The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-01

New York, Aug. SO.-John F. Bass,
The Herald's correspondent at Hong
Kong, gives his paper the following
remarkable story:
The censorship in the Philippines continues
| dnc hanged. 1t is political instead of military.
The only friendly natives found on my south
| ern tour were those at MoroS, who so far are
| unwilling that we should hold any territory ex-
| ;ept the single walled town Of Jolo.
Even the non-combatants hate us. In Manila
the native feeling against us is growing stronger
every day.
Taxes are higher in Manila than under Span
| fish rule and the inhabitants bitterly complain
| Living expenses have doubled.
The native police have been discharged and
Americans appointed, whose administration is
tyrannical and inefficient because they are ig-
norant of the language and not familiar with
;he perpetrators of crime.
Murders and robberies, old inhabitants say,
are more numerous than ever before. Taxes
md customs duties are Seing used to support
he army instead Of being applied to municipal
necessities. This really prolongs the war by
keeping the natives irritated after high
sounding promises of good government.
Information concerning recent losses of the
enemy is purely hearSay, obtained from fright
sned natives
The desire Of the natives for American rule,
officially reported. is not born out by the facts.
The mayor of Balinag, who is supposed to be a
great friend of the Americans, is row in prison
or deliberately leading an insurgent attack on
3alinag. The mayor OF San Pedro Macate is
also in prison for raising money and soldiers for
The insurgents.
We must show sufficient demonstration in
:orce to quickly and effectively lick the whole
people or ourselves give in. No half way meas
ureS will be successful
Views of q Stan Officer.
Seattle, WASH, Aug. 3O.-Capt. w. L.
~ IL
ceived the following letter from an Off
Ger of Gen. Otis staff at Manila, which
contains some interesting facts not
heretofore brought prominently out in
the dispatches. The letter was writ
ten BY an officer who stands next to
Otis, and who represents Otis views on
many questions:
We are now drifting along here and no one
knows how or when the business will end. The
rainy season is at its height, but this means
very little to one not here. From one to ten a.
m. yesterday, July 10, the rainfall was 81 inches,
Or almost three feet. During "a hours, July g.,
1t rained a solid foot and another day eight
inches. The country is swamped. Extensive
operations are therefore impossible.
Aguinaldo and his followers are encouraged
by the fact that many people in the United
States are opposed to the governments policy
and our holding these islands, They are MAX
ing superhuman efforts to hold out until our
congress meets, hoping that they will enact
legislation favorable to them. They place their
highest hopes on this being led by some strange
delusion into believing that congress will order
a suspension Of hostilities or a modification of
the present policy OF the government.
The newspaper correspondents here have
leagued themselves against Otis, whom they
bitterly blame for the censorship. They are
filed with the idea that their individual views
nv,6 Hn%t
to judge conditions than anyone. The papers
in the United States must be full OF it. Free
dom Of the press has been too literally toler-
ated The correspondents here are impudent
and impairment to degree. They stop at
nothing and invade all privacy. Gen. Otis was
forced to take decisive measures.