Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-16
Military Action in Philippines Re-
duCed il TO 60 Cents,
HARDSHIP OF CENSORSHIP.
Change Wanted In Manila Value Of
nudanao Warllkc News Trouble
from Soldiers Who Want Fight


tors and tha correspondents ot AmerI-
Jean newspapers here are hoping that
the arrival of the y.yu commission vii.
result .n @ reform of the present cen-
s0rshp methods Cablcgr5ms maouuc-
ius the appointment OF the commission
were received by two OF the Manila
newspapers but the censor forbade
them to print this news. Tie has use
serted that he supprgsses only that
news 'mIm.cal 20 the interests OF the
military government"
Frequent friction arose between the
correspondents and the previous censor
while the scfumann commission was
here over messages relating TO the
commission and there was sometimes
much trouble in getting through news
| winch the commission had given out FOR
publication
/ The editors OF The local papers CONF
] pain bitterly ana unanimously that the
censorship, as itIs managed innicts up-
| on them wholly needless hardshlps and
| greater financial loss. The only Filipino
| paper which supported the American
| administration has suspended publica-
| ton on account OF the censorship, and
| the editor of the Oldest and most res-
/ pecIaole and friendly Spanish Journal
/ announces that 10 Intends 90 close its
/ business and leave Manila because IL is
| impossible TO publish a newspaper UNI
der the restrictions imposed by the
| present government,
! The editors argue that the publ.ca-
/ ton OF newspapers which support the
/ governments policy, as AN of the Ma
! Mia papers do, Us AN enterprise that
/ should De encouraged rather than hd-
/ raised that they pay almost pr0h.bi-
] tive rates 90 secure Cabltg8ms, that
| they are served boy reputable and cou-
| seryative press agencies and that th.r
own financial interests lead them TO- in-
/ btrucJ their correspondents not %
I throw away money on Cdblegrams
which could not De published. They ar
| cue that no correspondent could pos
siOly turcsee that such news ass labor
strikes %. the appointment of q commits
sion Go the Philippines would be o0us.d-
cred inimic1l 10 the interests of the
government and that moreover The
news which comes 90 them is not sup-
pressed but merely postponed bec8ug
the FllipInos receive the leading news
papers from the United States and read
them with the greatest care.
The Americans are just beginning 90
realize that ln the island of Miuduuao.
until recently merely q big blot on the
map they have a wonderful empire.
potentially the most valuable ~ an
the Philippine possessions. Although
nearly as large AN island as LuzUn,
with much better climate and capable /
OF beng made a second cuba in CONF |
mercial value. the SpanIards never |
really controlled nor even explored IT, /
They lived ln deadly fear OF the ma /
t.ycs and FILTERED away enough lives |
90 have made the conquest OF an em-
pire without gaining possession Of /
more than fringe Of coast towns With /
two regiments the Thirty-nrst. which /
DE recently distributed among the
towns on the southern and eastern
coast and the Forteth. which he has
just established ln the north, General
Bates acquired for the United States as
much territory 0s Spain held and what
Spain never could get. the friendship OF |
AN the tribes which the Americans have
encountered. tempered with wholesome
fear Indeed, experience with the MOrOs
of MIndanao has convinced many ofl-
GERS that the treaty with the sultan OF
Sulu was mistake. in that o. con-
ferred upon that picturesque person
fictitious appraisal Of his Importance
which may Doe productive Of more trlu-
h.e than display Of the mailed da
would have been They DO not think
che Mor0s such terrible warriors
against modern weapons as they have
been pictured
lu some of the most important garri-
sons OF M.rdanao. notably ZambOanea. |
the direct policy has been adopted uf |
impressins upon the chiefs the feet
that The Americans propose 20 give
them % Just government but also em-
Uhasizing very strongly that any harm |
done the Americans win Doc followed by |
swift and bloody punishment The lat.
ter proposition az any rate is one that
ihn Moro mind can grasp especially
when q is illustrated by the facilities
for e'1ughter which the army and navy
possess
The American officers are convinced
That the cheapest way to deal with the
Moros. who are gt heart slvaEcs 0f
thp most hlu0d-th.rsty character VIII
be 80 show ,hom ro mercy when once
they become hostile. even n some fnuo- q
cent lives have t0 hp sacrificed FOR the
general good Most of the officers in q
the Moro country With whom the core
re7u0ndent az me Associated Press q
i9|Fed. are convinced that some sort q
'.'N'|N'.| "I|.. .|I. .'NNI''" WIN. IN I|NN|N ]
Do Inevitable To avoid 10 win require
almost imn0ss.hln 9iul0macv Many of
them think that me Moro destiny ls ok
termination lifa iha American Indian.
Another possibility ~ danger Hes in {
hn temper NJ q portion NJ soldiers ono o.
'' them who was "a representative OF "a
r'e cl1ee Thus described it. e.
our Officers oro irving 10 get along I 4
WIN tnet' uoonIn without "a fight" DO | q
'aid. eve hovs want q scrap. THAT'S | 70
what we enlisted f0r We crowd these "a
'eo0lc I'm wc can when we get chance. c
md we ere bound 60 get them stirred
in sometime u
General Smith formerly colonel Of ~
ho California volunteers ig On NaniR ri
0r short visit BE reports conditions al
~ The island NJ Neeros as very fairly W
SATISFACTORY. Tho civil government be s
las established there is prosrerinc n
hough n needs the most careful diroc. 2,
ion General Smith finds the native ~
iril governors and couro.non On Doc
'etter Trainers OF laws than admins
rators thereof Tie omphaticaUy Dee
Ics the stories recently current that
DO discovered n plot among pfc native c'
administrators 40 overthrow ne Awni- cr
an authority in Negroes aud that ha O.
nd consequently Co imnrison several b.
T his new cabinet General smith Doe a.
'8res fhai tho stories M thr hqcFaH- af
1g Of his civil administrators uero %,
iaried hy tho H0ngkonc iunta in ORE go
OPP i0 discrcdIt the success 0f hie civil Do
oyenment experiment Zoo Negros isl-
nd n.
a large part of tho town of Sflav on A.
be- west coast of Negroes. has been de- Oh
.rovcd bv % conHagration OF accidental ! p-
riein The Negros papers comment a'
lost favorahly 0n the heroic and de- Or
rmined work done bv members OF the re
Iyth infantry ln preventing the spread NJ
tho flames so
within the last ten davs meat has
cached the abn0rmallv high price of
30 Mexican n Mound Never before IN o.
le history of Manila has 90 been so la
ypenslve Tho prevailing price I'm the N
.ongkong market has been fourteen CO