Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-12-29
TROUBLE ~ rmr PHILIPPINES.


n accounts ~ f1r received ore TO.
liohle things have somewhat dis
turbci appearance In portions - tho
Philippine Islands. Tho. Insurgents
have been laying Siege to uoli' Tor
some time and 800 cnpituiaill1 was
merely n matter VI time. and recently
~ brief limo. II alao appears that
sho American commanders nt Manila.
realizing the necessity for Effective &C.
ton had dispatched sufficient force
TO Iloilo TO receive the surrender and
take possession ~ tho province. No
sooner had the expedition gotten fairly
under way than news comes ~ the
downfall " the city aud lts occupancy
by Agulnaldo's forces. the spiniards. Il
Il claimed. acting under orders from
Madrid. Thcac orders. n so sent. could
not have been by reason ~ the np-
preach u the American forces. because
n the lack ~ cable facilities. but may
have been because Of the knowledge
that American pD-s.ss,,h by occupancy
was a certainly NJ the near future ana
the Spanish government preferred to
let the rebels In. herrhy making things
nv complicated ana embarrassing for tho
stu hated Americans as possible We
say this may have been the ease: II Is
only fair 20 admit that the facts when
fully detailed may point TO a different
conclusion.
Another source ~ anxiety Il the re-
fuHal Of the Manila Insurgents 20 re-
lease the Spanish prisoners held by
them. The treaty recently concluded
contains a provision for such release.
and the Americans are or win be when
tho treaty II ratified. not only honor
ably hut legally bound 10 accomplish
fhat ubjcct. II IL stated as rugges-
ilon that the insurgents may be hold
inR the Spaniardr ms hostages. the price
OF whose dehvcrancc IL 10 be- certain
political concessions which they Will
demand ~ the United States. n this
shall prove 60 be true. and the conccs-
Hinna demanded nrc not such ~ con-
travenc anything already accomplished
or provided for. perhaps they will be-
granted. na II IL reasonably certain that
the natives are 10 be- given every con-
Hldcratlon consistent with good order
and proper government nu. however
this may prove 10 be-. the prisoners
must b. released and assurcdly they
win be-. II the insurgents through the
fatuous teachings and haG leadership
~ their principals. shall be 20 blind
as TO make II necessary o. use force
I a
sincerely dcnlorc-force let II be. They
VIII be the losers 10 an extent they
have no present conception of.
Those who govern by force are not
| greatly disposed 90 De gentle or con-
cillntnry, as the governing power ~
the Philippines now l.. and the lash
| once uplficd II likely % fall with u
severity which no warllkc experience
with the spanirdu has cycn suggested
"a them. II will be plain Ease VI
bringing into reality the Frankcnsteln
fable-thcy win have raised demon
but viii be- unable 10 control H..
Al such tlmca thcrc ~ a great deal
~ comfort Ia be derived from III,
knowledge that we have In charge of
affairs at Manila some cool-headed
clear minded. stout-hesrted men VIII,
know what their dtuy Ia under an cir
cumstanccs and VIII not hesitate 60 d,
H.. The Islands are long way OF ant
nH matter ~ necessity those who ar'
la charge must do many thlngs-al
THINGS. in fact. relating TO sudden emcr
rgnc.cf--an their own r,sponsibllHl
and In accordance wish their hes
Judgment. \ single mlrstcp might Ne
ihc world ahllzo, such crises hav'
come before and been met in the prop
cr way. Everything has moved alonl
ns smoothly 40 was possible under sucl
peculiar aud trying cireumstanecs' an
We need have no fear that they VII
not continue 60 do 80.