El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-09
MisruIe Causes Revolt
FIIIpiR0s Rise Against Spain, After
Centuries Of Graft and Indff-
ference TO Their Welfare.
Revolt
. By Frederic J. HaskiR-
ASHTNCTON ID G. I

by Frederic j. HasEin-
w One cause Of the stunted de
velopment and low socia
state Of the Filipinos under Spain was
the primitive commercial and indus
trial status Of the islands. Machinery
Of the times was ever unknown there.
Roads We're very few and far between.
Even the trade between Spain and the
islands was hampered by a lot of sense
less rules. No organized effort to pro-
tect the commerce of the islands was
made until 1882 when governor general
Basco decreed in certain provinces a
monopoly and enforced cultivation of
tobacco. About the same time the
Royal company Of the PhfliDDInes was
financed on a large scale in Spain. the
OBJECT being to develop commercial
relations between the Philippines. East
India, China and the Spanish-AmeriCau
colonies. An effort was made TO en-
courage the cultivation of cotton. pig
ments, cinnamon, coffee and other
tropical products. Indifference ig-
EOrance, isolation and graft restricted
al IheSe rosy plans and the company
finally expired in 1874
Dissatisfaction Grows.
The dissatisfaction of the FilipinOs
with Spanish rule grew year after year
rms following found expression IN re-
volts and in many acts Of violence
which hit at the SDaniards indirectly
In 1920 Manila experienced its first
cholera epidemic the disease beiDZ
brought from India fin French vessel
Two years earlier foreigners had been
given permission TO live in Manila and
the ignorant people believed that they
poisoned the PaSig river. in two DAYS
massacre Of all the foreigners both
european and Americans. took place
The authorities made no effort to stop
this carnival of blood until the Fill
plnos began TO Kill the Cinnamon. Tt
was feared that they might try 10
wipe out the Spaniards at the same
time and the disorder was qUelled.
First InsurrectIOn.
me first serious insurreCtion broke
out in 1923. It was led by Can't No
wales, Filipino VINO at the head OF
lUO natives captured the palace of the
government and the principal govern
ment buildings. Governor general Fol
gueras was assassinated. but the rebels
were divided and NovaIes and his lieu
tenants were executed. The cause Of
the revolt was the fact that a NUM-
Der Of Filipino officers had been dis
new batch of parasites that had been
shipped over from Spain
Better Condition for n Time.
SPAN revolution of 1868, brought
about better condition OF affairs
which lasted for a short time The eN-
pulsion OF Queen Isabelle H. and the
liberal government that prevailed I'M
der the provisional administration
greatly encouraged the people of the
Islands The educated Filipiuos hav-
ing great confidence in the new Span
ism government believed that an era Of
true progress had arrived for their
own beloved land The arrival Of the
rev governor general La Tore the
following year, was the cause of a cor
ClaI demonstrate by the FiliDin0S.
For the first time in history the most
prominent FilpinOs ORGANIZED and took
part in the reception festivities.
La Tore was disposed to rule the
Islands in behalf Of the FilipinOs and
this was his undoing. He was attacked
and Sla1dered so severely by the mem
berS OF his own race who could see no
possible ~-07l I'm treating the Filipi-Os
as though thu had any rights i'm their
own country, that he was recalled
within two years His successor. Gen. |
lzquierdo believed i'm the good old
FaE. and Immediately announced that
he intended to govern the people with
a crucl1lN In one hard and a sword I'm
the other The first thing he did was
TO prevent the opening Of a school of
arts and trades. He prOfessed to be-
.leVe that the educated FilipinOs back
or the project were animated by base
political motives and he publicly
branded them as suspects.
An lnSUrrectiOn broke out among the
Filipino soldiers of Cavite province on
the night Of January 90. 1872 The re-
volt was led by So native soldiers un-
der captain and they murdered all
Of their spanish officers The native
Tribes In other provinces failed to join
the revolt and the rebels We're easily
captured
Try to Reason With Spanish.
Educated FiliPinCs in the islands
tried TO with their Gra 81
friends. They tried to show that the
safety Of the Spanish regime would
Ultimately depend upon just treatment
Of the FilipinOs but their counsel was
not needed The SDaniards considered
this highly insOlent and branded such
nen as rank agitatOrs and traitors
filipino students in Spain took I'D the
e. mDaIgn and wrote many articles i'm
The Spanish newspapers and magazines. [
A large element OF the Spanish DOpu-
-atlOn in Spain sympathized with the
tllplnoS and showed a great deal of
tolerance toward the young patriots I
but this did not prevent the govern
ment from continuing its high handed ]
tactics Marcelo H. del Pillar estab-
-ished in Madrid a Philippine organ
called la SOlidaridad" in which pa
-rlouc articles appeared from the pen
Of Pillar himself. Senior Jena Jose Rial !
the great Philippine patriot and martyr /
lnd others The next step was RizaIs
famous book .NOG me tangere" do
Not Touch Mel which, for the first time
to the Filipinos the actual
conditions under which they lived This !
book was a faithful portrayal Of every (
day life in the Philippines. faithful
even to the point Of duuness
M5sOns Try 10 Make Peace.
At the suggestion of DR.. Rial the (
Spanish freemasOns endeavored to {
bridge the deepening chasm between /
Spaniards and Filipinos. They or /
-anized branches in the islands for the /
urpose of cOunteraCting the dcspOtism 3
Of the established order. They failed I
n this laudable purpose and the open !
Intolerance of the government became }
greater every day. RizaTs book was /
translated from the Spanish into his J
native Tagalag dialect and later into /
Nisayan and other Filipino dialects. !
Fines, imprisonment and torture were ]
the penalties for those caught selling
)r reading this book. but the demand !
steadily increased When the censor |
ship became so strict and the search of |
the authorities for copies so wide
spread. the TRANSACTIONS were published I
n tiny pamphlets and even in single /
sheets so that they could be easily con- {
,ealed RiZqIs second book I'll Filibus-
erismO," CThe Fuibuster) still further
reused the people. 1t showed in the I
form Of a novel a race about to rise In (
holy wrath against its Oppressors.
"BI0odv WevIcr's'' Rule.