The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-28
THE OUTBREAK IN MANILA.
Native Account Placing Entire Raspon-
siblity on the Americans.


Paris. Feb. o7.-The Filipino Junta
here received to-day Il cable message
from Manila. February oath, via Hong
Kong. 1t says:
..The fire broke out in the Chinese
Quarters during the Chinese new year
festivities. The Americans provoked the
owners by demolishing houses before it
was necessary. The Filipinos' ire Ell
CINE. owned by Senior Cameo, and
worked by British subjects was largely
instrumental in extinguishing the fire
ThcAmericans interfered with the native
salyagers and tried to capture the en-
CINE. leading to a conflict. Harsh coa-
duct elsewhere led TO general lighting.
The Americans retired to the walled tlty,
and the feet bombarded the suburbs. G.
hevinc the city was endangered. This
caused the Tondo fire.
"Aguinaldo's troops then attacked and
entered Tondo, Maisc, Santa Cruz AM
KaiPo.
"Confagrations broke out at Benond>
and Malate and the city was surrounded
by a line of burning houses.
THE fighting continued "Wednesday
and Thursday. The Americans ny that
time were greatly fatigued by the sun.
fires and continual service.
"On the other hand, the Filipinos were
continuously reinforced. and the Ameri-
cans closed the Puenta de ESpana. TO
prevent the Filipinos from invading the
city.
'The Americans then fired on Every
one standing at the doors and windows
and thus killed the engineer and mana
ger of the Andrews Cotton Mil. The
foreigners applied to the foreign ships
for help. and number of marines were
to he landed. when Admiral Dewey in
timated that such landing would be an
act of hostility and that his ships would
fire upon any landing party. Some
British bluejackets. however. 'anded,
unarlned. to act as firemen, and remain
ed TO guard the British consuIa,es, hanks
and other British property
The Andrews Cotton Mill, bel 1nging
TO British subjects. suffered severely.
The Americans searched British prop
erty, seeking insurgents.
"IndiScriminate street shooting WAS
prevalent. Men, women and children
We're killed. One hundred and forty
Americans have already been Killed.
Their loss in killed and wounded win
reach four hundred. The bodies Of 100
dren have been. recovered in the streets.
About FIVE hundred natives were
wounded.
THE loss to foreign property is IS
timated at S500,000 and to native prop
erty 100000. About three thousand
houses were burned.
General Montenegro commanded the
Filipinos.
'Aguinaldo is still at Marilao.
MANY foreigners embarked on board
the ships. About eighty Chinese were
killed while trying TO enter the wall ii
city.
''1Ae people killed at the Andrews
Min were accused Of harboring II ltives."
AMERICAN OUi7RAGEs."
Hong Kong, Feb. 27-The Filipino
Government has issued another yirnlent
anti American decree, in which the fol-
lowing passages occur:
The American guns respect po ther
honor nor property but harbarouslv
massacre women and children.
Manila has witnessed the most horri-
bic outrages, confiscat.ng the properties
and savings of the people at the point
of the bayonet and shooting the defence
less. accompanied by odious acts II
abomination. repugnant barbarism and
racial hatred worse than the doings in
Carolina. Unless YOU conduct a holy
war for independence YOU are only wor-
thy to be slaves and pariahs. Proclaim
before the civilized world that you will
fight to the death againsr American
treachcry and brute force. Even the
women should fight if necessary.
American professions and promises
are pure hypocrisy. They coyet he
Spoils of the patrimony of our race,
wishing to implant here more irritation
and harbarous dominion than in the
past"