Evening journal., 1901-08-27
Arb INSURGENTS
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ing things about il. He says this ex-
petition failed because the Johannes
burg people did not know of their
looming in proper time He has no love
for the Beers. We also witnessed a
game of ball between the two teams of
the battery there We ate dinner at al
Filipino restaurant, kept by a Filipino
woman The cooking was al right, and
the afternoon was spent in discussing
the general situation here in the is
lands. | win give you my ideas and
Impressions so far.
The American Government probably
made a great mistake when it had any
thing to do with these islands. IL will
be many years before any American
Iciyilians will live here. The climate Is
all right, but conditions are such that
the laboring man cannot live here, and
the rich man will not want TO. The peo-
PIE are Of a higher grade OF intelligence
than / expected TO find. The Tagalo
language is just as much a language as
the Anglo-Saxon was. Books and
periodicals are written in Tagalo.
The Tagalos are a brave people. They
lare naturally fighters, and they cannot
1--WE lldlN years WAlHUul uhnAinbs AAtt
have been so quickly subdued because
they ran out of ammunition, and not
because they were afraid to fight
longer.
The country is pacfied only because
the people have no weapons and are
afraid OF the soldiers There is a gar
rison in every large town, and when
ever the garrison is removed, il has
been quickly occupied by the natives.
The natives appear to be amigos,
but they are insurrectos at heart do
not blame them. Other civilians here
say the same thing. They have reason
to be disguised with the American
llArmy, as we civilians are. II
!. is the common expression of civilians
here that they would be insurrectos If
ithey were Filipinos. The operator here,
who says his division (Signal Corps)
has lost seven per cent more men than
any other, and that he has been right
at the front when the bullets were
thickest. says he thinks the govern
ment seems to think it has paid n
lprice for something, and now thinks It
has to get the worth OF its money in
, some way or other.
/ believe the Tagals are as able to
govern themselves as we are to gov
ern them. The only way to govern
them is by military law, and that
means the maintenance OF a large de-
morallzed and demoralizing army
here. The people know how to take
defeat and they are more than anxious
to have us come to teach them Eng
lish. They do not talk long before
they ask for this or for that Englisl
: word. And they will learn it only
because they know il will be TO theii
advantage They are anxious to make
money, like the Americans, whom
they believe to be millionaires What
Will be the effect OF this? win It only
: teach them to rebel again in the fu.
ture Some think so. When they
read an American history they viii
q possibly be encouraged to raise an
other rebellion. II seems now that W.
shall be in the position Spain occu
: pied, except that we shall be able q
, maintain the islands II we wish. tn,
a operator here says he thinks the off
cials are keeping the old Spanish tar
Ms and laws because they want to dis
. courage thinking people from cominl
a to the islands and finding out tn,
truth. Still, this man intends to re
enlist in the service.
1t is said that the Tagals are doing
J. most OF the fighting 50 they havl
= BEEN and they have about all surren
y dersd. There is really no war at pres
ent. only a few scattering bands Blu
> f.,r -
: diers do not go far alone Civilian
+ usually carry weapons, although Mr.
= Huber said he would buy a gun mick
e name for pistol not because he Il
afraid OF natives. but OF the soldiers
IT This is a civilians estimate OF tn
r stuff Uncle Sam sends over here.
y / consider It We. encouraging tina
we have been so well received. The,
l. ask many personal questions, whicl
II We find II easy to fail to answer b,
e feigning not 10 know the Spanisl
Il word II was rather a strange expert
ence when first struck Pateros.
walked half way through the town, nc
Z knowing where I was. asking the ma
q tives for some one who could speal
- Spanish. They took me for Span
( lard. They think it strange fer al
= American to speak Spanish and asl
- me If I have always been an Ameri
can. After awhile l found a man VIII
speaks Spanish well. He was the sec
rotary 10 the presidente.
This district is one Of the hotbeds @
the instructors The presidente q
Pateros had a son in the insurgen
army who was general Many 9th
a. srs went from here. There were Ia
:; fights here and all the houses wer
re torn down or burned up. Now every
i, thing is new.
Is You know that the presidente
Id are elected by popular vote of the IA
r tives. But the soldiers fix that The
Id iust tell the natives what they viii d
ly to them II they don't elect their mai
IL and say "sabe?" and the natives AT
afraid not TO vote for him The pres
. dente is in sympathy with the Amer
cans. The very natives that vote
for him hate him He would be afrai
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