Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-05

pravity of the white man, and he pre-
pared desperately TO resist coming un-
der such rule again.
An old foreign resident of Manila
tells Inc he is sure he sees nothing less
than the providence of God in the pass
ing of these islands into the hands of
the United States. AT the time of the
native outbreak against Spain in 1896
there were as an actual fact not more
than 800 Spanish soldiers in and about
Manila. Had the Tagalos possessed any
organizing and staying power al all
they would have shortly put to death
the Spanish soldiers, and Manila would
have been the scene of such riot and
massacre as the pages of history seldom
show.
Fortunately for the white residents
of the city, however, the Tagalos had
only courage and number, nothing else.
The few Spanish soldiers held their own
within the city itself till the Americans
came, and with their coming undoubt
edly dawned the fairest day that hith-
erto has frightened the 400 Philip
pine Islands.
But the Tagalos, not knowing, turned
against their deliverers. Their outbreak
against us the night of Feb 4 was ex-
pected by our officers here long before
it came. In one or two instances Amer
ican soldiers had been murdered by
Aguinaldo's meh, who sneaked up to
them on pretense of being friends. Feb.
5 the Tagalos hurled themselves like
lunatics against the American army.
Leaden rain and iron hail welcomed
them. They fell like sheep in the streets
and vacant lots of Manila. The pictures
here are from actual photographs To
their awful cost the Tagalos are finding
that it is no longer Spain they have to
deal with. Since the wipipg out of
American slavery this Tagalo affair is
the most unpleasant chapter in Ameri-
can history, yet it had to be written,
though with blood and rifles.
By the way, it hurts the sensitive
Spanish feelings to hear the natives
called .Filipinos!'' They will not have
it. In their definition of terms Fill
pino is person of Spanish blood born
in the Philippine Islands. An individ-
ual of half Spanish and half native
blood is called a mestizo. One who
reaches the degree of bleaching, where
he has only one-quarter native blood, is
generously adopted into the full fedged
white race and classed as Spaniard.
You will observe the Spanish are thus
more liberal toward their slightly tint
ed colored brethren than we Americans
are. All full blooded natives here, of
whatever tribe or race, are called "In-
dians' by the Spaniards.
The strangest thing in this forlorn
and rickety old town is the bright and
beautiful American flag, here, there,
everywhere. floating over the ancient
buildings and gray old fortresses, glori-
ous emblem of the new supplanting the
old-the great young nation that repre-
sents humanity's highest. best develop
ment taking the place of the old one
that stands for all the bloody tyranny
of the past. You have no idea how we
love that flag out here and how pa.
triotic we are. Every evening the regi
mental band that makes music on the
Luneta or one of the parade grounds
plays 1.-The Star Spangled Banner" to
close with, at the going down of the
sun. As the first bars strike up, all
Americans here, and, most Englishmen,
take off their hats and stand with barred
heads till the sound of our national air
dies softly away.
Last time l witnessed this scene no.
ticed an American soldier standing alone