The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-12-23
in THE PHILIPPINES
Bilkins Relates Facts About
the Spanish PHILIPPINE
War.
THE REAL AGUlkALD0
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Schools Filled With Adait Pupils.
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Military Camps.

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Military Camps.
Correspondence Of The CaaeAsIan-
ERterprisa.J
Manila, l.. /. Dee. $. 1909.
In time oy peace captains OF In-
dustry" and politicians air developed
Hit takes War--real Nar--to make
soldiers. Durin' the long war oV ro-
0ellion in the PHILIPPINES. which
sorely tried Spain. the mother couu-
Iry." character appeared az leader
Oy tho people here in the person ov
Aguinaldo. lie il SO we'll known now
that II he hez any iirst name he doea-
mt get hit Since the var. since the
United States got control ov tie Phil
hpines by purchase. though NO had
on them az war prize an could
hey held them a. such. Agaiualdo aoz
bin livin quietly ia Manila. lie res
poets the authority oy the United
states government nov aid our Of
ticials respect him because he IL .
smart, gritty fellow. lie IL young yet.
Some day. when the scars os sar air
healed, when some oy tho bitterness.
hsz bin allayed. hit il not unlikely
that our government Will recognize
the ability ov Aguinaldo. Hii would
not do at this stage oy the game
government can be generous to
fallen foe. But hit cannot a1ord TO
give him honors upon the shortest
notice.
Aguinaldo is mere boy in ap-
pearance and liz quite young. When
the rebellion In the PHILIPPINES reach
ed serious proportions about twelve
or fourteen years ago and Spain niled
Lne important towns with troops and
her navy patrolled the adjacent
waters, Aguinaldo took to the
woods" He had the grit and could
hev organized strong army. But
he lacked money, one ov the great
sinews ov war. However. be kept the
Spaniards guessin' and az most oy the
PHILIPPINES were loyal TO him he wuz
able TO infiict damage, especially
when small bodies ov Spanish troops
went on raid.
After the United States whipped
Spain and planted the American hag
on the islands, the Spanish troops
were carried back to Spain. Aguiu-
aldo still held the fort. Hit took
nearly forty thousand American
troops to pacify the PHILIPPINES and
capture Aguinaldo. When he wuz
finally surrounded In a mountainous
section hiz army" had been reduced
by starvation and consequent deser-
tions, by priyation and death, to
about twenty men. The war had not
Oeen a joke, however. for Aguinaldo
had been leader ov considerable
force and had handled hiz men so
we'll that he wuz able to give much
trouble at one time. The fact that
he wuz still "at war" with the United
States with but twenty-odd soldiers.
simply shows the stuff he wuz made
ov. II there hez ever bin a finer dis
play ov grit l hev failed TO hear oy
hit.
A cloth called just IL ono ov the
manufactured products ov the Phil
lipines. Pima cloth is made from the
leaves ov a plant which looks like
the American pineapple. Some silk
liz woven into a fine grade ov goods.
and a coarse, cheap cloth liz made oy
hemp. That about includes every
thing in the way ov cloth products in
, the PHILIPPINES.
In the PHILIPPINE schools, which
hev improved very much under Amer
lean rule, many grown-up students
air found. they hevin' determined TO
get an education regardless ov age.
The PHILIPPINES air fairly honest.
Among the many small officials that
hev bin put In under American rule
a small per cent only hev bin found
guilty ov stealin' funds entrusted "a
their care. They. as well az the
Americans who hev bin found guilty
ov dishonesty. air now in BIlibid pris-
on, the government penitentiary FOL
the islands.
More than ten thousand native
PHILIPPINES hev bin enrolled on the
books ov the various religious de-
nominations doin' missionary work In
the PHILIPPINES. which liz a very good
showin' considerin' everything
i Fit liz estimated that there Ia
about 56,000.000 acres ov productive
land on the islands. Once the peo-
pie get settled they will make fine
agricultural showing. There will be
no trouble about markets; the mil
lions ov people In Russia, Japan and
China viii furnish place to dispose
ov everything.
Hit liz sed that the American sugar
trust fears PHILIPPINE competition
This liz an absurdity. The trust only
supplies about one-third ov the sugar
sold in America-one million tons
while three million tons air consum.
ed. AZ the PHILIPPINES only produces
about 100000 tons ov sugar annu.
ally. the fears ov the sugar trust
sound silly-air silly. II every pound
ov sugar produced in the Philippine
wuz shipped to the United States In