The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-30
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in Europe. Promiscuous calling on young
ladies is strictly interdieted, and the usual
American courtship would be regarded
win horror. Once, when I was a mere
boy, companion of about my own age
accosted a young girl on the street and
loId her she was very pretty. She be-
iohSed to a Spanish family and next day
her brother hunted up my friend, who in
sisted that ne meant the remark as a
harmless compliment. MY sister knows
she Is pretty" said the Spaniard She
does not desire the information from you
Ihere is my card Next day the two met
IN room and EXCHANGED shots at a few
PAGES. Both were killed. My innocent
part IN II was made pretxt by the Span
lsh authorities TO squeeze money out of
my father and he paid them nearly S3 00o
to prevent my arrest"
Were the Spanards as oppressive as
they have been described?" the reporter
asked.
Yes, fully" replied Mr. Rodriguez, his
eyes sparkling with angry recolIections.
Ahey looked down on the Filipinos be-
! cause of their dark color, and never missed
an opportunity to insult and humiliate
'leIn' Inc taxes Were outrageous and
me country was ridden by idle priests.
Inc average Filipino is naturally of A re-
ilgous temperament, and has great faith
IN the efficacy of prayer In our house
we prayed regularly nine times a dav-
upon rising, before breakfast, after break
ldSl before and after dinner, before and
aIter supper, IN the evening and just be-
lore gong 20 bed. All of our neighbors
old the same. The Fiiipinos live in an
atmosphere of continual duplication"
the WARP" 10i
1T cannot last a great while. The 70,
]
they win become exhausted. Thev ara
making terrible mistake, but II is no,
! que TO Wlckedness. They are sinDlv 10
nofaHt OF this country, its resources ana
It's policy They imagine that the Ameri-
cans want to drive them away and take
ne! couAtry. They are not used TO
ueallus WIN honest people You must
!einelnper they have never come In con-
| TACT with anybody except the SpaniardS
II they understood the situation as ii real
~ is, they would throw down their gnns
| ana welcome the Americans as saviors ;,
row DO you feel yourself about takino
service in an army that is fighting vo,,r
| countrYmen?" ''N
feel this way about it," replied Mr.
Hodriguez earnestly II am going. II
am accepted in civil capacity, as a
80 n oeHeVe the American cause to be
just and feel I can occupy that kind of
position without sacrifice of honor
could not go into the ranks. 1t would he
impossible for me to take up arms against
my own people, but do not believe anv
american officer would ask me TO do sucb
Ihlns or blame me for refusing. Bur if
Iot instance, l was told to go to such and
such an insurgent camp and do my best
to convince the leaders of their error
would DO so gladly. l hope that l NAV
be ordered to carry such a message for
l peHeVe could make myself valuable 7
know nearly all the leaders personaIIv ana
| my family Is well liked on the island. NV
Iather' VINO is now dead. was especially
popular among the poorer people. to whom
ne was always very kind. My mother died
last year in Chicago, and 1 determined
When that l would never leave this coun-
.ry' out would like to look at my old
nome once more and see if my fathers
grave Is being cared for. That is why l
! applied for this position"
Rodriguez himself is a good illustration
OF the pluck which is part of the Filipino
character and has made them such unex-
pectedly good fighters He saws when he
was a boy he noticed that nearly al the
! implements and machetes brought to the
island were of American invention. and he
longed to come 10 this country and see its
! marvols with his own eyes After his IA
ther death he inherited about 5000. and
determined to make the Journey at once
His mother could not bring herself to part
with him, so he brought her along, and
! they lived at San Francisco while he ac-
CURED the language Then they moved to
! Chicago and bought a little home. lie sup
ported them both by working as a clerk