Evening star., 1898-09-13
REVOLT IN THE CAROLlNES
Natives Unite to Overthrow the Rule Of
Spain.
The Group IL Probably by This Time
in the Hands of the In
surHents.
FROM the New York Herald. Today.

FROM the View York Herald. Today.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Monday-The
Caroline group OF islands, which this coun-
try contemplated seizing had war with
Spain been prolonged, is probably by this
time in the hands Of natives of the group
and the Spanish garrison wiped out.
The Ponape garrison, hard pressed. sen.
u Guam. in the LadICnes for assistance.
but there found Americans in possession.
Two native chieftains had united. and 200
Spanish so1liers were cornered in the Po-
n&pe barracks.
Spain may never be able to recover the
group and her power il the South sea will
bc further broken
Had the cruiser Charlie ston prolonged her
cruise so as to take in the islands of the
Caroline group the SIaniards would have
been between the devil and the deep sed.
Had the Ameri AN blUejaCkets visited Po-
nJIe. landed and made investigation of the
islanG's affairs they would have found
STdin's sol1iers already in a state of siege,
with two " airing kings at the doors of the
IonJpS TdpDIng with Clubs for admission.
Word had been sent to Guam for the com
nEnder of that port to send troops to the
assistance of the Ponape garrison. but the
Charleston had interfered with the guar
dIdus OF tn" LadTOneS ard carried the gov
ernor and most of his garrison to Manila.
This is the way things stood when the
last American trading schooner left Po-
q
Honolulu. and the steamship Coptic. whicn
arrived yest -rday, brought the news to this
city.
Among hose OF the American colony who
were in POnape after the war with Spain
hrCks out Was James Wilder of Honolulu.
He vas a passenger for the latter port
from japan on the Coptic. and he told
story Of adventures that confirmed the
regvS received in letters here.
Wilder trlC"l-d into the interior of the
largest island of the Caroline group. and,
though the tribes of natives We're at war
with the Sp lniards. they received him with
open arms because he was an American
and begged that the United States interfere
in their favor
There WIS a strange state of affairs n
hUzair and POnGpe two months ago ac-
CCriIng 10 news reCe iVed from there. On
kCzale are several American missions
whose members roaned about the islands
at will. but the Spanish garrison at Ponapa
vas confined To the limits Of the town.
bloody war Of eXterrni- d ton having been
w-ged against them by the natives.
No Spanish soldier dared venture a mile
into the interior. Many TAD been killed
and. 70 add 10 the confusion, two warning
tribes. not able to get al their common en-
eIny. the garrison. fought with each other
Spaniards tried to take advantage Of this
rev and anIihildte the fighters They were
badly fooled, 70" the rival kings suddenly
G. Cmbined and attacked the Spaniards with
such vigoT that they compelled the latter to
retreat and take shelter in the barracks
The sunbolt Quiros was then dispatched
to Guam for aid, but on arriving there
rcuni the American flag floating and the
gunboat on duty at the port missing The
QuirpS never returned.
There rre 20n soldiers in town out thcs.
were poorly supplied with ammunition and
IN no position to resist a prolonged attack
The suDpo@itiOn is that the place was can.
tered and the Spanish garrison wiped out
The entire up Of Islands, unless the
SLar!sards made an unexpected starI must
h" by this time in possession of the natives
American missionaries Ere probably safe
as they stand well with the natives who
though they may not love missionaries par
ucularly love Americans.