New-York tribune., 1898-10-02

came over next day and got short treatment from
that every warship that came In and did not 90
treated lie also sent lls' OF acts oI uetn@id @
ships which he said must be stopped-such as run
ming about the haroGr az, a. nsnt Wn9 Il sgnrs
etc. short time after this a small Austrian cor
csme in Vent bv the feet went to foreign war,
ship anchorage, saluted the Spanish. French Eng
Ish Japs ETC. ana then anchored f0r conie a.
hours. when our Admiral sent over lieutenant
omitted also the usual and necessary formalites
and courtesies due TO Dlockadng squadron. The
lnconyenient and thought this closed the converse
ton But Deweys lieutenant said: ,o 49,. % ,,a
Admiral Dewey requires you 10 come out 10 the
American fleet Uhree miles away ana salute the
Whereupon the Austrian asked that his compll-
ments be given 70 Admiral Dewey. with the mes
his ship, anchored engines secured. fires out.
etc. Whereupon the Austrian captain was in
sai@ied i before morning he would be towed out Of
the harbor that same morning. and would be forci-
but he deserved them
There was hurried consulaticn with the Ger-
man Admiral, and then the latter hurried over 10
see the senior British officer Captain Chichester
upon the Americans. Captain Chichester said that
disclose them. Then he added that he could direct
the German Admiral TO gentleman present WHO
grated and asked for the name and by paSrSss OF OF
making the Dutchman very sick.
The English officers here are WARMLY friendly 70
us They openly say that when we start 70 take
Manila. IL the Germans attempt to bother US, the
yon can see how strainei our relations with
the Dutch. and. naturally. we want The Monterey
to have ready for use. NV personal belief is that
the Germans have no intention OF quarreing with
us. but are determined to grab up some territory
In this part OF the world.
sPANIARDS AND NATIVES BOTH LAZY
The spaniards have Ideas strange in this world
OF progress They have discouraged trade and
commerce. and by their laws have practically pro-
hibited the development of these islands in all re-
spects In agriculture they are nothing TO what
they might be There are immense beds OF coal
acres Of II cropping out on the surface. yet they
dig it not.
There are mines Of copper. silver and gold of
known wealth. There are all sorts OF valuable
minerals and metals and there they will stay.
long as the Spaniard controls. There are wonder
full forests of the most valuable hard woods known.
which could be turned into great wealth; and best
OF all there the agricultural possibilities. The
soil is almost all virgin soil and naturally as @ rch
and as fertile as land could be II seems the ideal
country for sugar. tobacco and cotton, and us
hemp crop Is famous. Tropical fruits of all varie-
ties and all tropical plants abound yet these Things
are hut sparsey cultivated And yet the population
Is large The area Is equal roughly. 10 about that
OF Ohio Illinois and Indiana combined d2oooO
square niles, and the population Is about eight
millions. or about equal to the population OF those
States which we think pretty well settled This
population is ali native and from a three months
,,nracIai srmly Helieve the population 10 be
Thoroughly undesirable. If could annex these
Islands without the population should be strongly
In favor of doing because Of the possibilities Of
great wealth 10 result from intelligent development
But the population is Il great drawback. There are
yet one million wild savases who have never been
annex them permanently many of those poor peo-
pie would have to be killed. Then Japs or Hndoos
would have 10 be imported TO do the work for
these people do not and viii not work: the easiest
thing I'm the world for them 20 get Is food. They
have no ambition for the comforts that labor
brings It is a .acJ that the feeble efforts hereto
fore made by the Spanaris in the development OF
the islands have been baked by the unwillingness
of the natives to labor. II may t~ tha, American
treatment will inspire the native 10 work. but the
fact remains that this VIII take many patient
years. The islands are too denseiy populated ever
to be subject TO American colonization. save by the
agents OF capitalists; they will provide no new
homes for Americans In great numbers.
A CRUEL GovERNoR-GENERAL.
believe that these islands properly handled.
would produce great wealth, but not for hundreds
OF years could they be Amercanzed. There is
surely great field and a great chance for wealth.
and I think would be tempted to hook them on.
There is not much / would write about the
native as he IS personally repulsiyc. lie is filthy
fnitcly worse than chewing tobacco; his hair and
person generally are thick with vermin and he is
neither truthful. handsome. brave. stawart.
don't know whether Malay stock is good or not. but
| think II bad originally and three hundred years
Of Spanish misrule has certainly lowered IL 10
very low point. Ii is unfeasibe 10 comprehend the
workings of the Spanish mind. The Charleston in
coming out here stopped at Guahan OF the Ladrone
Islands. and captured the garrison. The Spanish
Governor General excited much pity. as ne was torn
away without being given chance TO say goodby
20 his wife. who was about 10 be confined. But he
lost that sympathy by incidentally remarkng that
a month previous 40 Philippine tnatve) prisoners
had sent 10 him to guard. but he found IL In
convenient to guard them. and 40 ordered them
shot He told this OF himself with much
concern as / would have in taking nap We
learned later that this. man had the reputation OF
causing the death OF Thirty thousand natives while
he was Governor OF Cavite Province. This must
be exaggerated. yet there must also be much truth
in IT,
Aguinaldo Is the insurgent leader here. and he is
now a thorn in sides We believe his
whole ambition here 10 loot Manila We pre-
vented him from that and would never permit him
to enter Manila with such intent. lie learned that
ana soured Americans. He had thousands OF
violation of his promises 10 the Admiral. We fur
and during the next night Aguinallo moved out
with between two thousand and three thousand
Snanlsh prisoners and had them all shot. Now ne
wishes 10 know by what right Americans land on
IN. soil of the Philippine Republic without his per-
mission. &c.
ind that | have written YOU "A long letter with
out much provOcaton and ! rather fear you will
not find A very interesting. We are much more COM
Portable now than formerly. as the rainy season
has brought cooler weather. Also there IL a re-
shin chockful OF delicious frozen fresh