New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-01
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
SPANISH CRUELTY THERE AS BAD AS
IN CUBA.
THE PEACEFUL NATIVES TURNED BY IT T.
or INSTRUCTION IRREYEEssIDLE.
From The San Francisco Chronlcle

or INSTRUCTION IRRETHEssIDLE
From The San Francisco Chronicle
Tho latest mails from Hong Kong bring inteih-
goncc that the instruction against the spanish
Government In the Philippine Islands "iiIcn
was supposed t. have been suppressed "'s
broken out afresh in the northern provinces 81
lu2on. au1 that bloody battles are eNpe' No., Tu.
Tho parallclism with cuba Is quite curlon7. ny
hrarl of The Antilles and the gem OF .LaIIS -"
became Spanish colonies in III" last mar OF 'l'
sixteenth century: over both tn. flag OF spain
has foat"d ever since But both Were acqur, 4
when the Spanish soul was full OF sap Wn| -. al'
blood Of Spain became Impoverished a'.r 'i"''
.sh hhre G'cay"d under n"uumhihS I""u,i
tho people OF both colonies grew T"SllN'' anu az
tompts to throw off foreign dominion hc.au'
chronic The insurrcctionary DEMONSTRATIONS
We're suppressed. but the suppression Wa ~
cruel ana brutal that it left IN the Manly RI"
mouth taste for blood and ret ing. ,.,..,.
The aGFrcsat" area Of the l"'o ohI iN."n"'
constituting the philippine group is about IN"
same as that Of California. but th" reputation
Of thc islands is said To number seven or e'Nnt
millions Thr principal island, l'u~"h' 'N'''u
Cuba in area lbs 1000 miles and contains over
tWic. the population IN this population Two
hundred trihce. Indigenous and mixed are sac
to Dee represented Such are tn" n"Erlt.S. VINO
We're the ahoriSincs, about nv" th"uaaiu ',l'""
ish-born and few hundred English. Am"rl'ahS
ana Germans. considerable h'o} 81 Spans
ruestfzns The offspring oi Spanish fathers ana
native mothers. several hundred thousand IN
ne,e and Chinese uestiZos that is 10 say. III"
offspring ~ Chiusee fathers and native u"lh'r"'
great N.lk ~ the iiila -'.il't' az
lays who conquered tha Islands long before me
Spauiards landed. and resisted iric".N. bu' '"-
cifectuaily III" European INVASION lh'l
originally = mild. gentle. KIND ara hosI',""'
people but centuries 81 cruel oppression nav
general ID among them warrior class Whl'h
has learned 20 Guido N" Spariatds IN i'r"'ly'
IN the reb-lliors of 1872 ana l>iJ treN MADE no
secret of th'ir purpose I" gram y" 4"''' -,
They v.r, originally MahometauS and inc
Spanish invaders dealt with them a. iheli Coz
relicioniste did with the Moors IN Spain. Stead
H. f.. fI4HF
terminated. and the work WAS 50 Thoroughly
done that there is not a mosque l'it on any "l
;h" islands. and Mr.. Foreman says that less
than nvo hundred thou and MalaNs Low adhere
10 their ancient faith when called 90 account
for Intolerance SENIOR Canrtus justified himself
10y alleging that mild persuasive. rai' maj ID
nuouce Wds effective ~ count"ractinS ne say
age instincts ~ th" natives IL inns p-auStn"
the0ry tho Malays DO not concur. In ~ thy
denounced this patcrnal solicitude o. th'r ma.
f,rs as lntrl.rahle tyranny. In lN'L' ih'N went
further and finding that hoy could not shake
of the iu0uisiiorial dominion ~ governing OH
ciale tho planned the annihiiaton OF the Whoi'
vhite rae ia ihe Islands
EARTHQu VoLcANoEs And TYrHooNs.
Tho region is courcuial for the development -
paeeiou Tho whole philippine group o. ~ N".-
larIr origin. one p ID" greatest n'n" N''
canoes in tho world Mayor. is Niihin SlEhl ~
Manila Earthquakes are frequent ana they
are So terrible that mems hol's ar sdld i'
,hak, SIR John Browning said. They oNcrtuin
mountains they hI hp 'ali'y g. ih'F i'.'' .,c
plains They open passages from Oh" s"a INF" me
interior AVID from 81" !ak"s INFO 'A' So" li'
.artheuaf.s 4 Japan ARE gentle r"Wors ln
corir.srie,u
As II volcanic oruDiinns and earthquakes dId
not suni,- - keep rp popular rtcli"'r' DO.
uati!r. selected in. Philippine group i' I'
rroaf. ~ f,thoofe Narlgaf,~s sailing th"
,'hfua S.a hardly dare lif, their cyc from the
barometer 90 talk or .af or sleep go long ms
they are IN the latitude ~ Qu}on. u he OLD
DAYS many a BRAY" hdil'"h 90 li"t num- 80 -
voyarc such as ia" one which Bret Hart" de-
scrf,cd ne slow IS drifting nfhwHff ffr e"ffiNY
.tif, wac crushed 20 atoms ln the whlrlvlud be-
fore ehs lost sight - MAJ
ya, 3D.. r.nfI. suI. n'r ag these terrifying
r,h.,nr...o az ftf,lr. maxi th.iT blood course
through r..lr veins. arr pleasure. loving and
lay, f-..r, VILLAGE has l'. il4l and ~ the
rre, q,,ai,. az fA. violin all hands gather Zoo I'd"