The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-17

called them, for they were stars and
went everywhere in a rush. At a BAN
quet on board the Newport held just
before we landed, 1 was requested to
respond for the Catholic clergy, which
I did, telling of the feeling in this coun-
try just prior to the war, of many peo-
pie who expected that the Catholics
would not enter a conflict against an
other Catholic country. This was dis
PEELED, for the Catholics of this coun-
try Will fight for this country whoever
the enemy may be.
con to MANILA was the cry aboard
the transport Newport. At last Point
Engans was passed, and we were in the
turbulent China sea, and sailed along
| the western coast of LuZOn. The noun
tains rose abruptly from the seas, re-
minding one of the wildly picturesque
coast of California. At last the out
| lines of Manila bay could be discerned,
with Corregidor island guarding the en-
| trance.
But a short time before another ex-
petition had passed the same channels
on urgent business bent. One day the
| inhabitants of Hong Kong rubbed their
eyes to see the change of color of
| Dewey's fleet, which had put on that
! OminOus hue of gray, and then put to
! sea. What the gallant fleet accom-
| plished is now a matter of history. The
admiral simply did his duty and ac-
cOmplished a thorough piece of work.
| OF course the admiral is a target for the
worlds attention today. The common
! prints do not portray him faithfully.
He is as trinity solid as one of his bat
| tleships, and from his eyes laughter
| bubbles till a cloud crosses the sky
! then those same eyes flash fire like that
from one of his heavy guns. Alto
| gether he is man as true as steel to
| love Loyalty and to fight fearlessly.
| "Cavite was the headquarters Of Ag-
uinaldo before the sly old fox removed
| to Bakon, between Cavite and Manila.
1 As the insurgents had many Spanish
priests captives, held in violation of
| the law, l set about effecting their re-
] lease. At length we succeeded in gain
| ing an interview with Aguinaldo. In
company with a New York newspaper
| correspondent and a Spanish priest 1
! landed in Bakon. Here we saw the
| headquarters of the insurgent chief
| and his staff.
! "Aguinaldo is small of stature, with
| modified japanese features, stolid as a
statue of Buddha. We endeavOred to
| gain his consent to release the Spanish
| prisoners, but only received eVasiVe re-
| plies. Aguinaldo made several charges
! against the friars. He said they inter-
! fered. were indolent, had excessive
| wealth and were dissolute. The first
! charge 1 answered, saying it was about
| time some one interfered as lawlessness
was rampant. The charge of being in
| dolent isn't substantiated by the Uni
ted States department reports. as it
! shows that the friars cultivate the soil
! to a great degree and educate the ma
! tives. They need excessive wealth to
! carry on their charitable work, and then
| their wealth is Overestimated. The
! charge of dissOluteness is too general
! The people themselves are religious and
pure. It would be impossible for them
| to be thus if their teachers were disso-
! lutte. The stream cannot rise above the
/ fountain head and the pupil cannot be
/ better than the teacher
| Whatever arguments We advanced to
AguinaldO did not benefit things much
/ for the prisoners were not released, and
many pitiful sights were seen, the cap
| tiyes crying out for food while housed
/ in jails too filthy for description.
! AguinaldO's cabinet is made up of some
of the most highly cultured Filipinos.
/ Mabna is Agunaldo's chief adviser.
Areliano and Palermo of the cabinet,
are two of the brightest types of the
cultured native.
Just prior to the last outbreak, Gen.
Macabolas was about to break loose
from the Filipino forces. The arch
bishop of the Philippines is a dignified
and benign prelate, and is not the
sanguinary ogre that been depicted. If
he was ignorant of intentions Of the
Americans and apprehensive Of them, it
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