The Goodland republic., 1899-09-01
AFFAIRS IN MANILA.
A New York Newspaper Correspond
Gives a Remarkable Version.
BE says Taxes In Manila Are Higher Than
Ever and American Police Are Inef-
feEent-VieTs OF q stan
ORcer.

New York, Aug. SO.-JOhn f. Bass,
the Herald's correspondent at Hong
Kong, gives his paper the following
remarkable story:
The censorship IN the Philippines continues
unchanged 1t IS political instead Of military
The only friendly natives found on ny south
ern tour were those az Moros, who 50 far are
unwilling that we should hold any territory eL-
cept the single walled town Of JolO.
Even the non-combatants hate US. In Manila
the native feeling against US is growing stronger
every day.
Taxes are higher in Manila than under Span
ish rule and the Inhabitants bitterly complain
Living expenses have doubled
The native police have been discharged and
Americans appointed. whose administration IS
tFrannical and inefficient because they are ig-
nOrant Of the language and not familiar with
the perpetrators OF crime
Murders and rObberies, old inhabitants say,
are more numerous than ever before. Taxes
and customs duties are being used to support
the army instead Of being applied 70 municipal
necessities This really prolOngs the war By
keeping the natives urltated, after high
sounding promises Of good government
Information concerning recent losses Of the
enemy is purely hearsay, obtained from fright
ened natives
The desire Of the natives for American rule
Ofhciaily reported, is not borne out by the facts
The mayor Of Balinag, who is supposed to be a
great friend Of the Americans is now in prison
for deliberately leading an inSurgent attack on
Balinag- The mayor OF San Pedro Macate IS
also in prison for raising money and soldiers for
the insurgents.
We must show sufficient demonstration in
force TO quickly and effectively lick the whole
people or ourselves give in No half way meas
ures viii be successful
Views Of a stan Omcer.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 3O.-Capt. W. L.
Robinson, of the Third cavalry, re-
ell l.
Ger of Gen. Otis staff at Manila, which
contains some interesting facts not
heretofore brought prominently out in
the dispatches The letter was writ
ten By an officer who stands next to
Otis, and who represents Otis views on
many questions:
We are now drifting along here and no one
knows how or when the business viii end The
rainy season is at its height, but this means
very little to one not here. From one to ten a.
m yesterday, July 10, the rainfall was 81 inches,
OF almost three feet During "a hours, July 9.
it rained solid foot and another day eight
inches. The country is sEamped- Extensive
operations are therefore impossible.
AguinaldO and his followers are encouraged
by the fact that many people in the United
States are opposed TO the governments policy
and our holding these islands. They are max
ing superhuman efforts to hold out until our
congress meets. hoping that they VIII enact
legislation favorable to them They place their
highest hopes on this, being led by some strange
delusiOn into believing that congress wiz order
q suspension OF hOstilities or modification Of
the present policy Of the government.
The newspaper correspondents here have
leagued themselves against Otis, whom they
bitterly blame for the censorship They are
filed with the idea that their individual views
constitute news. and that they know better how
to judge conditions than anyone. The papers
in the United States must be full Of il. Free
dom Of the press has been too literally toler-
ated. The correspondents here are impudent
and impertinent 70 a degree. They stop at
nothing and invade all privacy Gen Otis was
forced to take decisive measures