Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-03

on Dec. go of that year. After her hus-
bands execution Mrs Rial. who is the
stepdaughter of retired Hongkong gen.
tleman, went to linus and was chosen
captain OF company of insurgents.
English will be taught in the schools
one hour each day. The prescribed
holidays include the 20 church days OBJ
served in Manila, Washington IS birth.
day and he Fourth of July.
Almost every steamer brings mission.
aries. The arrival of one i'll Cebu made
no little trouble, as the report spread
rapidly among the ignorant classes that
the Americans intended to compel them
to give up their churches. The amer.
ican authorities, in the interests of har-
mony, requested him to Withdraw and
he complied.
Senior Llorente, who is considered the
most influential native in Cebu, said to
Mr.. Schurman:
81 like the American idea of the
separation of church and state. but
think it would be unwise to introduce
Professionalism while conditions are SO
unsettled.
He has since arrived in Manila and
taken his seat on the bench of the su-
preme court.
Prof, j. G.. Schurman, of the United
States advisory commission for the
Philippines, returned to Manila Sunday
from about three weeks tour of the
southern islands. He took an entirely
hopeful view of the general conditions
there. The intelligent and substantial
citizens desire an American protectorate.
The masses are awaiting the settlement
of the war in the island of Luzon be-
fore declaring themselves. They are
chiefly anxious to be undisturbed. The
president of the town of Santo Nicolas.
IN the island of Cebu, said to Mr.. Schur-
man:
I'VE want peace, food and prosperity.
We do not wish to fight. We would be
neutral
The president of the commission
thought this declaration fairly expressed
the sentiments of the people in the
southern islands OF the archipelago.
Many of the towns there are in the
hands of small bands of Tagalos and
the people fear to endorse American
rule until they are certain that Aguin-.
aldo must be beaten. Let them once be
convinced of this and the allegiance of
the southern islands, Mr.. Schurman
thinks can be secured by diplomacy.
The United States gunboat Benning-
ton took Mi. Schurman to Mindanao
and the islands of the Sulu and Visayan
groups. He travelled through the ISL
and of Negros with Colonel Smith and
a party of natives. In several of the
principal towns ne was rendered ban
quets and he had about an hours con-
ference with the young sultan of Sulu,
who received him in the royal audience
chamber, surrounded by bodyguard of
fierce looking Moros.
Mr.. Schurman told the sultan that
the United States had acquired the
sovereignty of the Philippines from
Spain, but had no wish to subjugate the
population nor to interfere with their
customs of renglon. On the contrary,
the desire of the American government
was to help the people of the islands to
develop their country.
The sultan replied that he earnestly
desired peace and was anxious to con-
tinue the existing treaties.
On the return voyage the president
of the commission visited the town of
Busneo, capital of British North Bor-
neo, where he was cordially received by
the British officials, who afforded him
every facility in his study OF the local
government and the customs OF the peo-
Pile. The population he found much
like that of the southern Philippine ISL
ands. The government is at present IN
, rather elementary state, but a more
complete organization is being devel-
oped as rapidly as is practicable.
Saturday General Lawton and Prof.
Worcester of the commission visited
.Nf
Cavite, out of which the natives were
recently driven. Their chief purpose
was to direct the elections of the presi,
dents of linus, Bacoor, Paranque and
Las Pinas. Under the municipal sys-
tenn thus inaugurated the presidents or
the mayors of the towns are empowered
to appoint minor officials and to levy
taxes, which are to be expended solely
in public improvements.
Before acting General Lawton and
Mr. Worcester had consulted with the
leading men in each town and selected
candidates whose honesty and friendli-
ness to American rule were beyond
question. Wherever they went the
Americans were heartily cbeered by the
people.
The rain fell almost continuously for
nine days. 1t was tremendous down.
pt,ur and the whole country was flooded.
The trenches at San Fernando were
bitches OF water and the mud was knee
,cep in the temporary camps at several
of the outlying towns. Some OF the
permanent camps were made fairly
comfortable by the erection of bamboo
shelters, rooted and floored.
According to reports from the prov
ice of Cdvite the insurgent leaders there
were quarreling. Aguinaldo's cousin,
Baldomere Aguinaldo, had been killed
or imprisoned by General Marianao
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