Evening star., 1901-09-04
Progress of Paci6oation in the
Philippines.
RESTORING SATISFACTORY CONDITIONS
Certain Provinces Returned to
Military Control.
CRUSHING OUTLAWLESSNESS

The following provinces in the Philip
pines have been designated by the Philip
pine commission as in such a satisfactory
state of pacification and sufficiently we'll
advanced in all the details of civil admin
istration as to warrant their passing under
the civil executive jurisdiction of a civil
governor: Benguet, Pangasinan, Bataan,
Tayabas, Romblon, Oriental Negros, An
tique, Leyte, Ambos Camarines, Marin
duque, Cavite, Surigao, Pampanga, Tarlac,
Bulacan, Masbate, Occidental Negros,
Iloilo, Capiz, Albay, Sorsogon, Rizal,
Nueva Ecija and Misamis.
BY direction of General Chaffee the
senior military officers in these provinces
are directed to render all needful assist
ance to the civil authorities when disturb
ances arise beyond the control of the local
municipal police Wherever the assistance
of the military arm is asked for the senior
commanding officer Is required to make
full report Of the facts of the pending cir
cumStances, action taken and result
thereof.
Military Again in Control.
BY an act of the commission passed
July IL the provinces of Batangas, Cebu
and Bohol are restored to the executive
control of the military government on the
ground that armed insurrection continues
and the pacification of these provinces will
be facilitated by again placing them under
the control of the military authorities. The
writ of habeas corpus in these provinces
is suspended so far as 1t applies to the re-
lease of prisoners detained by the order of
the military governor, biit the courts es-
tablished by the commission will continue
to discharge their ordinary criminal and
civil functions.
In accordance with an order issued by
Gen. Chaffee, commanding the division of
ganization heretofore existing in Manila
was discontinued on the completion of the
transfer of the military government in
that city to the civil governor, and the city
itary post of Manila AS thus constituted
the military post of Manila is attached to
the Department of Northern Luzon.
1t has been announced that First Lieut..
w. H. Clifford, United States Marine
Corps, has been appointed provost judge
at Pollock, Mindanao, p. I.
Brig Gen. William A. Kobbe has been re-
lieved from command of the Department of
Mindanao and Jolo and granted three
months leave of absence, with permission
to visit the United States.
Gave Aid to the FfIipfnos.
The records in the case of Brix Healter-
man. the Belgian connected with the
Philippine Trading Company, who was con-
victed by a military commission of violat-
ing the laws Of war by furnishing the in
surgents with money, provisions, etc, and
sentenced to be hanged have been received
at the War Department. The charges set
forth the various sums of money which he
is alleged to have paid to the insurgent
authorities at various times, beginning in
May and ending In September, $780, and al
SO the date upon which, it is alleged, he
furnished supplies and harbored insurgent
officers at his home. General Macarthur,
while-h approved the finding Of the court
commuted the sentence to Imprisonment
at hard labor for fifteen years. The ac
cused claimed that he was dealing with
a defacto government and had right,
and by implication was morally bound to
pay the taxes it imposed on interiSland
traffic. General Macarthur says that the
sentence was fully warranted by the evil
dence, but the rapidly passing away of the
conditions Of war made it proper to ex-
tend this lenlency to the violatOr of the
obligations owed by neutral
Drunk When He Murdered.
Gen. Chaffee, commanding the division of
the Philippines, holds that although drunk
enness per Sc is no excuse for a crime, it
may be relevant in fixing the degree of
guilt and as affecting the question of mall
Ice aforethought, generalization or the ca
pacity of the accused to distinguish be-
ground that he commuted to Imprisonment
at hard labor for fifteen years the sentence
OF death imposed by military commission
on Torneno Abode, native Filipino con-
Vlcted OF the murder Of another Filipino,
named Graciano Macabela. 1t appeared
from the evidence that the accused while
drunk attacked with a knife and killed
Macabela, actuated by resentment at
blow with cane inflicted upon him by the
deceased some months previous
Eilininna SonfonooJ sfnr
The War Department is informed that
two Filipinos named Cerilo San Juan and
Juan Binondo a. Apat were convicted by
military commissions in the Philippines of
in the murder Of other ma
tives and sentenced to five years impris-
onment at hard labor. The sentences were
approved by Brigadier General Wade.
Inc outrages committed by armed guer-
rillas and bandits against friendly Filipfnos
continue to be vigorously dealt with by the
authorities in the Philippines. The records
In about twenty cases have been received
at the War Department. They show that
the death penalty was inflicted upon thir-
teen murderers by military commissions,
and that five offenders were sentenced to
hard labor of from fifteen, to thirty years.
In the case Of Simplicio tGeronilla, who was
sentenced to be hanged by military COM
mission, of which Lieut.. Col. Swfgert was
president, FOR acting as a leader Of an arm
killing two American soldiers, although at
the time living under the protection of the
military authority of the United States as
an amigo, General Chafiee disapproved the
sentence and ordered the prisoner liberated.
The finding cannot logically be sustain
ed, says General Chaffee in his indorse-
ment. The killing of the deceased soldiers
In an engagement witIsa regular detach-
ment OF the public enemy is not murder,
but q natural consequence incidentakto a
state OF war. It is ~contAnded that Nthe
accused himself did the. killing. and as
these American soldiers fell IN battle. ac-
cused cannot be guilty bf their murder. He
could only be held on the theory that he
was one OF band combined together for
the commission of murder, which theory
does not meet the facts proven The ac-
cused Is doubtless guilty.. and could have
been convicted OF being q war traitor, in
that. while living within the lines of United
states occupation, he aided and abetted the
enemy; but for this offense he was not
tried. and the reviewing authority may not
substitute one finding for another
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emergency Fnrehase,. Defined.
Acting upon the advick of the Judge ad-
vocate general OF the ariny. the acting sec