The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-07-14
AFRAID OF UNCLE SAM
ENGLAND ORDERED DOWN HER
FLAG.
She said the suiu islands. Too. Mere
ours Captain Of British Merchant
steamer dave the RAG to Natives to
Else for Protection. v

On the departure Of the spanlartn
the inhabitants Of some OF the sulu
Islands, notably Palawan. Baibabac
and kulion. applied for British protec-
tion, and Capt pfor, Of the British
steamer Labuan, visiting Palawan In
response to the urgent request Of the
natives. handed TO the latter a British
flag, 20 be used In case Of emergency.
ON the matter being reported to Sir
Charles Mitchell. governor OF the
Straits. and subsequently to the for
oign office, the latter telegraphed to
Singapore orders that the British fag
should at once be hauled down, and ac-
cording to advices Just received In Lon
don, II. NJ s. Archer was dispatched
to Port Royalist Palawan. to haul
down the nag. From the report OF
Capt Pfort II appears that II was only
on seeing the really critical state OF
analrs that he gave the nag to the ma
tiyes. The labuan called at Port Roy
alist. Palawan. on February I. and
found the people In great consterna-
tion. The spaniards had left three
months previously. saying that the
Americans would take over the gov
eminent In three days On leaving. the
spanlards turned adritt. without food.
clothes or money. all the native sol
diors. The convicts. too. were set at
liberty, and all arms and ammunition
having been removed the people were
entirely at the mercy Of the disbanded
soldiers and freed conylcts. who loot
ed and plllaged the whole country. on
his arrival Capt. Pfort was asked by
the head man there II the governor OF
Sandakan would afford them pro,ec-
ton, and he. in reply, suggested that
letter In that sense should be dis
patched to the governor OF Sandakan.
Capt. Pfort also handed to them a Brit
ish merchant ensign with instructions
TO Inform anyone seeking TO moleat
them that the people were under Brit
ish protection. lie also gave TO them
this letter: BE II known unto all men
that !, Captain Pfort. master OF the
British steamer IAbuan. having arrived
at this port and found the people de-
sirous OF British protection. have this
day given to the president OF this port
British nag which | have instructed
him TO use and call upon all men to re-
spect the same until such time as Her
Britannia Majesty, Queen Victoria.
notifies her pleasure regarding the pro-
lection OF this port and the Island OF
Palawan In general" After leaving
Port Royalist the Labuan called al
Curaray and Jiiandak ports. on tn,
northwest coast OF Palawan. ana round
a similar condition Of things. the peopl,
being In terror In the mountains. pro,
ceeding TO Kulion, an island seventy
miles north OF Palawan. Capt. Pfori
found local republic set up under
Agulnaldo, From this place he took on
board his steamer number OF refu-
gees. The dispatch from Lord Sails
bury TO Sir Charles Mitchell In refer
ence to Capt. Pfort's action simply or
drred the flag TO be hauled down. and
added that the British government dis
approved Of Capt. Pforts action. HeF
majesty government stated that Pala.
wan and the adjacent Islands. being
portions OF the Philippines, became by
virtue OF conquest, American terrlt0y