The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-29

young woman stopped her recital for m
| instant. and. with eyes half closed, she
/ added; But ! have not told you the most
| horrible part of it. There were people
/ present who laughed louder than the Off
GERS and the soldiers. and they were pre-
/ C.sely the Indians who were waiting Tor
/ their turn to receive the same cnastise-
/ ment, and behind them in the street were
/ women and children
! Really the Spaniards arc charming in
/ their stupidity. / have just paid a second
/ visit 10 Don Pcpe. He was seated IN his
office before big desk loaded with Off
/ ciaI papers. I cannot say that he sat
/ therc ike q king, because his natural dig
! nifty is tempered by an indulgent good
| humOr. Neitncr can I say that he posed
| because he has not the manners of a vul-
! gar half-breed or Of an upstart financier.
| Evidently he feels himself quite at homa
| surrounded by homages and fattery. He
| was gcntlemanly and familiar, with a fun
| appreciation Of his formidable resp usibil-
! ity and the weight of empire-Atlas, the
man Of the world. He welcomed me with
these words: You are France; ] am Spain.
Let US shake" And our hands clasped
across a heap Of papers, which, / suppose,
represented the Pyrenees. Well said he,
what do you think of the women of
! ManNaY / replied that / thought they
were splendid 50 they are he observed.
And that also was the opinion of the con-
sui and Of the japanese chancellor.
Messrs Shmizu and Yamada. when last
year they came to visit Manila. His OK
cellency, the civil governor, asked them
what they admired most during their voy-
age. and they both agreed that nothing
was more striking than the beauty Of the
women.
Bm,' said I. did they not also come
to judge of the strength of the men?
An. / understand you" said Don Pepe,
twisting his mustache. But they were
watched pretty closely, and as soon as
they were again on board their ships we
seized certain filibuster named Balbiuo
Ventura, who had received them in his
province. The fellow thrown into
prison. but he played a mean trick upon
Us; he poisoned himself The japanese
are an inferior race. my dear sir. The
Tagals are another; and two inferior races
always find secret affinities and interests
in common against a superior rec.
3" Nevertheless said l, the inferiority
of their race does not prevent them from
admiring beauty, since VI. Shimizu-' Il
" Yes, yes, interrupted Don Pepe, you
are right Beauty is always queen; but
you must serve such beautiful wives at
the hand of Providence
A" Probably Providence was thinking of
the Spaniards,' said l.
" Por Dios, monsieur! said Don Pepe.
The Spaniards have too much to do, and
l wish that Providence had given them
more strength TO fit them for the labors
imposed upon them
You must admit said I, that in
time of Instruction and here again
Don Pepe interrupted me.
"'Oh, graciousr he exclaimed, how
can you call this brigandage an insur-
rection? 1t can only last a short time.
We have an iron circle around it and we
hold 1t by the throat our military organ
izaton is Incompatible. Just look at our
hospitals
Would it be possible to bride Aguin-
aldo?' | asked.
" The rascal is not worth it, said Don
Pope. L do not know what they will de-
eide to do with him. but for my part 1
would shoot him.
But will the causes Of the insurrec-
ton or of this brigandage, as you call it,
disappear?
Sir said Don Pope. we are all sin
ners, but l do not doubt that we will man
age to mend. We don't copy the English
who treat their Cingalese like miserable
beasts of burden
Il did not dare to interrupt him to tell
him that he was probably mistaken In re-
gard to English colonization, because at
that moment he was only listening to his
own elOquence We have civilized our
Indians said he; we have inculcated
among them religious principles; we have
received them at our tables; we have
shared everything with them. giving them
comfort and security, and now if these
rascals want to go back again into their
mud let them at least give us back our
money and the blood we have shed for
them. There can be no more Indulgence
for them, even IL humanity must suffer;
no more education, even If the hearts of
our priests should bleed What we need
now is memorable justice and an army that
viii not be formed of conscripts Is 1t not
a pity, sir, that they have sent us from
Spain mere boys who at the first shot
rushed around their officers like bees
around their queen. and who thought that
they saw the devil every time they saw
the face of an Indian? Have they lost
their heads in Madrid? They seem to be
working for the destruction of our pres
tige But happily, these boys have over
come their fears, and our final triumph
is a question of only few hours"