The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-12-25
FILIPINOS HOSTILE.
The Whole Psopie Have Turned
War Traitors
so SAYS GENERAL cHAFFEE.
Taey Pfesend Friendship Bat All
tbs Willis Secrstly Support
ths Fight Against Amsri-
Noo 9,,91
Can Ruiz.

History affords 10 parallel Of aWhole
psop!s thus practically turning var tTai-
toss, and in che genius Of DO other peo-
pie Vas ever found such nassarful pow
ers cf secyoy snd di:simuIasion, bus it
is needless TO ssy thss 10 powerful
S;ate vas ever erecsed CT ever csn be
erected rpon suoa immoral and uasn-
l:galensd foundations.
Enis 5 stemsnt ss N ade hS G an. Chat
fee, military governor OF the Pniiip.
pines, in revtew Of ons Of 9 number
of cour martial c.sss IN ghs i7isods,
the rtcjlds Of which have been re-
ceived asIhe war d. pArtme2s.
The case WaIch orougas forth this
e2m oens from Gen, Cn,f,s wss oos.
wbereia seven natives we're tried
jsin,!y on 4 charge of mu,dsr. The ac:
eusad Te,o soldiers ID shs insusgenE
army and sitter defeat by shs Amaclcaa
army IN the field, aosrdoned even she
SHOW OF opea Opposition OF the hait
uniformed su.rriiia bands, AID took
up this resaaence in Taytsy IN Morong
province, Luzon, p.aos projected say
az American garrison, Then, following
the procislmed policy of the insurgens
chiefs, they proceeded to orgsaize Sc.
cre.ly boio band After the native
population within the lines OF sae army
Of occupation had bsea authorized 70
establish civil government, the Ds1d
csme forward under the leadership Of
a rea.dsns psdrs, dictated and secured
their election as municipal officers Of
Taytay and entered upon their dotles
under American authority. Then en-.
sued a remarkable attempt to serYe
two masters. In all isNfal matters
they served With dus appearance Ct
loyalty the American government,
mhile at the same time they laaorsd
secretly and diligently Ia the interest
Of the insurrscsion. This dual form Of
government, says Gen. Chafse, ex-
listed everywhere, IN strongly gar
risoned ci.iss like Msnils 50 we'll as she
smallest places. The municipal oMsers
Of Taytay next entered upon . series
Of murders and continued their work
until the growing number Of mysteri-
Gus disappearances from the COM
muaisy led 90 the discovery ofthe per.
petr&tors by the American authorities.
''Oae un6eniabte truth, says Gen.
Chafse, Stands out in this case IS IN
hundreds Of like cases Of murder, that
the average native Of these islands
has not more than the merest rudimen
sary conception Of his individual rights
and duties as man, and NO one knows
this so veil a. the willy chiefs who use
him for their nefario1s purposes. ;.
SIX Of the seven natives were sem
tencad to be hung, but Gen. Chsfee
commuted the sentence in the cases OF
three Of them to imprisonment at hard
labor fer Life.
The seventh native, Leonardo Posoy,
8 regularly ordained priest, asked for
and was granted . separate trial.
At his trial Posoy, who was held to
be the chief agent in the Taytsy MUIR
ders, tcok advantage Of the loophole>
which appeared to be afforded By his
position as priest, by conssnoing that
Whlie the psrsicipstors in the wholesale
murders ip faysay would confess the
same st confessional, he was restrained
os MS eGce 20 keep silence.
Gen. Unafse pronounced this defense
Of ID vaius, saying taas ''tne confes-
sionsi Goss not lay upon any man,
prissH or lsymsa, rhe obngasicn Of sup
pressing kaoTiedge OF crimes being
connl:ssed by thlrd parties, the con.
sunms5ion Of which could have bean
prevented Wishout ViolaSing she So.
crscy Of she confessional. In this par
sicuIar cass, it is STATED the knowledge
ef tne cEimes was bcougbs dlcecsty to
he priests notics sad was nos salaed
throu, tie confessional. HIS sentence
Hsd som2u.sd 10 imprlonnenS for 70
years.