Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-21

are plenty of Americans here so low
mat 70 say they We're bestial would
D. an insult TO the whole animal king
doth. but the most of them are good
bafd working men who think there is
7 cnance to make Il dollar here. and
they are here for what they can make
iheE may be rough. but the most Of
Them are good natured and will help 4
man II they can. There will undoubt-
toiV bt chances for women teachers to
come here. And if any woman has de
tlueu To come, why. Of course, | haX.
nothing to say, but 10 any woman who
mas not decided ! would say by all
means do not come to the PhilippiueS
Inose wishing to teach should address
iion. Fred w. Atkinson. General Supt
OF Public instruction. Manila, r. l..
and undoubted applications from New
England would receive consideration If
more teachers are employed. for the
New England teachers so far have
been especially sought after by the
Various division superitendents
According To the latest returns there
are 5000 pupils in constant at
tendance in the public schools and
10000 enrolled. and beside the Ameri-
can teachers there are about 5000 ma
tive teachers employed in the public
schools. 200" of whom are receiving
instruction in English. In my district
! have four assistants III the city
schools and the teachers of the 32
barrios of the district under INV
charge. Al present the payroll of the
department Of education is $3.50. 900
yearly.
OF course the account of SLAUGHTER of
c Company of the 9Th Regiment at
Baiaguigan. Samar. September %. has
been published in the papers long ago.
But it caused intense excitement here
VIXEN il was reported. and as we could
not get any official information for
some days many We're somewhat
skeptical as to its having been as bad
as reported at first. The latest infor-
nation 10 date is that about 6 o'clock
while the men We're at breakfast the
place was surrounded by about 400
bolomen headed by the presidente and
police of the town. who had cut down
q number OF soldiers and gained pos
session Of a large part of the rifles be
fore those at breakfast We're aware of
what was going on. OF course, with
out arms there could be but one re-
suit though the Americans are said to
have put up wonderful hand to hand
struggle. and out of Il company Of &c
men only - escaped and II Of these
were wounded The fact that le0 ma
tives We're killed in the melee shows
with what desperation the men fought
When Colonel Russy arrived with
troops from Tacloban he found the
bodies cf ~ soldiers lying where they
We're killed. some Of them being horri-
bly, mutilatcd. but large forces have
been sent to Samar ana it can BE- as
serted that these people will pay dear
II for their daStardly crime. The
prrsidrnte that led the h"rd" did not
live Ia enjoy his triumph for ne was
killed on the spot.
II this deed had been don" by /
Insurgents it would BE- different, but il
was not; it was done by our good |
+ filipino citizens. who We're held up /,
TO us last year as models Of all that !
We're good and noble. And in the same |
papeIs that We read the stories Of th, |
horrors Of Ralangugan we read Of 4 !
party Of United States representatives !
v ho are travelling in the islands. and |
y
speeches in many places telling how !
pleased they We're with the people they /
had met. and that they would receive |
liberty the same as that enjoyed by /
any citizen Of the United States. And |
st here We have this prcSidente a I
man who must have sworn allegiance
to I'll" United States. 4 man claiming |
Al an times To he th. friend Of the
nitcd States. one Of the so-called
better class" natives because better /
and this is what he does
With his police. all of whom must have
sworn alltGianc" to the United States.
~ hen h. has a chance And this is
hat W" may expect 10 encounter if
things have gone far TO foster this
spirit which is inherent in the race.
| inst. the opposition of many people in
thr states 70 our holding the islands
lf the islands We're capable of govern
ing themselves. and the belief of these
n"Opl" thar this policy would prevail
in the near future if they
K, ep up their fight for so-called Tin
iopendeuC"' which here would mean
Ii" rule Of few more or less educat-
al ana all most unSCrupulouS crowd Of
natives over the rest. Even now Il
orcsGente takes the right OF ali but
inc death penalty as his prerogative if J