The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-05-09
WANTS CIVIL RUE
Residents Of Manila Petition Phil
ippine Commission for ANAL
gamation with Morong.
ALL REBEL LEADERS HAVE SURRENDERED
Natives Agree to Subdue the Bands.
of Lndrones-Gen. Macarthur Lib
crates More Prtsoners-Army to he
Reduced-Other Notes from the
Far-Of Islands.

Manila, May 4.-Civil government in
Manila has been established as a pre-
liminary to the Inauguration of a gen,
eral civil government. The board of
health has completed the census ofthe
city and the population numbers ga
1872.
Libernting Prisoners.
Manila, May THE liberation of
another thousand prisoners to cele-s
brate Gen. Tinio's surrender will be-
gin this week and the liberation and
transportation to their homes of the
1000 Filipinos who were set free by
Gen. Macarthur, to signalize the is
suance of Aguinaldo's proclamation, is
nearly completed.
To Punish Lndrones.
Manila, May 7.-Several of the Fil-
ipino officers who have surrendered
have sent a petition to the author
tiles asking that a mixed American
and Filipino command be organized to
proceed against the Ladrones and vol
unteering their services against these
thieves and outlaws. 1t is probable
that some of the former rebel lead
ers will be employed for this purpose,
as they are familiar with the Gus
toms of the outlaws and know their
hiding places.
Army to BE Reduced.
Washington, May 7.-After a care
full consideration of the situation in
the Philippines as it exists to-day, the
administration has decided to reduce
the army in the Philippines to 49,
900 men. The opinion prevails here
that this number will be ample for
the present needs of the service in
| the islands.
Ask for Civil Rule.
Manila, May s.-A delegation of rep
resentative inhabitants of the prov
ince of Manila has petitioned the Phil
ippine commission to amalgamate
that province with the province of
Morong, the inhabitants of which are
seeking the enjoyment of peace and
the privileges that will come with a
civil government. The petition de-
clares that all the insurgent leaders in
the province of Manila have ssurren-
dered. The commission has promised
that conventions will be held in both
provinces at an early date at Pasig.
Will subdue Ladrones.
A delegation from Laguna province.
has also requested the establishment
of civil government. The delegation
asserted that 1900 0 Inhabitants of
20 pueblos were willing to undertake
the subsection of the Ladrones re-
| m ajnjnU in tba nro1;r1a n ~l tLo+ +lorr
were capable of carrying out the I'M
dertaking. The commission promised
this delegation that a convention
would be held at Santa Cruz. These.
are examples of the numerous over
lures made by the natives in behalf of
peace.
Replies to Criticisms.
Washington, May s.-Gen. MacAr-
thur, in a letter to the adjutant gen
eral of the army just made public, re-
plies to a communication received by
him through the war department from
the Women's Christian Temperance
union of Columbus, Wis, in regard to.
the liquor traffic and social evil in the
Philippines. Gen. Macarthur saws
that the writer's of these letters, have
been misled as to the facts. He de-
clares that not only is the social evil
properly regulated, but persons of
doubtful character have been deport-
ed from the islands and regulations
have been adopted prohibiting the
landing of those from other countries.
Commenting upon the conditions in
Manila, he says: 81 am convinced that
the city of Manila may to-day chal-
lenge a comparison as to its moral and
orderly condition with any city of the
United States.'