The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-15

city influences are deadly 20 them.
We have every hope-I may say
the church heads have every hOpe-Of |
partially restoring the missions N the !
Philippines 10 the natives. We antic- !
ipate, however. that many other work |
ers in the field will meet US. There |
have been other missionaries there for |
many years past and they have gained /
some converts, but the great body OF /
the Filipinos are Catholics. Il may
be that many OF them. falling 10 under
stand that church and state must sep
arate will, under a new order. turn /
their backs upon the faith that Spain /
put upon them a. the beginning.
1t Is felt by us that the church |
property will be secure for all time. |
We have filed our papers OF title with |
the representatives of the United |
States. We expect our houses OF wor- |
ship and our lands 20 be restored to |
us TO hold as before. You may De sure
that the priests love the Stars and
Stripes, for il was TO them they ran to
save their lives. America will be doing
a service TO humanity 20 have law and
order and honesty in the whole group.
We believe il will come. We. OF this
party. may not see il, but our broth
tives and the Spaniards remaining in
the country have the benefits Of liberal
government"
The father shuddered when he started
10 tell, after much urging on the part
OF the newspaper writer. OF the fight
ing witnessed in and about Manila. At
times the old man would throw his
hands to Heaven. clasping them in an
attitude OF prayer and close his eyes.
Then he would weep at the thought OF
the killing. He said that through some
accidental happening, Aguinaldo made
the attack on the American lines TWEEN
ty-four hours in advance of the time
that had been planned for several
weeks. Consequently there was con-
fusion in the movement OF men. The
priest declared that in one village 500
rebels were killed. The rebels damned
in flight and their bodies were in piles
The Americans rushed against the foes
like demons.
According to the priest the circum-
stance, the show of force and battling
ability that most impressed and terri
fed the rebels was the cooperation OF
the land and sea forces against the
hordes of Aguinaldo. Maps showing
each village and the harbor and city
were made by the old priest and by "A
younger one who had been making
some notes that were subsequently
translated by DR.. Alvarez and are used
in this article. Both charts or sketches
show the Monadnock, the Charleston
and the Olympia cToss-firing the rebel
lines and throwing shells over the city
into distant villages. The execution
of the shells must have been terrible.
for the priests say that some shots de-
stroyed the whole of a little town aEd
its people. The ships had exact range
through signalling. Another method
that appalled, the Filipinos was the ad-
vance of troops under shells from field
guns and from the ships in the bay. AZ
times SHELLS were falling but few
hundred yards in front OF the Ameri-
can lines. The field pieces saved sew
eral commands. The brush was full
OF natives who would shoot men at a
range of a few feet. When it was
learned that so many rebels were in
the grass the grass was moved. LITERAL
~, with the machine guns drawn by
hand and by the use of native ponies.
II was a frightful slaughter and an ef-
fective rout of the natives. The priest
said he was ready TO accept the state
ment that some of the Indians used BY
Aguinaldo in the determined assault
upon the city really were unacquainted
with the effectiveness of firearms and
that some of them who knew guns not
at all believed when they were told
that the rifles could not harm them
Some of the negritos and Indians from
the back districts dearly love to be
warriors, at whatever cost Aguinaldo
has for long time had lot OF his
men so infatuated with the cause that
they would never hesitate for an in
slant 10 commit murder TO secure a
rife or ammunition. Ii is in figh. ing
from the underbrush that the Filip!nos
are most dangerous. One stranger to-
the country could pass within a very
short distance of large forces OF con-
cealed men without having any notion
whatever of their presence. II IS to
be wondered that the efforts at am
bushing were not more success ful. But
for the ships in the harbor and the field
guns the infantrymen would have
Jared badly
i saw Aguinaldo once" said tie
priest, and one of my brothers at the
mission gave him a blessing. But we
did not know who il was till after
wards. He was in our neighborhood
secretly melting the natives 10 rise
against the Government when the time
came. He is crafty. is a good organ
izer and il seems marvellous how ne can
inspire his followers with confidence
and cause them TO be so savage that
the old tales of the Spanish fighting
with the natives and the natives fight
ing amongst themselves. when hand TO
hand encounters We're numerous. are
entirely forgotten, or cannot be used
as a comparison"
The fathers who were here share
with all persons coming from Manila
in admiration for Admiral Dewey. They
simply say that he is the greatest OF all
Americans and the incarnation OF all
that should be within a man TO con-