St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-12-19
PHILIPPINE NEWS.
u:,;u;uo yunta at Hong Kong.

40 10 British colonial Office into the
Oy .rla;nt against the Filipino Junta at
coln Yong bv the state department,
HOLT r;t;sh foreign office has informed
t los. aovernment that it has been unable
tui' ,ecate the iunta. The authorities
here have reason to suspect that the
l snta has removed its headquarters to
w n a city not tar from Hong Kong,
N No. The control of the Portuguese
un nrsrnmeut, and the necessary inquiries
: the matter are being made.
Acts of Philippine Commission.
The Philippine Commission has passed
h;ils providing for a reimbursement OF the
D l,o les paid to civil officers, these hav-
s :@n been previously fixed haphazard
l n,s,,rp TO the exigencies of the military
U:..,o1;on. The commission also passed
a. W,ight's bill appropriating $l5O.
400 for the maintenance OF provincial
Wv wv. notice force This force is Chi fly
1 1as;oned to suppress thieves. Su5se,
n to the passage OF these bills the
Gdornmission again took up the discussion
of+he saloon bill, which is designed to
20 and regulate the liquor business
ttore Several citizens and lawyers APP
cared and argued in behalf OF the
saloon keepers.
xwdge Ede Stood Alone.
After a public discussion that LASTED
i've DAYS the saloon bill. to restrict ant
Wv. the liquor traffic at Manila wa
'v Friday by the almost unanimou
pote Of the PHILIPPINE Commission: Th
nnIv member who voted against it wa
NJ lde. who b, lieves that the aboiit'o
IS saloons in the business district:
40 provided for by the bill is contlScs
ton OF property. He also believes tina
the operation of the b1 VIII enta
hordships on the general pub ic TT
Lerntst public interest was manifesto
~ the bill. Several lawyers and me
nhants argued for and against the mea
nre before the commission. Judge Tat
ares;dent OF the commission, made tt
concluding speech, which occupied
6npr. He said that the bill endeavort
~ discourage the soldiers from drinkin
II favored high licenses and rigldly d
lined the difference between simple resta
ANTS and the hotels with bars.
FiIipiuos swear Allegiance.
At Cal ,uaug, Province OF Lagun
Thursday, 432 insurgents swore allie
iauce to the American government. a
vices from Iloilo are to the tnect IN
since the arrival of the Thirty e'ghth
Cantry and the recent arrest OF numt
the most prominent residents OF the r
v;rce OF I oilo the natives all over the
land are fiocking into the garrison TOW
and off. ring to take the oath OF all
iance.
To Bring Volunteers Home
The war department has tegun
movement Tor bring ng home the Vol
teer army now in the Philippines.
recessarv order was cabled to Gen. M
Arthur by the secretary OF war IL
horned Gen. Macarthur to reduce
force tr,m the present strength OF o9''
TO $4,000 men. The present pa W.
vide for the withdrawal o only ooI
the volunteers, which reduces the +
mime army to the fixed figure befor
was reinforced by additional 1egu
from this country and China, 1t IS
oounced at the war department that
solutely no further reduc ION can
made at this time, unless congress IN
diately passes the Army Reorgan'z
hill. which will make the necessary
i Vision for replacing the troops tt
i yvithdrawn. 1t is the desire OF the
department TO begin the honey
4 movement and continue 1t without II
ruption. but it is declared positively
unless the bill is p 'ssed within me
4 week it will be necessary to hoid
greater portion of the volunteer tr
in the Philippines until the last m'nu
II Vermont Soldiers 80 Return
1t is said in Washington that
II Twenty.sixth Volunie er Infantry,
New England regiment now dong
81 a+ Iloilo. will be among the next v
teers to be returned home as fesu
Secretary Roots recent lnsttuct'o
Gen. Macarthur, ordering 9OOO v
teers home as soon as possible.
y Eleventh and Thirty seventh Kee'u'
Gen. Macarthur cables. nave
already selected and will leave M
next month for San Francisco;
ii Thirty six and the Twenty-s'xtn
he the next chosen Tor the return /
ward In view of Gen. Macarthur
o1e>t that the regular army officers
attached to volunteer regiments
whose regular regiments are'n the I
pines. be ordered to return TO duty
their regiments, it is probable that
Ia Rice, the commander ofthe We"tY.
will not return home with his req
as the Third Cavalry OF when ne
major. is now s,rv,ng in the Ph'''p
The honor OF commanding the reg
on the home bound voyage VIII,
fore. probably I'LL on Lieut.-coi'
man, whose regular regiment IS NJ
this country. 1t is expected .hs
Twentv.s;xth will reach San Fra
the la ter part OF February, ana
some request is made that Tue 'el
be order, East to be mus'ertu w
likely that it will be mustered our
Preside at San Francisco, ana IN
will be sent home as private g
The Twenty sixth was among IN
ofthe volunteer regiments author
the act OF 1919 to reach Mania
INN, diately ordered to nMlo,. W
has done active duty ever sue
regiment has lost about 0o emusic nj, e
Lieut.. Wagner was the oniy G
stoned officer who lost his lie
Pope SAYS Keep the Philippl
The Ital,e Rome announced ID
that the Pope. after a conferen'
the Archbishop of Manila, dec,aF '
his conviction was that tne
States should retain their no'n