Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-07

troops They are not as aggressive as the
! 1agaios, but are quite as vicious in many
| OF their ways and are of about the same
grade of Intelligence and civilization both
of which l should say are decidedly low.
Both people are naturally Enthusiastically,
! ana the greatest care has to be taken to
guard against surprises. The islands while
there are no large armies upon them. are
| everywhere overrun with brigands and
bandltti, and there are parts of them which
nave not yet been Subdued. Garrisons will
nave TO be furnished for the chief towns
ana the principal roads should be patrolled
by mounted cavalry to allow the people to
! work their fields and to make them feel
comparatively safe.
Plotting of the Natives
General r. P. Hughes. who is in charge
OF the Nisayans. is well fitted for the po-
sition He had a good chance to study the
Filipino character when he was provost
marshal of the city of Manila He took
that place soon as the city was Occur
pied by our troops, and it was due to his
vigilance that the insurgents were pre-
vented from uprising and burning the Phil
ippine capital For months after the oc-
cupation he slept in his clothes. There
We're rumors of uprisings almost every day
but to most of them General Hughes paid
no attention. He merely kept his ewes
open and said nothing. At last one day
he doubled his guards and ordered that the
troops be kept in readiness for trouble He
had noticed that the FflipiEos Were taking
their women and children out of Manila
They were leaving at the rate of hundreds
a day and their departure was to be fol-
lowed by an uprising and the attempted
massacre OF the foreigners. The increase
or force, however. prevented the insurrec-
ton and thus saved the city
When General Hughes came here the ma
tives burned the town upon leaving it
They said that the most of the buildings in
1t belonged to Chinese and the English and
that their destruction would not hurt the
natives. who live chiefly in the suburban
villages of Molo and Harrow They there
fore, soaked the principal houses with coal
oil and lighted them. They burned all of
the best buildings. including the industrial
school and other public structures SO that
today iloio is largely made I'D of ruins
After the general took possession there
were more rumors of Instructions and
the murder of foreigners. He paid no at
tenticn. but one day his native clerk asked
for an afternoon off. that he might take
his family out Of the city. The general
thought that might mean business and he
had the town searched for concealed
weapons. He found that the natives had
hundreds of knives concealed in their
houses and that they had planned 10 unite
crate from the outside. and at concerted
signal to rise, set the city on fire and muir
der the foreigners.
The discovery OF the plot prevented its
being carried out. and shortly after this
General Hughes attacked L 400. of the Ia
gaios outside the town and defeated them.
He has now cleared the island of organized |
resistance. but he tells me 1t will be months |
before the banditti can be cleared out as
they viii probably take to the mountains
They Believe in Bryan.
In talking OF the situation, General |
Hughes said:
II believe a great deal Of harm "a being