Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-08
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Inn PHILIPPINE ISsuHCTNTs.
Tho story ~ spains tyrannicli AMI
bloody domination Of the philippine Ifa
lands ls one TINT reads like an account
NJ the times when might was rirht and
man wns wholly batbatoua. u makes
the man 81 todny-tho christian. civil
izrd. educated man fairly burn with
INDIGNATION. and nH one nttoclty after
another IL unfnidcd hy degrees h. be-
comes roconcIlod ga u0me measure nt
least 90 tho nwiulnt.a NJ the natives
work or antagouism.wh.l, nt the same
uinc De- marvcls les that they are
reith. roua. untfustworihy and cruel
That thoy are unsnilshi'n,d, unpr1-
gresaivc and untruIhml speaks more
in condemnation of che tymnniCll runy
than vi anything o'as; ord yet there iH
much method ln their mndnorr. They
are crafty. Initiative and p.roptivo 20
q great degree. and with such moulding
Hs thay have received from their native
iradera who have received the benefits
of education. have become warriors
moro 90 be- dreaded than doHplred
Il is said ~ Aruinnldo thnt h. has
the skin of o. trained military ntratc-
Elst 10 o. reported by correspondent
NJ the sln Francisco Chronicle 10 have
tstnbuted his men IN such a manner
un to cover the ground already nainei
and 10 onor the greatest offensive
rircnrth against the opponents. ITO
has aimed To throw his forces COM
plctsly around the city nrrt with the
object ~ fhuluur Aururu on ffJm 10,
rich country betlnd him on the island
~ LuEon. and tien slowly but surely
Tightening tho chain ~ steel about tn
boucred city ~, hls whipped IN.
raw material IN the shape N nauyca.
nr,d by tho hope ~ freedom from the
yoke of spain. into trained logions
which battle we'll whether muHkrt.
cDr or Hwordaman be- has taught Thorn
90 accomplish thu most with their limit
cd strength. Tho former docs not
nrr In volloya. but reserves his cart.
ridges until the ,nomy IN close enough
20 receive a. ilo fires once quickly
and drops 20 his knees 10 await an
other chance. The wicldor ~ the ma
Ghetto, too. reserves bis thrust ana pre-
serves himself until the blow will
tell 10 those who have watched the
EuorIlla-llk, battles between Cayitt
and Manila and down through the Prov
Tree OF Cavitc the mnchotc man has
seemed wonderful fighter. IIo mus.
charge 20 close range ana do hts
bloody work quickly and dcNtoruuHly.
Another leader 10 Colonel Maxine
lllsln. A. the ho1d Of 300 lnsurreniH.
in rsmpangaa, lhilc province ln thc
northern part " Luzln. be- has sur
rounded 0ovcrnIr General Monet and
driven greater number VI Spanish
soldiers than bis own force Into san
Fernando. Tho nghtlng here 10 repre-
fontri as having been very bitter and
bloody. Agulnlldl has been heard o.
declare that 90 point called Anrtlff
the spanish placed tho women and
children In front ~ their tr1ops and
batteries 90 protect themselves, OF
/ 'f" Nh" ST. NN ~ HNN lNHNNA NNH
would not Ore on che htlnisfa and In
nIcsnt. but walled patiently Tor an lp.
p'riuni,y and go, %, driving th, ,u,my
I from the place.
Thus have ,huga been going On. nll
having q tendency 90 show how bIiisr
A ihe prevailing feeling between th,
two races and how utterly Impossible,
% Will ho Or tho United States and
spain combined, OR any o.hsr power or
agency. % arrange compromise con.
ii,Iln " things ln ihc Philippines that
The Insurgents VIII accept for an In.
SAINT u Is war " freedom with them
ana all tio slime spent In trying So
reconcile 'h.m 90 Spanish rule wholly
Or 10 par. VIII Do In vain. No doub,
they would De willing Tor the Amerl-
cans 20 govern $50 long as the Fnlplnos
were given aHm5ihlnE like fair repre-
sanitation In the government and the
Spanish had no part at all; and q
would seem as u e. this complexion.
or ihe complete abandonment ~ :he
Islands by the American forces. must
| % come az last