BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-11-06

| legal bounds to bring the amplest au u'onomy
| TO the Philippines at the earliest time pos.
sible, and eventually, at the oppor;une time,
Independence under the protectorate Of The
United States of America" They desire
ssthe erjoyment of the civil and political
rights necessary for the highest welfare ard
prosperity of the people, the same rights fer
which the United States fought and con
quered, and which We're the causes that led
to the Filipino revolution"
i The jealousy betreen Americans and
Filipnos in public service has an illustra-
ltion in the refusal CT the American inspec- :
ltors in the Department tf Buildings and
lilluminatiols in Manila to serve under Gen.
Alejandrino, who has jnst been appointed
Superintendent of thu Department. Six
months ago Alejandrino was an active in
surgent, and was issuing orde,s which were
pronounced to be violations of the regula-
tiors of war. Now he is given au office at
salary OF $1,000 year, and American
lbread.and butter patriots resent it.
I Measures of Development.
A measure looking to the development Of
the islands Is the creation of Bureau Of
q Public Lands in the Department of the In.
terror. This bureau is to have charge of all
of the public domain, except SO far as
control thereof may be necessary to the
functions of the Forestry and Mining Blu
\, reau, and is to submit to the Commission a
- plan for the organization of the bureau fran
ed as nearly as may he after the organiza
L ton of the Public Land Office OF the United
9, States.
81 Development in the Visayan group, it ii
;. announced, is to De undertaken soon by tn,
- Philippine Syndicate, Limited, Colorado
~ corporation, whose representative in Manili
I'd is A. Burlingame johnson, recently U Unitet
at States CONSUL at Annoy. This syndicate
,o first operations are expected to be in Negros
" where there is much valuable timberland
y and soil said to have no equal for the prod
N uction of sugar. To Develop the resources
"a a railroad is to be built from the harbo
:. of Escalante to San Juan de Ilog, lao miles
20 Mining also enters into the syndi ate
'n plans, and electric lighting, concession fo
he plant having already been obtained from
,ir Ilollo.
"a Military Operations.
So much for the present aspect of civl
affairs. Now for the military side. Tk
Commission found everything peaceful il
Northern Luz)n. From Southern Luzol
comes another story. That is where the in
surgent Gen. Malvar is keeping his owl
Il soldiers and those of the United States busy
i. Encounters are frequent. In one recent
reported eleven Fllipinos were killed AM
nine captured, according to the mlitar
&c bulletin, although the Manila papers CLAIM
that the slaughter was much greater. On
one American was wounded. News OF sev
eral lesser fights is also at hand. Th
provinces of Tsyabas and Bstangas are ia
from being pacified, and many to 4ns hsv
been abandoned by the peaceful inhabitants
il whose lives and property were not protected
In the island of Leyte, too, irsurrectio
ia remains, although the recent surrender t
~ General Hughes of The insurgent Col. Pa
- checo, following that of his superior Officer
ne Gen. Moxico, gives the military suthoritie
ne hone that the fighting there is nearing th
lst cid.
an Civil VS.. Military Authority.
ha Several cases of conflict between the mil
tary and civil authorities are impending
or In the case of Galloway, previOusi
is reported convicted by military trial, th
t. Supreme Court, befores which the pris
al oner was brought on kabeas corpus
% has decided that it has no jurisdiction. Ta
writ would not have been issued, the cour
st says, ha6 it known that Galloway was re
an strained by military order. Callowa
:. will, therefore, be deported, but the attemp
70 to apply the civil law in his case has result
al ed in limitations. Another application for
habeas corpus writ was dismissed, for sh
w reason that, the Code of Owl Procedure no
coming into force until the end of Septem
40 b r, the court has no Jurisdiction over per
rs sons convicted by military trials. In tn
ne case of a Government teamster, confined OF
ts a charge of disobedence of orders, firm
OF attorneys has asked Gen. Wheaton 70
the dismissal Of the prisoner, this bein,
OF preliminary, it is supposed, to the institution
es of civil proceedings. Another case, that o
rs George A. Raymond, an ex United State
= solder, sentenced by military tribunal tt
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