The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-08-18
DRAMATIC CAREER OF
GENERAL AGUINALDO
THE LEADER OF THE PHILIP
PINE INSURGENTS.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ORIGIN
AND RISE OF THE MAN WHO
HAS CAUSED SPAIN AND MAY
YET CAUSE US A LOT OF TRoU-
RLE
From tht Times-Herald.


Spanish education, Spanish govern
ment But for the Malay ferocity in
his veins he is the child Of Castillo
and Aragon. Spain really ought not
to repudiate him as bitterly as she
does.
Agunaldo is not Malay of the pen
insula. His father was a native chief
of the Philippines-an orang Malayu,
that is, a Malay with a literature. a
religion, culture of his own In this
way he was distinguished from the
Orang Beuna, the Malay of the SOIL
and the Orang-laut, the Malay of the
sea. The chief had ambitions for his
son. He gave him at a tender age to
the Spanish priests of Luzon, with the
injunction to educate him as best they
knew. These men were only too glad
to take the boy. They were Spaniards
and he Malay The Spanish popula-
tion of the Philippines was as shadow
of nipa palm by the shade of noun
tain cliff when faced by the 100000 or
more Malay and Negritos of the island.
Aguinaldo trained as Spain would train
all true sons, foster or otherwise, would
return to his people an apostle of the
cause of Spain. His influence, the
and must necessarily be exerted for the
government which so beneficently edu
Gated him out of aboriginal savagery
into that of culture and religion.
TURNS INTO A SOLDIER.
So the lad Ohis being sixteen years
ago) attended the local schools in and
about Manila and then was sent to
Madrid to qualify for the priesthood.
There he learned many pious things,
texts from old Latin books, the compo-
sition of the shell of religion, the diff
ference between n saint and captain
general, and the ecclesiastical right of
Spain to conquer all aboriginals by the
sign of the cross and the ping" of a
Mauser.
This education was not without it's
value to him. He learned to differn-
tiate. He was an Orang Malayu, with
warm blood, a heart, an inner con-
sciousness. In many little things and
some great ones he was not as refined
as we love to pride ourselves on being.
A Malay is not an American nor an
Englishman. He is, if the wise may be
believed, an offshoot of the Mongoian;
he has racial history nearly 1000
years old, he has conquered and been
| conquered, taken blood and given
| blood. Aguinaldo was and is of his
| kind. He surprised the ancient theo-
| logical doctors of Madrid two years
after his arrival there by declaring
| that he would not become a priest. He
| would become a soldier, and, oppose
him as they did. his determination
could not be altered. They took the
novitate's gown from off his muscular
frame and drafted him into one of the
native regiments of Luzon. He was a
| subaltern in his native land, dominated
by Spanish captains and field officers
DISTRUsTS WHITE PEOPLE.
| 1t is not necessary to write that the
| life of Spanish soldiers and officers in
| the Philippines has been but little diff
| ferent from what it was in Florida two
| centuries ago or in Mexico. Dead
| women cannot speak, tortured children
| become dumb, the lash of thieVing ras-
| cally taXgatherers breeds silence but
| cannot extinguish thought. Malay in
| dependence in the Philippines has been
| dream with the Orang Malayu for
| generations. Aguinaldo, serving quiet
| ly as a minor officer in the Spanish
| ranks, had his dreams. His superiors
| were plunderers of their own govern
ment. The Malay paid the taxes, the
| resident officials stole one-third of these
| and tWo-thirds were sent to Madrid.
| How could Aguinaldo respect the gov
| ernors? The clergy received tithes
| from the Malay, but the church and
| the altar We're for the Spaniard.
Aguinaldo, aboriginal and partially
| civilized man, was not blind. He is
| from all accounts a man of taciturn,
undemonstrative disposition, not given
to outward manifestations of joy or
sorrow, extremely courteous to all men,
| kind to women, children and animals
| He is slow and deliberate of speech
never elated or depressed impassive
and, save in times such as these, indo-
lent. Processes of thought were and
are slow with him. He is not trustful
of the white races and has no reason
to be, something students of him and
his people are apt to overlook. Russia
| England, Germany, Spain, have given
the races of Asia little cause to be-
lieve in a Christians God or a Chris
| tian's word OF modern civilized ma
| tions the United States is the one, alone
| which has never broken faith with the
Asiatic nations nor plundered for con-
| quests sake.
| BEGINNING OF THE REVOLT,
All this Aguinaldo knew ten year.
ago. He knew it when in 1896, then p
years of age, he organized in the ma.
tive.troops of the Philippine Islands the
revolt against Spain. His associate il
this was Lieutenant Alexandra,
brother Malay. Most characteristic
was the wav in which they announced
their secession from the flag of Spain
| Americans shudder over the details, bu
they are no more terrible than Captain
Jacks destruction of Candy or the fal
of Custer. Both of these last tragedie.
were legitimate outgrowths of bru
tality and oppression on the part o
the dominant race.
| Aguinaldos regiment one brigh
morning shot down on the parad'
ground every Spanish officer in COM
mand, save a few insignificant lieu
ants. Then the rebels hid in the sa
vannas-swamps and trackless prai
ries. Aguinaldo established a head
quarters, organized 1000 or 5000 ma
tives into regiments. planned raids o.
rich settlements, and inaugurated 70
Spanish residents a reign of terror. II,
had seen the ears of his own peopl
cut off by Christian Spaniards in turn
he chopped off Spanish heads. He haC
seen the priests bless Spanish murder
ora lin onld,ar yapI,N aud he