The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-15
Thirteen Priests Direct Fun ils
Philippines
They WERE LUCKY TO ESCAPE
Asuinaieo Assins, Them Safe Ir
.aniia - Church Property
The Future - crSsl,i...

ThcF- werc thiFSsea is The party os
priests that vas hcsc a.. Other DAY
aboard the Americas llarr Csina. os
ths Pacific Mail ConPsayIs ee~s- Thr,
are missionaries OF the order os So
Augustine Reco.~cs0s and had h~ea lab
orins in the Philippines. some ot then
as long ss forty years These vcrs to-
names Etvca:
Fathers Felix Cuils.n. Julsza cssae-
ros. Bcrna=diao Garcia. Frsae5sco Nal
IaEaEas. M.litoa MzrSls.z. Issdoro Me-
sita. Ansonio Armcadsrss. Pzciense
Corral. MiEEsI Lsscsrss. iiilarso Sza-
chcs. Eascbio oEs1Orsr. ceies;ine Pal
ocs. DcmcSrio Arqp.;a.
\ representative os this paper. sor
the purposes Of an iascrvssU. wss abls
to secure the services of ID. l.. y. A.
vsrcz Of this city. the ressa.as b.ssax a
anished Spanish scholar. This ls ths
story told BY Dr. Felix Cgslssa. = sae
old man uho bad erca In she PhElSs.
pines = quarter of = ecusury aad Mo
wss very careful IN sasscriax The
many questions IN usssrsace helwAs
smiling and deliberate. yes with tnas
OF sadness over leaving the counsrT h-
bad kn0Wu and loved so we'll
We are all from Boho,. ta The ErUus
Of ths Vtscsyss. We src EosaE 10 c.a,
tTal and Soush A@csSca to coassnns o-
our lits uUrk ss nssssoasrsos. ID 4,
brss on aooouaE os ianxuaE~ for us "a
so to = Spznish counssF. thozxh aaS
land uhcrc Wc oould hc os usc wossd
be- acceptable. Tbs Phslippsncs. q,
coarse. Nc liEc The hoss. We woale
gladly turn back aoE Zoe our Cd sone
Prom our varsoas ssatsoas ~. ars
fuEitives. aed IN tcsspr os our lives. bs'
noe from Nsails. We niEks stay shs-.
indsfnitsly IN perfect safety. oa sc,
c"uat ot The Gas of shc Cais-d STATE,
b-inE shoNn srp@ The sssn.
The rebel leaders incised she "a.
tivcs axaiast us We have aos srrs,
hayshn~ss of t~~linE towards th1ss
leaders. because they had several rca,
soas to- believe that NC ucrs ussA shs
Spanish Government. TIE people NC
do not blame ~ all. They vzas~d sc
Protcci us. but it uouid havs b~ea a,
the sxpensc ot their oEa lives as1
small properties. fog the rcbsis. direct.
ed by the bloodthiFssy Axuinzldo. .
very bal man. are desperate sadsrd
What little pay Nc received csuse fruz
the spanish Government. bcsaE 'pns,t
out from Madrid Thea aEain you kaou
the priests must sssra the language
ot the vsrjOus localities ia uhsch the,
are located. The Vcsnaculsrs are .nany
AL orders. Instructions. d~cr-~s. esr
from Spaiu and from the bad os -.
sec at Manila came to us in The spsa
tsh language aud ~ translated 10 "a,
natives Whca Nc told them that u.
ScEc not %. authors of the inssr1r
tious. whatever these might BE. 90
~csc simply the nsdium of co-nmuns
cation. they believed us. Zoe Ia the l.s
tiers Ncrc many sTroaegas ssztcneal
which they knew 90 eos.d 10. rnaks
But the rebel chiefs told s5en that ~,
made the orders read To suit our oHI
purposes Thea. of cp1rse. al kscl
ws UeFe educated ia Spzin-
We leave Manila aad 20 20 %. sru
asIds because Manila ts coaEessed ussl
priests. We could stay there and liv
with our bTc;hrsn. bat uc made up os
minds that - ts bess 60 trzVc1 sn.
woTS
1t shall nos BE- said that ne fear o
J that 80 eomPlaia greatly. Our lives az
! dear 90 us. but Ws do not vant tk
! people 10 sin 80 greatly as to sad 90
lives unnstuFsIiY. tt vzz. ss hzs
said. not ths.F diseositioa 90 DO 90. ~
they uerc urged by the sxeats os AEu.
naldo. who hopes TO drive from n
Islands every vcssiE~ of Saaassh 81
. prensey or rule.
'-AEuinsiio's hshtia< ala aos snoa-