The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-05

pines Of the Spanish by any means
whether by dynamite, poison or assas-
sination. The natives hoped for a year
or two that Japan would assume con-
troll Of the island and that the hard,
cruel hand Of Spain would be removed.
When they found that their
HOPES WE'RE GROUNDLESS
they rose in armed rebellion. Gem
Schlatter, who was sent to the Phil
ippines by the German government last
August to look into affairs there, re-
ported that the japanese are leading
the revolt. There are 10000 Spanish
regulars on guard in the islands. The
insurgents last fall numbered about
$4,000, Of whom 5000 were armed with
good guns. The insurgents have a few
good cannon cast from melted church
bells and bits Of metal that they gath
cred here and there. Manila, like Ha-
vana, has naturally been in control Of
the Spanish troops, and the insurgents
have been carrying ON warfare forty
and sixty miles from Manila, similar to
that OF the Cubans about Havana.
In the summer of 1896 the order of
the Katipunan was secretly formed
among the Malays and Chinese. The
purpose was to remove by blood the
bondage by Spain The members Of
the order were sworn by cash across
the left upper arm. With the blood
which issued from the wound the in
ttiate crossed himself and daubed his
mouth, and solemnly swore that ne
would spill the blood of at least one
Spaniard every six months The Span
1sh got hold of the plot. By trials that
lasted for an hour or two in some cases
and thirty to forty minutes each in
most cases. 400 of the persons sus-
pected as being in the plot were con-
vlcted and Shot to death. In the month
OF November, 1896, there were 800 ex-
ecutlons on the outskirts Of Manila. In
one day some seventy Alive men were
stood up before a wall sand shot
CIGARS AND sWEETMEATs.
"Often cloud of tobacco smoke OBJ
scures the stage at the close of an
evening. When the; play pleases, a
whole scene will be repeated. I once
attended an opening might on a new
spanish drama, and the audience chez :
ed so Justify that the whole first scene
was repeated twice before the second
came On. There are Some marvellous
fncongrulties in the, drama there, but
the audience enters SO enthusiast calIy
into the plot that there is no chance
for such trlf1ing criticism. I saw a
play last year In which a Roman SOL
der shot the villain to death in room
where there were cur aims and glass
window panes.
Gambling is universal in the Phi lip.
Pines. l don't know any one except
the half-c1vilized men on the little ISL
ands in the Philippine archipelago who
Goes not do some gambling. There are
lotteries galore. TIE government gets
$',0OO,O0O revenue year from the lot
ter1eS, and no matter how hard the
times, how sad the islands may be over
some fr1shtful calamity, there are al
ways some lotteries in full blast under
the protection of the Spanish. Sci ers
or lottery tickets have booths along the
streets, at the plazas and wherever the
people congregate for an evening S
promenade. Thousands of people will
scr1mp and pinch whole month to get
money to buy chances in some lottery
scheme. The business men lay aside a
certain share CT their receipts to buy
tickets. The Manila newspapers get
large part of their business ON
advertisements for lotteries.
Naturally the average native of the
Philippines is humble and peaceable
sort of a fellow. He fas vey little
education and has no knowledge of the
world outside of tha islands. I know
men In Mania who have hsld govern
ment offices and ere Amounted great
successes there, wh6s hsA never heard
OF the United Statesa and asked me if
cur country was anywhere rear China.
guess they have ttrushcd up the r
geography along thae Hha nee I eft
he islands. The ratiyes ara simple
people: they love to dance, sing and
{ at. Poverty is mora general than
anywhere on the CONT emit Under
good government there would never be
a suggestion of rebellion ar d these peo-
pc could be made prosperous "