Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-12

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kept his force supplied with commits
| saries an the time De was in their
territory and even had his men cut
roads through the forests for him. They
surely were sick Of the Tagals.
THE PANGAsINANs
were also inyeigled into the Filipino
league under false representations
made 10 them by the Iagals'
was personally acquainted with
most OF the Tagal leaders be-
fore the instruction broke
out and while ! thought they were nv
only tribe on the Islands I was great
ly ln favor OF their plans OF govern
ment. They printed a newspaper called
the Filipino Libre' iu the establish
ment used by the only American paper
then being printed and my work on me
American sheet was done in the same
room as was theirs Donrq uanilE l
saw many Of their documents ana wa,
often consulted about the m7ai ing OF
ENGLISH words. They used 90 hdNr
write. calling 10 "TeleCr8mas.' To cone
sisted of opinions expressed by leading
citizens of the PaugasInans concerning
a FUipin0 Alliance The capital Wal
finally established M Malol0s. bordering
their territory and most of their uiplo-
matte efforts consisted Ot attempts @,
get the Pangasinaus into league with
them In this they finally succeeded
but they did not win more than half
hearted consent I'm our campaigns
northward from Manila the troops enc
countered only seemed waiting for a
chance 10 run and our forces mo- more
than appeared before they would break
and retreat Tor the next town. Men
were held IN the insurrecto service
through fear and surrendered at no
first opportunity only too glad 90 shake
OF the Tagal masters
The Taeal iusurrect0s still amonn
them were pointed out to our men a13
AN available information was gladly
given. Heads of villages would turn
out their band and come Go greet
troops and then would tell which wa
the Insurgents ned. whore they had
buried their treasure and am they knew
about them When we reached Dagu-
pan province. their
MAIN TERRITORY,
they captured and turned over nearly
an of AgunaidO's cabinet and even his
wife and mother with an the govern
mental documents. 10 was through no
fault OF theirs that he escaped for they
bent every effort TO assist us In captur-
ing him
So much for the Luzon tribes with
which We have come I'm contact OF the
people there the clement which was
most loyal 90 Spain was most loyal 10
as with hardly an exception. We were
assisted by men Of an tribes and from
"a multitude OF motives. One little fell
low. a Spaniard ala US an immense
amount OF good and when I left Manila
he was employed az General Ous's
headquarters I'm Spanish times be was
a lieutenant in the army. His work
led him an over the Luzon island and
he gradually picked up the dialects Of
the various sections, In 1896 the insur-
rection broke out He made his way
10 Manila and was assigned 10 q posi-.
ton In the Caloocan trenches While on
duty one day as officer OF the day he
was approached by a Filipino hearing
a white flag. This man stated that his
family lived On Tondo ana requested
permission 90 come On and see them,
unarmed The lieutenant refused az
which the native returned cursing him.
When the Americans took Manila I'M
surgent officers were allowed IN the city
when they came unarmed The third
day after the capitulation this lieuten-
ant missed his son from his home. He
searched In vain 60 find him IN the city
and the terms OF his parole would not
allow him 20 leave Manila so he could
not extend his investigations beyond.
A week later he found
A BLOODY DAGGER
on his doorstep with note from the
Tagal who had applied Tor permission
TO enter the lines. The note simply said
that his son was buried under tree iu
CaloOcau and that De had killed him 30
that his father might know how he felt
when denied the privilege Of seeing his
offspring,
That officer did not want to
go 90 Spain. He announced his
Intention OF becoming au American $50
that be might stay here 10 obtain his
revenge. When the war broke out be
offered his services 90 Otis and was re-
tanned as an interpreter at Sl5 per
month. Almost every day he brought I
iu tid.ngs Of some sedtlous movement |
in the native portion of the city.
his information many a
scheme was discovered and stopped .
A favorite trick was 90 have a squad OF I
guards march him into the prison where I
the Fi.Ipinos were put and then quiz |
them pretending 10 be a fellow prison. /
en- lie would ask them questions u the I
n b. Hr. Ns.I
pretend 20 De Ono sympathy with them /
and tell how he had been captured In I
their service thus drawing ont Of them /
am their Information. He followed the
American lines IN the first weeks Of the /
always looking for the Ia /
gal who had killed bis child. He has /
never found him but he still stays In /
the American service working Tor less |
than his boaV1 costs him Chino and /
foreign planters have worked for the |
Americans from business motives while /