The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-20

Flilplnos thronged the sidewalks
getting as close as was allowed bv
the sentinals. The Colonel CANA
dressed in his brightest Khaki uni.
form, greeted DR.. Luna with u good
old American handshake, lifted his
campaign hat and bowed with the
grace of Il Ches erfel,iian to Mrs
Luna and her two beautiful black
eyed daughters, turning to the inter
prefer he told him to le DR.. Lun.
that all was re"dy if he was, at which
tile doctor turned to his wifi. md
SAID few word. in their native
dialect, they then formed circle
around the doctor. colonel and inter-
l'reter. the servants Of Dnco Luna
forming around the ourer edge of ,he
circle The Interpreter handed tho
doctor bible and told him TO boskos
(kIss) 1t and pass it around whisb he
reverently did and passed i, to his
wife and from her il went 70 all tho
h"useh"ld of the doctor, after which
all raised their right hands heaven
Ward and repeated slowly tho oath
or allegiance. making them citizens
OF thus great republic. The natives
who looked upon thus ceremony that
day became amigos Griend>) almost
Immediately, in OTTER words Malabon
was made an amigo pueblo (friendly
cny) from mat time on. 1t seemed
that the Americans had acted con-
'rary to the expectations of The
average native of this city, for had
not the audience who had assembled
to hear the insurgents p,a,se tho
WORK and purposes of nggies (ar,ny)
ana who Instead, one of their own.
number, Cousin of one ofrhei great
leaders, full blooled Tagalo, in the
person OF DIR. Antona Luna denounce
IT, Their cause and their men who
look part in it, as ladrones (rnbhcrs)
and cut threats. say it seems that
they were for once IN their lives mig
taken, because it lo"ked as if thcy
thoug mt he (Dr. Lunn) was forced
INTO thus speaking and also into the
taking of the 'uth. Bnt. be it said
to the honor of the United States.
that though many things were COM
United that would make the most
barborous, savage of mankind blu.h
with shame that | witnessed with a
cold chill of horror pass through my
lnmost man while in the Philippines.
Can tru;hfully assert thar believe
every word and act OF DR.. Luna's was
voluntary. In the following month,
September, of the doctors acriona
above noied. it was estimate. d that
l.5OO insurgents and their sympa-
thlzcrs surrendered and took the oath
required by Uncle Sam.
Sittlng on an island about mile
In circumference, in the center of he
Bag Bag river, and in stone throw
OF the lg!esia de Christiana (Cnur,h
of Chris) in Malabon is the large
Luzon Sugar Refinery owned and
controlled by a millionaire synd, ate
of London. England, This r-fn.ry
has been III operation f,r ah ut
twelve vess and IN all the oarn.ye
OF war and rampant ha red of ~ re-
hellious. oppressed, h"t headed people,
such ~ tie Fi'ippinos are, n"' one
brick has been misplaced b. the many
shots ami shells that our "boy,' aud
the insurgents have pitched at ono
another. The Spanish never dared
to moIest them and the Amrric.ns
hao no desire to do 81. thinking they
bal enough to do in pacliy,ng the
little brown men than TO start =
racket with old IN 'ther En- gland, but
we were ALWAYS suspicious of the men
who We're the ''bu,ses" in thus re-
finerv. because it wss w"li known
f,ct among us that ont pf the twenty
white men that staid here, there VAS
only one of them married tn wnlte
woman, the balance If Them wcre
married to Filipino girls. and of
course they were bitter frie lis to
their wives people than they were
toldas Americana (all America)
To be continued.)