Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-03-01
CONDITIONS IN THE PHILIP
PINES.

Interesting bits OF Information con.
cerning the condition Of affairs in the
Philippines are bubblIng TO tho sur
face oi Congressional discussion.
while private letters to Senators aud
Representatives are conveying intor-
nation which does not get INTO the
newspapers through dIspat ches from
| Manila.
For instance, it WIS asserted on the
fio"r OF the Senate Thursday by SEN
atnr Pettigrew that General Mac
Arthur's report for December sho we'd
10000 more sick soldiers than could
he properly cared for. When Senator
Sewe'l questioned the accuracy OF his
statement, Senator Teller replied ,hg;
his Information was to the SINE OBJECT,
and he declared his belief that the
number oi sick aud disabled soldiers
III tie Philippines would aggregate
4O,UOO year FOR years to come. or as
long M the war might last. Senator
hale expressed views along the same
line, and added that every man in the
Philippines would be "n the pension
list liz tive years. This kind of war"
he said, -ls the most cruel and dcs
tructive III its ravages. All the sol.
dicrs now III the Philippines will want
pensions, aud We will give them what
they want"
Representative Gaines Of Tenmes.
see, received II letter IN the last Phil
ippine mail from an army officer i'll
Mmila, which throws some light
upon conditions there. THIS officer
says that he can see no change since
the election. an l that the FiIipIuus do
not know what fear is, but take kill
ing we'll He states that six or eight
OF them are hanged every Friday.
General MacA rthur," adds tho
oliicer, -hns issued proclamation
since the election promising to treut
them as murdercrs aud not us prison.
crs of war from now on. So it will
bo hell from now on
a prominent Western Senator re-.
ceivcd III the same mail letter from
an army officer III the Visayas. which
IL "A revelation ns to conditions III that
part Of tue archipelago. The letter
says that it will require $4,000 men 10
subdue the msurrectIon III the Visaya
group Of isl uds. -We have admins.
tered the oath ~ nllcginncc.- says the
officer, 40 about 10000 natives. but
the trouble III that II requires a man
| to protect each native who takes the
| oath, rs many OF the latter are
promptly killed by their people for
beng traitors to their country The
| office says that he does not place
much reliance in the oaths,. and cites
numerous instances where American
| sol iiCrs have met bnnds Of natives,
who. apparently, were peacefully
| eating or trading bananas. As soon
as the soldiers, pass, "a vollcy is sure
10 be fired from the place where the
natives were located, and an Ameri.
cRn soldier, or perhaps several sol.
diors, ARE wounded When tho com
pany returns to find the natives. the
latter have disappeared. Tho officer
says that he does not know whether
anything is known in the United
StHtcs about the Nisnyu situation, but
II IT supposed that peace prevails, the
supposition in not based on fact.
Other Information is to tho effect
that in the city Of Mhrila hundreds
OF insurgents aud iusurgent sympR-
thizers a:e being arrested and i'm
prisoncd, the iails now being full.
Nothing OF this fact has yot reached
the United States.--NatioDal Watch.
nam.