The times., 1899-07-08
TAGAL YELLOW JOURNALISM.
The Filipino Va Correspondent and
His Hopeful SIetboas


The Filipino Va Correspondent and
His Hopeful Methoas.
Despite the contradictory reports pub
lished in the American newspapers. the
Tagal war correspondent manages to OBJ
| tain a goodly number of glowing victories
| for publication on the first page of his
sheet, and when the rigors of the censor
ship are taken into consideration. the dus-
ky press representative finds it no easy
task to earn his daily rice. Recent advices
from the Philippines state that an Aguinal-
| do organ has been established at San
| Emilio, about $50 miles north of Manila
and that the new molder of what little
opinion there may be in Tagal brain is
experiencing prosperity. being the proud
possessor of real war correspondent and
pony boy who delivers dispatches flom
the front. The journal giories in the name
of the "Heraldo de Tiagau.' and is pub
lished semi occasionally, or as often as
the increasing matches of victories warrant
| an appearance.
AS no copies OF the new 'Heraldo' have
| managed to pass the quarantine stations,
got out or in what wondrous terms the
glowing victories are tempered 10 the
shorn Americanos. But it is very evident
| that the war correspondent has copiei
after the methods of his white brotner
and as a despatch relating a defeat would
mean discharge, the Filipino arms are tri-
| umphant on the continuous performance
plan. As the paper is edited by p oxy.
the real editors being in Boston at the
present time, the editorials are lacking N
polish but the dispatches from the front
are no doubt worth the price of subscrip-
ton.
These latter explain why the yellow fol-
lowers of Aguinaldo persist in prolonging
the struggle against the conquerers who
bear the Stars and Stripes. 1t is under
stood that whole transports loaded down
with Filipino troops have landed in the
far-off country of the Americanos and have
already captured and burned half a con
tinent besides establishing headquarters
in many cities. All this is possible to the
heather mind of the Tagal and the des-
patches from the Army of American N
vasion are received with cheers and salts
| faction when printed in the ''Heraldo." q"
| Therefore, is the Filipino war correspon-
dent a great man and a noble liar with
an Aesop imagination.
! While Americans pick up a big daily pa
per and read of the continuous round of
victories of Macarthur, Funston, Hale, and
others and the carefully edited dispatches
OF satisfactory progress issued via the
War Department, the eager Filipinos are
! poring over the latest press-damp issue
of the "Heraldo," and they. too, have
cause for joy. Imagine reading such a
| despatch as the following, played up un-
der scare lines:
| (From Our War Correspondent.)
| Washington, America, July A, ls99.-our army
of invasion under Gen. G, F. lioar advanced
upon this city today and the Americans, after
MIA. Our loss was one wounded. while the
/ enemy left 10000 dead on the field.
We have captured the iCangreSs House, where
| the enemy makes laws, and, we are using it as
a tomb for the dead. We nave blown up their
| tall monument and haze taken 100000 prisoners.
! We have the situation well in hand and do not
require re-eniorceme.ts ~
Our trenches extend from Kansas, Mass, to
| Virginia. y. Y. We haze shelled the fort called
the War Department 4 and General Alger has
hung out flag of trace. o.
Then, again, every day must be Fourth
of July TO the FiIipinos when they read
such dispatches as the, following in the
'Heraldo:"
| From Our War CeErespondent.)
New York. America. lJglH. "A wing of our
army under Gen. Atkin, Edwnson captured and de-
stroyed the Statue q Liberty yesterday. \
| charge was then made upon the city Of New
York and although the enemy made slight re-
sistance we forced way through the trenches
| in the Bowery and the Americans surrendered.
Our casualties were TIVE wounded and 100 miss
ing The enemy retreated to the Mississippi
River, but left over 100000 dead in the streets.
| The offices OF the newspapers made desperate
| resistance shelling troops with kissn,
bugs which caused some CONSERVATION. We
have taken about i,500000 prisoners. Yankee
| commission, consisting OF Generals schurz,
Credit Mobilier Dodge, Potato Pingree, William
Lloyd Garrison, Polscksky Pulitzer, Larry God
| kin, and Chuck Conner, is now at our headquar-
tiers suing for peace at any price.
Boston was not very hostile to the en-
emy during the Spanish American war,
and 1t is not surprising that the Tagal
dispatches should relate an easy victory
since the sound of cannon scared the bean
eaters badly. The following attracted at
tention even in Luzon:
From Our War Couespondent)
Boston, America, July 4.-This city surren.
| with great rejoicing. General Tagals was present
| cd with the Sacred Cod, which IS the god of the
city Our navy is now anchored in the Back
Bay.
1t is very evident from the following
despatch. that the Filipinos are ingrates
| and would hardly pension an emDalMeu
eommissary, even though he be fayorite
(From Our War CoUespondent)
San Francisco, America, July 4.-The court
martial in the case OF the Americana General
Meegan was disbanded today. General Meegan was
| found guilty Of having williuliy surrendered ia
| our troops several carloads OF poisoned beef III
tins which were labeled Army Rations, and
from eating which many Of our troops died The
prisoner was sentenced TO have three tins OF the
beef forced into his stomach He died in terri
bic pain, coniessing his guilt.
The Filipino Junta at Paris seems to
have been getting in some good work on
paper, according to the following
| From Our War Corespondent9
France. July 4.-AgonciIlo WAS today elected
the President OF France by the Grand PriA. He
| will at once send army to crush the Amerl'
canos.
The naval features have not been en-
tirely forgotten by the energetic corre-
spondent, and such a victory as is de-
scribed below might well arouse enthu-