The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-22
WIPE OUT
INSULT TO OLD GLORY
Break Up Seditious TagalOg
Play at Manila.
ACTORS ROUGHLY HANDLED
Scenery Smashed and Costumes De-
stroyed-Katipuran PIopa-
ganda Distributed.

As The results Of the production Of q
seditious play at the Rial Theater. in
Manila. Aurelio Taletimo, the author. is
in Jail. one actor is In the hospital. an
actress is nursing a broken arm, while
the stage manager is considering
whether it IS better to throw away sew
eral sets OF scenery and procure new.
or patch up the broken frames and tern
canvas.
The details arrived at the War De-
partment this morning by official mail
The play was in TagaIog, "Kahapon
Ngayon at Kukas," which is translated,
Yesterday. Today. and Tomorrow"
No Third Act Wanted.
The first act depicted life under the
Spanish regime. ending in a battle with
the rulers in which the Filipinos were
victors. Then came the day. OF American
sovereignty. Trouble prevented the
presentation OF the third act
The Stars and Stripes foated at right
center. while the leading lady. in the
role OF independence. told the audience
Of the patience of her people under op-
preston. Suddenly she tore the Ameri-
can flag from its standard. revealing the
flag Of the KatiDunan, and while she
delivered a TRADE against the United
States a little brown brother amused
himself by jumping up and down and
splitting on Old Glory.
The Insult Resented.
Up TO this point in the proceedings
the score or more OF Americans in the
place had not understood much OF the
drift Of the play. barred by their ig-
norance of the language But here they
got into action. and made rush for the
stage. while the native audience was
bowling with delight az the insult
Madame. the star. disappear in short
order into her dressing room, I'D thence
through the stage entrance to her home
brawny- armed invader grabbed the
leading man by the ankles and swung
him crashing through several acres OF
bamboo brake and jungle scenery.
Actress Thrown Downstairs.
A second invader took a fancy 10 A
Filipino ideal statue of the Goddess Of
Liberty and hurled IL down a steep flight
Of stairs. He had thought II 10 be OF
plaster. or papier mache, but TO his great
surprise he saw fat Tagalog actress
rolling al the foot of the flight and
yelling with pain. She had been doing
a part in still life.
Then the crowd proceeded TO demolish
everything that remained
The department is informed that this
is not the only instance in which Kati-
punan propaganda has been carried on
through the medium of the stage. AMI
IL now having translations made Of all
native plays. Unfortunately many OF tho
seditious utterances do not appear in
the texts. nor are the seditious acts in
dicated in the stage directions. 1t may
therefore, be necessary 10 order the IN
tire suppression of native plays.
A similar case has been reported from
Batangas, and the evil seems to Re
spreading through the islands. ~ the
latter place there was no Insult 20 the
flag. but the language and the acting
were highly insulting to the Government
The manager of the teater. who is also
the author OF the play, Is now under Fr-
rest. He is said to have turned out a
number of similar dramas. and to have
received $500 Mexican from the Kati-
punan for his services.