The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-03-17

100 tfatslsis A.. 80 iosi some nahle.
deteni induslfiuus EARNEST fathers 4
fes afe siill prisoners. on mos ~
hen. threufh the aid ~ fafigss ma
tlssp aad ifiendly Chhfst mads their
"a, 20 Manila
was vita ckifemss eafe last the
~ 'lel fpoks ui the fhufsh properly IN
tho Ne sas diplomatic IN
~ 8t{VsSfes under thls head ana
frankly said that he desired - 20 be.
We had read aud heard 1T the charges
that he church had selected nll the
hest property aud held u ana was i'm
nensely weslihy.
IN the hundreds Of years u has
worked an n Philippines. the church
haS ncouiuo1 considerable properly. !
cannot. even now. after all that we
have suffered and even considering the
great love have for the United States
state the thing In any way other than
I believe it. u Is the civil and the mil
itary authorities who have become 10
very rich and not the church. hut the
church has ano small amount Of prop
erty that would be very valuable II
properly developed. or money, IL has
had but little. for az | say. poor salary
comes from Madrid still. The church.
you see. has been a part OF the Gov
ernment, rightly or wrongly. That
has been the system. hut the church
has had within IL In the Philippines
many men who have labored for the
natives. The natives have not been
oppressed or robbed by the sign Of the
cross. II is not true"
This last was spoken with much
warmth OF feeling.
I'm Manila the church has some fine
old cathedrals that were built by the
Government. There are no such build.
lings anywhere else In the whole group
The church has some agricultural land
in and about Manila, but the amount
or area Of the holding has been greatly
Exaggerated. And the fact has not beer
told about the rental OF II. With the
Chinese and the other foreigners who
have secured leases Of the soil, which
: Is very productive, sharp lease bar
, gains have been driven. But the ma
. tivss have been lightly impostsd ant
we have figured closely and hav'
shown that no son of the soil wa
taxed more than one and half pc
; cent OF his crop for the use of the lant
OF the church. And there is availabl,
, always for use much land besides tina
of the church, but not SO well kept up
/ On the islands away from Luzon tn
! church holdings are small and are KEEP
, Iup In the highest state of cultivation
, At my parish We had 500 mango trees
4 besides much other fruit. Now In tn
Z Philippines mango tree will yiel
/ seven crops in year, or at least six
While the fruit is falling fruit is ma
e turipg. The trees are never withou
I both fruit N all stages Of growth an
Q numerous blossoms as well. Thes
: trees are rented to the natives 70
5 twenty-five cents a year apiece, tn
revenue going to the maintenance O
= the mission. A native can make
[ good deal off tree in a year, sellin
e the fruit to Chinese. In many case
: the native wants to re-rent the tree t
g the Cinnamon direct, but We do no
g permit this. The natives are not reg
o ular workers. II was with the man
[ goes for one thing that we tried
A occupy them. All through the group
: Is the ambition of every native to 81
a to Manila and live there, but some G
them try it and then come back. TIL
n lefty influences are deadly to them.
d We have every hope-I may sa
v the church heads have every hope
a partially restoring the missions in tn
v Philippines to the natives. We antit
!. lipate, however, that many other work
lers in the field will meet us. Their
q have been other missionaries there fo
: many years past and they have game
O some converts, but the great body {
Q the Filipinos are Catholics. 1t ma
: be that many of them, failing to under
II stand that church and state must sci
/ larate will, under new order, tur
; their backs upon the faith that Spai
q put upon them at the beginning.
!. 1T is felt by us that the churc
. property will be secure for all tim.
n We have filed our papers of title wit
~ the representatives of the Unite
Estates. We expect our houses Of VOL
" ship and our lands to be restored /
h us to hold as before. You may be SUI
. that the priests love the Stars an
If Stripes, for II, was to them they ran I
Il Isave their lives. America will be d0in
a service to humanity 10 have law an
n lorder and honesty in the whole grou
a We believe it will come. We, of tn
n party, may not see 1t, but our broti
n ers will enjoy security and see the n;
"a tives and the Spaniards remaining
II the country have the benefits OF liber
/. government
n The father shuddered when he starts
l. to tell, after much urging on the pa
of the newspaper writer, of the fgh
n ing witnessed in and about Manila.
N times the old man would throw h
N hands to Heaven, clasping them in a
n attitude of prayer and close his eye
A Then he would weep at the thought ,
4 the killing. He saidihat through SON
n accidental happening, AguinaldO mao
the attack on the American lines twei
,e ty-folr hours in advance of the tin
II that lad been planned for sever;
j. weeks. Consequently there was col
"a fusion in the movement of men. III
q priest declared that In one village 81
n rebels were killed The rebels jamme
a In flight and their bodies were in pile
"a The Americans rushed against the fo'
n like demons.
II According to the priest the circun
Il stance, the show of force and battlin
4, ability that most impressed and terri
Ir fed the rebels was the cooperation {