The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-14

SCARED WITH BLOOD COM
PACT"
Whenever an insurrcction breaks out
the captain general calls for volunteers
To assist the regular troops. a prompt
response generally comes from the ma
tives of all races and cOlors, but on
recent occasion, when the new recruits
were examined by surgeon, it was
found that most of them bore on their
arms or legs scars of the blood COM
pact" which showed that they were
| secret members of the Katipunan.
| Less than a year ago the insurgent
| forces i'm LuzOn were said to number
| forty thousand, about five thousand OF
| whom were armed with Mauser rifles,
| the others bearing bowie-knives, spears
| and formidable bamboo lances. They
| have n few cannon, mostly cast from
| church bells. and mitrailleuse or two,
| fashioned from Cast-iron water pipes.
| Last october they were in undisputed
| possession of Cavite, san Mateo, linus
| and Novaletc. four miles from Cavite.
| Bodies of insurgents were encamped
| within three hours march of Manila,
which they might have captured by
| sudden dash.
Mr.. Foreman, who travelled through
the islands, looking at the case from
| the standpoint of an Englishman con-
cerned for the safety of the British
millions invested i'm Manila and in the
sugar plantations of the island of Ne
groes. hopes the insurrection will be sup
| pressed, but he cannot help remarking
that the theocracy which. after three
centuries of European domination, still
rules the island group, has proved
failure.
A NERITABLE PARADISE.
Yet these islands. like cuba, would
| be Veritable paradise if order could
be maintained. John Barrett, who was
| United States minister to Siam, wrote
| of them last year: The prodigality OF
| nature impresses the traveller wherever
| he travels. In the forests he sees ebony,
| logwood, ironwoud, sapan-wood and
| cedar: between the forests and the
| gardens the fruit trees. orange, mango,
ltamarind, guava and cocoanut; in the
| cultivated area, sugar-cane, tobacco,
| rice, hemp coffee. cotton bananas, va
nia, cassia, ginger pepper, indigo, CO.
Goa. pineapples wheat and corn. The
| minerals include gold, Gopher, iron,
coal quicksilver and saltpetre. From
the sea, mother of pearl, coral, tor
toise shell and amber are derived. The
| animal kingdom keeps pace with the
| vegetable and the mineral. To say
| nothing of the water buffalo, the most
| useful beast i'm the tropics, goats, sheep,
| swine and tough little ponies, the jungle
! swarmS with such variety of fauna
| that the naturalist finds here a para
disc. Snakes and lizards, spiders and
ants. tarantulas and CrOCodiles abound
Strange to relate, there are few beasts
of prey worthy of note. The flora of
the country is as rich as the fauna.
The physical conformation of Luzon is
conducive to extensive cultivation and
large population. The high mountain
range in the interior gradually lowers
to the sea. making beautiful valleys,
rolling hills. upland and lowland, forest
and field, drained with numerous rivers,
and dotted here and there with lakes.
| The coast line is irregular and bays
and bayous extend far inland
MANILA'S TRADE RESOURCES.
1t IS the boast of Manila that it's for
eign trade now amounts to S35,OO00OO
a year. and comprises an export of
over $S,OOO,Co0 Of hemp, $G,OOO,OOO Of
sugar and $2,OOOOOO of tobacco. But
this volume of foreign exports seems
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