Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-05-25
tILlPINU REIGN OF TERROR.
WHY THE INSURGENTS CONTINUE
TO FIGHT.
Society Natives Compelled By Threats
of Death -Aguinald" Forbidden to
Make Peace.

! Tho backbone Of the Philippine rebellion !
has been broken, and yet there can be- no |
hope of "A complete establishment Of peace |
with its consequent fun filling Of the soil |
and uninterrupted internal commerce and !
travci for an indefinite time to como, pos |
sibly many months, writes Il correspondent
from Manila, T.. t., to ihc Boston Tran |
script whoa the Filiouus wero lush'
out of their formidable ntrcn"hwcnts de-
Tending Malabon, and for IA week W re
Kept on the move, dying from captured
trench TO trench, before the rosistcss and
unccd5inE advance Of the Americans, un-
I'll even the heavy defended Maloios, the
capital of the so-calird republic, was TAX
en-. with the insdtilbl" foe still uushug
on III pursuit. they ecolniH"d the utter
hopclcss rcss Of hghtin- thosr mon in blue
ana brown and Khaki, whom bullets could
not stop nor a torrid sun overcome
By the putduVc president, as we'll as
tho most ignorant private in the ranks.
tLiS KnoWlCdSo has boou acquired i'm tho
deadly hail Of battlo. They have been
routed, driven from tho.r stdonrholds' ana
sent flying into tn" wilderness hy an enc
my armed with Inferior weapons. but pos
sc~sing superior e0uraS" and military
sltll That the comman ler-iu-chicf knows
it is amply SHOWN by his order not to fight
battle, but to retire and begin guerilla
wa"faro, and that the parcfootod soldiers
and the better Clothcr min officers know
1t is learned from the wound Il and pris-
uners that fan into our hands, and the
many dcSertors who arc returnin-, 10 their
homes to resume the arts Of peace daily.
All those agree that they have had enough
of VIZ, that it has bon continued STORY
Of slaughter and defeat. that success
against the Americans - impossible. and
that the great majority of the men unuer
arms Wold surrender if they dared.
/ IT is h' u we'd th1t cVcn the majority of
the leaders would stop lighting if they
dared Here is the chief difficulty, ana tho
one that is going to he 4 continued source
of annoyance and dsquict. There has been
set In moUCu a force that cannot he con-
i'ollsd until it wraV+ itself out. Even
those Who nur-cd and fed it cannot now
check it, \ reign Of t"rro" exists within
the instruction lines The minority Is ter
roriZlng thu majority, because the mnCri-
~ is Organized into an oath bound society
and Is fanltical and cruel. while the ma
joritY l. j. ace loving md timid. The Kat
apuuans thl'tt. n death to All who VIII
not fight. and Ito not hesitate to execute
tAeS tharlts.
There has for years existed a secret
broth rho1d known as tn" [atdpunaus,
political organization r,sorliuE to the
methods used +. TIA" Nu-k 'uX-Eln Of
unstvory memory IN cur own country. and
using tho same mystic symbol. TX. Is. * g"
Not politics alone but financial gain and
other considerations piCnptcd the mem
h@rs Of this CuicS To- leeds Of murder
robbery and arson. rhe leaders of the
revolution combined with this society and
for tn time benz. at least. succee lei in
. making it their chief agcn. and SUPPORT
During tho months when the Americans
were lying idle in Manila awaiting tho
actiou of the peace commission the Sem
F. ate ana tn, adm u!strltion. tnis society
was BUSY recruiting its streugtn from
T. among the young and reckless and ire
sponsiblc Filipinos. uutil il became strong
, enough to make the entire pouulIce bow
, to its will and fear its vengeance
Throughout the city every able-hodied
. man was lis ed and made to Civ in his
: adherence to the roVoIutior Even the
= servants Of white families to whom tn, Y
were attached because of Kind ana rcncr-
, Gus treatment. were REGISTERED as r.yoll-
. tionary soldiers and feared to make pro-
- teS tn" irlipiuos who drove officers C. irr. =
. ages were thoiruorsonal servants. did thri.
. WlShpE. co.. cooked I'm ,rrfr iftcLo-S us
well as others who worked i'm comr.rv
, Kitchens or about tho nu.nitul~ "a, H..
,ithr. KatlDuuaus tLcm,pr,., $ lr so + ar
cl ,hcm that when In tiuc cam. Cor ae-
. ton they deserted their unsts TO "A man.
: stealing vnlf they rs1llI iuc,udin,~ All
tho clothiu., I'm the hands Of tb,. I,,nl,v-
, mon Man. Of tho-n ,,..-. rou,l I,,l m
, th, trenches ~, tho l,v .f tba Lf, d,h.
around Na,lila
# was d,.ld or tho so,rs+ and .v.irt vo,-
,,o,rc, or mi. .,,.i.,t,. 49, o,,.,I,lj A,,,,t,
aldo to c,lI,., his tiv,s II, c,.,.,, nous. in
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