The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-12-29

With our present force none believed
order could be restored in less than
five years. and some We're certain it
would need ten.
The conditions last month were en-
tirely different from what they were a
year ago" continued Mr.. Collins. We
are now confronted not with the first,
but Il second insurrection that is sup
ported by both political and military
organizations. which are secret. but Of
fective. In the former rebellion the
forces of both sides met i'll strength.
There were battles, and the FilipinoS
We're whipped. At that time there was
a large faction of I'ilipinoS. rich plant
ers and others. who desired to see
peace established ut any price, after
Spaniards, but now very few of these
entertain such Il sentiment. They are
black and we are white, ana their nat
ural racial antiquity has Leen strengths
cncd by the killing of So many of their
own people.
Most of the American officers With
whom talked said that events had
compelled them to abandon the theory
that any great number of I'ilipinos are
friendly to American occupation. II
the Americans should abandon the isl
andS these sympathizprs. who are all
marked men, will be very harshly
treated"
"IIow does the present Instruction
differ from the formcr?" the Star man
inquired. ...
ut is being conducted. as said, on
entirely differently lines. The insur-
gents organization is very complete
and very powerful, but secret In its
military aspect. for instance, it has a
few hundred regular soldiers in several
provinces. uniformed and regularly
equipped. In addition. however. in
each province there are several hun
dred so-c;,llcd volunteers, who are
merely civilians and former soldiers.
who keep their arms in places convent
cnt when guns are needed, and who to
all appearances and according to their
own proicStationS are amigos and
regard for Americans. There is no
luorc meeting Of force With force. If
Il company of our own men starts ont
it is pretty likely to get shot up. If
Il regiment or oven Il battalion goes
into the cnrlny'S country, and that i'll
clll,lcS all territory not actually occii-
pied by our troops, it finds no rebels
Information of such Il movement oil
oar part is invariably carried ahead t.
the Insurgents: our troops cannot MAX.
Il motion of which they arc not APP
prisod,
we will. hear. for instance. of :;
force of insurgents being in Il ccrtaii
town and we dispatch Il battalion Oh
regiment there to tackle them. News
of the movement is carried thithcr anl
the insurgents leave the town, 90 hall
a mile or Il mile outside into the cane
brake and hide. and when our mrl
come the townspeoplc say: oh. yes,
there wcrr some bad insurgents here
but they ran away We welcome you
we. arc amigos. and all the time they
| know just where the insurgents are
| When our troops leave the town back
come the rebels.
Even in some towns where we hay,
started homo rule and allowed the ma
political part of the insurgcnt machin,
which | spoke Of has secured the cIrc
ion Of insurYcnt agents to the places;
Taxes for aiding the instruction ar'
levied in nearly every town which The
Americans control and sent to the In
Surgcnts.
Tho Filipino. lralrrs-and they ar,
smart and Shrewd and perfectly wei
informed on American conditions us
an argument with the natives chat
| have not heard spoken Of in til,
states" said Mr.. Collins, They hole
up the treatment of the negroes Ivy III,
whites in this country to illustrate The
way the l'ilipinos who are black
would he treated by Americans if tn,
| latter gain control Of the islands The,
admit that the blacks were given thci
freedom and the right Of franchise it
the states, and then quote youlnin
Dusty from contemporary American
newspapers 10 show how such priv
! extent as to he almost worthless. The,
declare. therefore. that America,
promises Of Il libclTll degree Of self
government for Filipinos are dcluSon
if Americans are permitted to come {,
| the islands III numbers, and that the,
will set up Il white mans government
and give the native blacks all the bur
dens. such arguments find lodgmcn
in willing ears.
The richness Of the Philippines ha
not been estimated by the most cnthu
SiAstic anncNationiSts. but it is not
country where man has only to an