city to Cavite
and Malabon, and many of the houses
and large buildings are constructed of
stone and iron.
SPANISH INJUSTICE THE CAUSE.
AS TO the cause of the war, it is the