The San Francisco call., 1898-06-20
SAYS MONT!)O
 IS 4 COW ARD Hongkong Papers Story
 of Manila. SPANISH ADMIRAL'S FLIGHT WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO
 REACH SHORE. Archbishop of Manila Issues Pastoral in Which He Bitterly Assails the Ameri-
 cans.
WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO
 REACH SHORE.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA, June 19.-The Oriental steamship Olympia, arriving here to- day, brings Chinese papers which ac- cuse Admiral Montijo of cowardice at the battle of Manila special corre- spondent of the Hongkong Telegraph writes to his paper from Manila, say ing that the Admiral did nothing more than flee from one vessel to the other during the engagement. He was among the first ashore, and almost be- fore the battle was over was at his country villa beyond the city. He had not even allowed his captains to know where the Cavite anchorage was mined, and u is given as a reason why some of the mines were exploded before the American ships approached them They were exploded in order to give Sranish vessels chance to cross the line
 Colonel San Miguel of the battery committed suicide when he found the supply of ammunition was not what had been represented. Frauds had been committed which had disposed of the stock.
 The Archbishop of Manila has issued a pastoral in which he declares:
 Very soon the country will see an insurmountable barrier placed between you and your masters; there will be then for you no situation nor repre- sentation, nor can you even participate in the government of the towns. You will be reduced to a separate civil state, villified and degraded like those of the lowest caste, and like miserable labor CTS reduced to the condition of coolies, and further to that of beasts or ma chimes, supplied or fed by a handful of rice thrown in your faces as a daily al lowance, simply to secure the fruits of your labor This is not all. The worst is that you will see the. ruin of your temples or that they will be turned into Protestant chapels, where there is no altar. Oh, this is hardi God, the Vir- gin and all are gone and the cross will have disappeared from your ceme- teries, the crucif1x from your schools and the ministers of the true God who made you Christians through baptism" !"
 He urges the Spanish to resist with all their power the Americans.
 There is a strong anti-British feel ing among the Spanish in Manila, who are of the opinion that the English peo- pie have shown their sympathy with the United States too openly. It is claimed by the Spanish that the Brit ish Government even supplied pilot to take the fleet into Manila harbor. Captain Cobban of the collier Zafiro was accused of being the pilot
 A dispatch from Canton tells of pi- ratfcal raid sixty miles above the city. Pirates boarded the Chinese steamer Wingsal at Canton as passengers, and. reaching 8 favorable point, attacked the crew, which resisted, and after sev- eral hours fighting drove them from the boat. The steamer drifted ashore dur ing the struggle and had not been fioated several days later.
 Serious rioting is reported from Shashi, in China. The customs sta- tion was burned and the Commissioner of Customs made away with. The Brit flagstaff torn down and the flag torn to shreds. The building was then burned to the ground.
 Reports from Canton state that the grave diggers are not able to keep up with the death list from the plague
 There are reports of serious diff culty between the Chinese and French Governments, arising from the fact that French experts were employed to take charge of the Foo Chow arsenal The French assumed too much author ity and their contract was annulled and pay withheld. The hitch was re- ported to the French Minister at Pek- ing, and resulted in sending two war ships to Foo Chow, taking q position where the arsenal would be at the mercy of the French guns. The Chi nese directors were prevented from flee ing for safety by a hint that flight would be signal to seize the ar senal. The French demands practi- cally amount to giving the French pos- session of the arsenal