New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-30
NEWS FROM MANILA.
COOPERATION OF THE MACABEBES
WITH THE AMERICANS.
LINEs-BREAKING THE NEW REGU-
LARs-RETTRNING VOLUNTEERS

Not all Of the inhabitants OF Luzon are active
insurgents. Indeed. considerable number ener-
geticay oppose Aguinaldo and his plans OF
these native opponents the Macabebes cooper
ate the most openly and are best known. A. first
thought IT appears strange that this tribe.
tive 10 the soil. is opposed in sentiment TO the
rebellion, living. as It does in the very midst OF
the Taealos: but that It is actually assisting
in putting down the instruction seems stranger
still. When. however. it is known that they
were for years the allies OF Spain and assisted
that nation against the many uprisngs that
have occurred in times past. IT is that their
attitude is like that held by certain Of the Amer
lean Indian tribes toward others Of their in
some Of the frontier disturbances.
II is wholly matter Of tribal hatred and feud.
deep-seated and OF long standing Aguinaldo and
his followers recognizing that fact, have not
even sought to enlist the help Of the Maca bebes.
and have further famed the flame by commit
ting acts of extreme cruelty. Destruction OF
property and wanton murder Of individuals have
been perpetrated ny insurgent bands in Maca-
tebe settlements The long existing enmity has
again taken active form. and large band OF
Macabebes is now ouartered in the Walled City.
To them are issued what is known as the
tive ration Of rice and beef ard they conduct
themselves and by all n.sidered as allies
IN every sense Another band is with General
Macarthur at the north. and armed and
used scouts
The Chinese though not native to the Islands,
are much harassed by the Tagslos and seek
retribution in loottng at every possible oppor-
tunity For this a number have been tried by
military commissions and severest punishment
adjudged They are between the fires, for only
last week the bodies of several Cinnamon were
taken from the Pasig River. horribly mutilated.
t1-n IN
surgent army.
MANILA TAGALOs INDIFFERENT
The attitude Of such Tagalos as are in Manila
end it's suburbs is seemingly one Of utter indf-
ference 10 the progress of the war. They have
been suspected. no doubt rightly of giving aid
and comfort 10 the enemy but they abso-
lutelv undemonstrative concerning the daily de-
feats Of their brothers in the field. Before the
American troops had pushed out to a great dis
lance from the city il was possible to hear the
firing Of outposts or lines even down on the
Escolta and il was not unusual to have the
native driver OF ones quilez point in the direc-
ton whence came the sounds Of volleys or scat
terng shots and say. with the air Of one dis
cussi7g mere detail OF the days news,
"Auericanos mucho boom boom; Filipinos
nucho vamos."
Without the lines as patrols work along the
roads or scouting parties bore through bamboo
thickets and high school" across rice fields
from village 70 village, the little remnants OF
families mostly decrepit old men, with an occa-
sional young woman with pickannny astrlde
her hip come 10 the roadside or across the
paddy fields They carry fiat wicker trays with
lunches OF bananas little heaps Of the great.
black wild cherries slices Of the curious green
bread fruit. 80 rank in color and so unwhole-
fhAv
but If a soldier under pretence Of trying new
species Of fruit possess himself Of a handful of
their small stores. they but bow their willing
ness that he should DO 50. and say over and over
again their one unforgettable word, Amigo
amigo"
Others too. meet hot thirsty attachments
with great FONTS Of bamboo with pitcher-ke
Ia adIes OF twisted branches, filed with water
frobnfhe village spring or nearby stream. and
thess are Offered with the utmost friendliness.
and when the last drop has been drained from
the clean. cool pitcher they hasten for more
chattering and huttering about as simple peo-
pie do when those in authority accept simple
gifts
NATIVES ANXIOUS TO PROPIT1ATE.
In the actions Of these villagers one sees moth
ing II the sulle1ness or bitterness so often dis
PLAYED by the losers In the great game Of power
desire only to propitate with their humble
means the individuals Of the force that keeps
Juan. Pedro or Tranquilino 50 long away from
ginger garden or pineapple field. They are but
the innocents who live in fear and much want,
while receiving many cruel lashes from the
scourge of
Much sickness prevails among these unfortu-
mates as they now congregate In the half-
burned and wholly desolate villages Having in
many cases lived in hiding for weeks in thickets
or other secluded spots. they are in sorry con-
dition 10 Withstand disease. II happens that
smallpox though apparently little dreaded by
the people is the Prevailing form OF illness and
many deaths must surely occur during the hot
term now on US.
The natives. though practising many repulsve
and non -hygienic customs. nevertheless
quite cleanly in person. AS one passes through
the long streets where thousands live In squa-
Tor one may see al any hour Of the day little
groups Of women and children splashing and
scrubbng in the stream that is flowing from
the roadside hydrant or hreplug 1t Is not
half-hearted dip or shower that the little ones
get Many repetition OF You dirty boy! is
there enacted But IL is early on Sunday morn
ings that the great bathing hour arrives Then
by families they come. and while there is much
gossiping among the idlers as they await their
turn the chief purpose is faithfully TO scrub the
whole neighborhood. The women wear single
thin garment bound tightly under the arms and
reaching a little below the knees, and the men
wear a pair OF loose white trousers. There Is,
however. the greatest modesty in all The bath
ing OF family concluded. ii troops OF through
the dazzling sunlight and9 shortly reappears'
each member clad in his cleanest and pest ana
n, account of Ifg