The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-12-09

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We are still waiting. Every soldier in
the Philippines is spelling for the fight
that must come, but which stu keeps re
Eeeding into the future as one day sue
ceeds another The sick list is increasing,
and it is augmented by inaction The
streets are always filed with a motley
throng Of people, and the latest addition
In this line has been made by the swear
hing in of 243 native police; they are all
pure Tasalogs and strut about the streets
with an air of Importance which is lud;-
crous Their uniform Is Of light choc-
olate color, and they carry both "'billies
Sand pistols. The day after they
wares SWORN in they were reviewed
on theS- Luneta araa then dis.
patched to Sthe various posts. It has
been observed THAT, except in the crowded
parts of the cityA where there are always
large numbers Of Americans, the native
police never seen sinEty- According TO
a Manila letter to the New York Tribune.
they are afraid of being attacked by some
Of their own people, who are secretly IN
surrectos," and who regard them as rene
gades.
OF course, this small number Of police
Is almost swallowed up in a city OF the
size and complexity of Manila. The Twen-
tieth infantry is still doing police duty
as heretofore. This Is aside from the
ten thousand troops which are stationed
here to hold the city, and which could
be under arms at a moments notice
That seems a large number to spare from
the firing line at the front. hut the Off
,lo how q time
have gone carefully over the ground
maintain that it is no more than; adequate
to secure the city from repetition OF
what occurred in February
The Chino element IN Manila has al
ways been a factor in the character OF
the city. In fact, the ~Chinos" have made
more or less history in the Philippines.
Legaspi, one of the greatest Spanish dis
coverers and conquerers in these is lar Is.
died small island opposite Cen. ':N
1870 and soon after his death the islands,
being deprived of his genius, fell a prey
, for q short time to Chinese enemy.
There lived at that time one Chinese pi-
rate named LiInahong, who spent his days
In cruising about the China sea, to drop
like a vulture on harmless trading vessels
which were unfortunate enough to come
in his way The Philippines at that tim,
were practically unknown and UNEMPLOYED,
even by the people who lived nearest to
them. Limahong CHANGED to capture a
Chinese trading junk that was coming
from Luzon, and, hearing about the fcoun-
try, he decided to make raid upon lit and
appropriate 1t for himself >I
He gathered together, 81 armed punks,
which were manned by 1000 men, and
also carried $500 women, and, forcing
the crew of the Captured junk to pilot
him, made straight for Manila. The news
of his coming had gone ahead and the
Spaniards made frenzfed preparations to
resist his attack. AS soon as the daring
Pirate arrived he landed and attacked the
city, and succeeded in fighting his way
into the very citadel, where he was
checked. The next day, however, he re
newed the siege, and cut his way still
further, until he came to "a bloody hand.
to-hand combat, In which the desperate
Spaniards fought savagely and to such
good purpose that the "'Chinos'' were
forced to retreat, after suffering terrible
losses.
Being satisfied from these two attempt!
that he could not take Manila, Mr.. Lima
hong decided that he would found hi
great Piratico- Chino Filipino empire else
where. and betool< himself and what re
manned of his followers to the west ,coas
of LuZOn, where he set up his cadtal a
the mouth Of the Agno river. Here h
reigned in peace and tranquility for sew
eral months. At the end Of that time tn
Standards. who had since recovered them
selves, sent large and determined fore
dSdluSL INlll, 81 llldL u6 uG0ulGu III pru
A dent to get out of the way as soon a.
possible, and did So He left some Of hi
n followers behind him, and these promptl
i# took to the hills.
Limahong's imperial ambitions havin,
been so satisfactorily nipped In the bud
Fl there were no more troubles between tn
"Chinos' and the Spaniards till 1899
81 when a lamentable affair occurred, name
n ly the massacre by the Spanish Of larg
portion of the "Chino" population in tn,
islands Latent i'll feeling against then
: was aggravated by the occurrences on Thu
Island Of Formosa, where another ambi
tious Chino" a mandian named Ken
seng, who was obliged to flee from Chin,
on account Of the Tartar invasion, ha,
succeeded In conquering the people ant
had set himself up as the potentate. Ate
his success there he had conceived tn
idea of adding Luzon to his dominion
and dispatched an envoy to demand trib
ute The Spanish authorities accused tn
tChinos" In the Philippines OF aiding ant
4 abetting Keuseng. To prevent a repeti
ton of the Formosa tragedy they incite,
the sChinos to rebel and then started Il
to Kill them. That the lives Of any O
a. them were spared was owing to the fac
that, even at that day. the "'Chfn0" ele
sS ment was the chief industrial one and
lwas feared that the islands would suffe
from a lack of artisans If these rsefu
s people were all killed off.
The "Chinos' who swarm In Manila a
the present time are not lowed by tn,
other inhabitants; at the same tirne tn,
Piiiiippi'is island would be a far ore un
comfortable place to live in than they ar
now without their patient industry. 1t /
safe to say that there are no people her
mot even Americans--who work as hsar
las the Chinese. All the porters' work il
;the city is done by the coolies, and the.
taAe no siesta during the heat OF the daE
but may be seen at all times, in rain q
under the fierce rays of the MONDAY sun
carrying the heaviest burdens through til
streets at a swinging dogtrot. The bac|
streets IN some parts OF Manila are thic
with their shops, where they not only an
working in almost every line OF industry