The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-20
MANILA IS IN A BAD WAY
AND MANY ARE LEAVING

newspapers Manila frequently complain of the ignorance
of Americans about Philippine affairs They profess to find by pc
dae evidence only of ignorance but OF apathy
development the islands The neither know
ugubous of all Manila papers There
seems to be very seldom have extracts
FROM upon Manila papers Almost
only about the islands that is disseminated in this
country through the War Department. and from few bret
Associated Press dispatches This is the since the Manila
papers only numerous but bright.
There a of them. Those that reach this
Cabenew Freedom the Times the American and
the Commercial Bulletin, daie and the Sunday Sum- pghy
weekly In general they voice the opinions neither of the army nor
government but of the American merchants and shippers
And they find much of which complain Perhaps will surprise
the Taft unpopular with civilians
Their complaint is that the government the Epnos They
white who have permanently established themselves
the identified themselves with them, should be given
least equal consideration with the brown Through the
supremacy American interests here they must the
greater good Fipino" dissatisfaction natives
some of them lately insurgents given while get
The anft party regard Wright with favorable
rather hope that the Supreme Bench may
Taft from the Philippines when Wright is
logical 1t interesting that the opinion
Tas administration held by the Manila endorsed by
correspondent of the London Daily Mall who
the policy be reversed it will fail He
dennis the sentiment attributed TaftThe islands will
administered solely for the benefit of Fpno
American merchants do not like it they OUT
The industrial conditions in Manila, according to the Manila
papers, bad Last the merchants in hopes that by
sending representative Washington favorable legislation could
be secured they up Their delegate Brewster
Cameron reports that the duty tobacco and will be
ovd since that would hurt the American He advises
that crops the Philippines be given His advice has been
with jeers "The next thing, the American bitterly
% will ask rs to give up shipping the New
jersey industry The papers full of advertisements OF
things for % concluding with the significant phrase Owner leaving
The adventurous evidenced by newspaper
discussion upon Panama strip future Mecca II they
of Manila they the Chagres
mama will for them.
There be quite general belief that too much enency
has been shown Filipino insurgents and adrOne The FPnos
think mild All the applaud the govern
nent in the policy of hanging highway robbers matter how
oya they when caught They applaud also the suppression
of tous PLAYS which the has Lately undertaken more
VIGOROUSLY paysand there of them-have but
one central idea downfall of the American government One
of the most popular ind Patay Angce Il am Not Dead
Vet in which Kapunan flags and emblems figure prnenty 1t
has been many times only appear again IN new place
l1naldos March, according the Times, always received by
EIn audiences wild enthusiasm; the Star Spanged Banner
silence II that all criticism OF the govern
e acts subdued The several prosecutions for sedon
are evidently forgotten ,.
The Manila Fpnos have not been slow to adopt some American
~ On Nav 1st labor the number of thirty thousand
il sad-paraded the gorgeous arrayed with several o
d all business was suspended Another late records that Miss
osa Reeves has given judgment OF i've thousand pesos
~ lao To Juv Chinese forbreach OF promise! Let Us not
Jo-ror assimilation quite yet-Argonaut.