Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1897-05-06
sPAlNs PHILIPPINE POLICY.
Men Nailed to the wall and Thumb
screws Applied.


Men Nailed to the wall and Thumb
screws Applied.
In a letter dated September 30, re-
ceived in London from an English mer-
chant in the Philippines, the writer
says:
manila Is at present quiet, but sltir-
mishing is going on in the outskirts
every day. The adjoining province OF
Cavite is still held entirely by the rebels,
and there they have killed all the priests
and Spaniards. Great atrocities have
been committed on both sides, but more
so by the Spaninrds, who show no
mercy on the prisoners caught. A
perfect reign Of terror now exists.
Wholesale arrests are taking place daily
of both innocent and guilty, and most
horrible tales Of barbarity and cruelty
are current. The Sponiards are tortur.
ing especially the more important peo-
pie in order TO force them TO declare.
am told they are actually mailing their
hands up TO the walls and hagellatlng
them, applying the thumbscrews, etc
There is no doubt II is perfectly true
but will all be denied by them in Eu.
rope, and any surviving witness likely
20 speak against them they will prompt.
ly get out OF the way. No kilograms ore
allowed to go away except after being
censored by the government, and cor
respondence is also violated, but never.
theless the Hong Kong and Singapore
papers have managed TO get an account
of the Black Hole OF Manila, worse than
that of Calcutta. In an old dungeon In
the fortress some 100 people were
thrown In one night, there being hard
ly room for 30. The miserable wretchei
were up TO their knees in mud, illthy
and putrid, and the next morning Sc
corpses were taken out. l trust the
European papers will take this up.
THE rebellion is solely due TO the ut
terly rotten and corrupt ndministra
tion here, which the natives, after be
ing under the Spanish yoke 300 years
cannot stand any longer. Thing
look very black, indeed, and business Il
et a standstill. have been obliged e
leave my estate, as the governor re
fuses TO guarantee my safety. hav,
not time now, nor Ia IL prudent to dc
90. as my letters might be opened. Fol
his reason will not sign this. Secre
police and spies are over the place, anS
news has just come that the province o.
Hella has risen. Executions have beer
Wholesale. The other day four NOR,
unfortunate natives were shot In Tn,
public promenade. 1 went with Capt
| Hogg TO see II, but | hope / may neve
see another such sight. II was simply
awful. The rifles were put so close 4
the heads Of the prisoners that the!
were blown all 10 pieces. Actual,
crowds Of Spanish women went to Sc,
It. The Spanish say they will shoe
800 Of the ringleaders. | hone II the.
do Europe will be down on them, be
cause this Is worse than the bulgarian
| ctrocities.
THE government Is so rotten on nc
count OF the Cuban war that they dom
know where 10 get money from, and 81
are arresting all prominent Indian
and half-castes who have anything 4
lose and conhscating their property
Tho unfortunate who falls In thei
clutches, whether innocent or guilty
is doomed forever. / know many peo
pie who hPse been arrested who hav
30 more 20 do with the thing than yol
have. News.