Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-14

FANAI|CISM
Exposure of Plot to Seize Cebu
and Crown an lmposter :.
as Kinq :

CEbO, july l6.-T1eEe Is consider
! able excitement in the city today at
the coming to light Of q plot 10 seize
the constabulary Quartet and to crown,
as the divine ruler Of The Philippines,
one Carlos Gerardino. There are plen-
ty Of people ready to say Il told you
SO" for there is little doubt that the
removal Of the United States soldiers
encouraged the present abortive at
, tempt at rising, for with soldiers in
the city the most fanatical Filipino
would never dream of rushing the city
of Cebu, as was intended in the pres
ent instance.
Acting on information received Mai:
or A. ]. Robertson, the senior inspect
or of constabulary at Cebu, on Thurs
day morning last, ordered Lieut.. j. T.
Reyburn to proceed to the town of
Aloquinson. there to arrest certain
known persons who were to hold
meeting that day for the purpose of
melting people to acts Of violence. /
Constabulary soldiers had already
been sent unostentatiouslyt to different
points with instructions to cooperate
with the lieutenant. The surprise was
complete ana nine ring.leaders, who
were holding meeting attended by
over one hundred persons, were ar
rested without any trouble and
brought into Cebu today.
Among those arrested Is the ring
leader, Carlos Geraraino. 1t has been
known to the constabHlary. for some
little time past that this man, claim
ing divinity, was organizing religf
Gus order, something after the stvle OF
the ''colorum" that cans ed trouble in
these islands some time back He was
supposed to be performing miracles.
and his followers believed that he
could turn bAmboo-clubs into rifles.
His special evidence OF the miraculous
was a tree, the leaves or which he
could convert into money. and the
same leaves would also. when boiled
and placed In the mouth on the form
o. pellet or pulp.. prevent bullets
from entering the ,bodv. Gerardino Is
not an educated man. Heis an ordin-
airy tao with an extraordinary Gift OF
fluent speech. It shows the insurr6c-
tionary snirit among the people that |
he was able in verv short space OF |
time to collect nearly a Thousand fol-
lowers, .to which number others were
being added daily. Members of this
politiealreligious movement was |
known to come from all parts Of the
province. some in fact from the city |
Of. Cebu itself. >..
It was the intention of these mis- /
guided people to strike their first Flow |
at the. nrovincial capital and to seize
the CebH cons tabulary cuartel. The
plot was for an earlv date. and the
brothers" we're to individually make
their way into Eebu End then on a
given sign rush the cuartel and eaD-
ture the constabulary guns. This done
and the citv's only protection remov-
ed. Carlos GerardjHo was to be crown,
ed king and the city TO he proclaimed
the eanital tof the new Filinino nation
Had this plot sueceeded 1t NAV well
ba imagined the riot that would have
followed and the possibilities OF such
q. rising. But again the efficiency OF
the Philippines Constabnlarv he's been
proven, and although Major Robertson
refuses to be interviewed and to make
and statement. he does not denv the
truth Of the story and acknowledge
that the arrests have been nnade and
that there was in existence RELIGIOUS
movement OF which he has been
aware OF since its Inception and which
he has been watehing until the time
was riue for It's suppression.
One interesting fact NAV be noted.
The arrests took place at the barrio OF
Zaragoza, in the municipality OF AIo;
and this is the same district
where the pulajane rising Of 1904-1905
took place.