New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-11

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Presidential election.
A REIGN OF TERRORISM
The American officials in Manila fail to realize
how greatly the terrorism exercised by the FIJI;
aye hostility
American , occupation The Tagalog Ia cruel even
the flocehs and icois and the vsayans. for in
as that hy besr
Properly the Fpinos in arms have terrorzed their
Peaceful TO- sgc n an sxe emit that the
inclina lions to accept American sovereignty and
Gw to the a nSoe tEe
government has said he believes nine-tenths Of the
terrorem PTevents ali but very few from an open
of their re ssv Ege0 w t s he
On oTe pos gdos FfsoS Be
ties Il they do not weeSme the Americans they
the Americans, they may be tortured and murdered,
their property stolen or their women anducteo.
T esr aT sdden death h
09P o onde Re e
or they & b to- sa
The establishment Of civil municipaEties under
been PRACTICALLY failure and this largely because
tho Filipnos absolutely declined to hold municipal 1
geance of the men in arms and they knew we
could not give them protection therefrom
AMERICAN sYMPATHIZERs SLAIN.
AS examples of these retaatons the writer cites
a few recent occurrences. Some weeks ago the
United States authorities duly established munich
pal government in the town of Bay. up on the Lake
A presdente and several councillors were ap-
pointed. and the American flag was raised over the
town hall. Within two weeks the people OF Bay
had murdered the presidente and the councillors.
and General Cables commander Of the insurgent
forces In that locality issued order in which he
praised this loyal action OF the people Of Bay, and
ordered that all other good Filipnos follow their
example when occasion offered.
There have been reported In Manila during the
last fortnight nine murders Of Filipnos who were
American sympathiZers. and these crimes were
committed in broad daylight. as we'll under
being shot down in their own houses While 7. sur
possible for the Americans TO get any Information
leading to the capture of The g1y PaT rd s tb19
light on who the assassins were, or IN what d.
any information that might lead to the capture Of
the criminals vegeanGe will be taken upon himself
the correspondent that the rebels in the provinces
near Manila have prepared lists of some forty
Filipinos, all of them American sympathizers, who
destined be killed, and when the writer
asked why certain prominent Fiipinos had recently
left the islands for Hong-kong he was told the
names OF the men in question were reported as on
the death list. With one possible exception these
nine recent murders have been for political rea-
sons and they have created terror and fear
among the men who reside in Manila.
In Cebu Island recently some three hundred ma
tives were asked by the American authorities TO
swear allegiance TO the United States; forty of
the number complied, while the others declined
the ground that II they did so their lives would be
In danger from their countrymen.
An interesting sideght Filipino ways of
Quoting government disclosed when the Amer
lean troops captured the correspondence of General
sandico in Nueva Ecija Province. Among his
letters was one from a man called Gonzalez dated
Manila, in which the writer. answering a COM
the several hamets In Pampanga Province referred
to were slack in the contributions 10 the cause.
but that the continued presence of American
troops there seemed to give the people the courage
to be Independent and refuse TO pay tribute. AS
remedy for this state of affairs Gonzalez suggested
the numbering Of three or four prominent men in
each baFrio; ut will have q beneficial effect
the rest OF the Inhabitants" he wrote land the
towns Will then produce us some revenue" Coma
carried out should Sandtco order.
This state OF terrorism is growing: It IL greater
to-day than 1t was a month ago. and the rebels
have 1t In their power 10 make IT greater and
far reaching next month than It is to-day. It
seems to be their intention so 10 do. and 1t Is
fortunate the Americans cannot put stop to its
disQuieting effects.