The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-12-29
ARE
RAISING A RUCUS
MINOR UPRISINCS REPORT.
ED OVER PHILIPPINE ISL.
ANDS ARE QUELLED
QUICK ACTION.
Authorities Are IN Full Charge and
Have the Situation Wen
in Hand.

-AA-*tAA|Ai DcC. SO.-ElBnt Fill
pinos have been arrested ON the
charge OF sedftion as result of IN
abortive rising In Manila and its en-
Virons on Thursday night. Further
arrests are probable.
From army sources 1t is learned
that general warning was sent to
all officers Thursday afternoon stat
Ing that fully ten thousand Filip;nos
IN Manila alone were ready for q con.
certed attack on Fort Santiago, the
Quartet Espana. the Quartet Infan.
tersa and the medical depot. Tie mill
tary units were Immediately prepared
and street patrol was started at
dusk. ~
Constabulary agents who are mem
bers OF the secret societies disclosed
the plans for an uprising, thus en-
aDiing a force Of constabulary and DO
lice to disperse gatherings at Bagum-
Dayan. Paco and Navotas, near Mala-
bon. At Caloocan a squad OF Ameri-
can sailors seized chairs when force
or Filipinos approached dance hall
III which they were gathered and.
using the chairs as weapons, routed
the Filipinos. of whom quite q number
were injured. x
The rtsing was evidently nanrly or
ganized and lacked leaders. It was
composed for the most psat Of rersons
implicitly trusting the word 4 OF Ar
temio Ricarte. eeYnlI lItionary, who
conducts continusxzpr prol l,aganda from
Hong Kong, TO which .pl lace he swas,
banished by the American authorities
seine time ago. Ricarte It ia stated.
advised that the ant.-Amerfcaii ;at.
tempt be made on Christmas eye..
when the American officers would be
expected to celebrate the holiday. /,
Reports from tho provinces tell OF
minor risings and occasional violence,
but details from the sections are lack..
ing.
The situation today. from all ap.
pearances, and according to official
statements. Is well under control OF.
the military authorities. ;a
Governor General Francis Burton
Harrison happens &c be agay CT CO.
cial business and Winifred r. Dehf-
son secretary OF the interior, is In
charge of affairs. pending Mr.. Harri-
sons return. NE
Reports from Navotas, elk miles
north of the capital. say that stimuli.
taneously with the outbreak sss tiSsaaaisa
Christmas eve thirty men entered the
municipal building. seized three 20:
llcenlen on duty there and tried 20
open the safe. "a ~
Later the Filipinos seized attend
ants conducting midnight utass and
captured the Filipino governor, Nell
endres. When police reinforceinents
arrived the revolutionarieB fired q
yOlley and then retreated. Later they
exchanged shots with another force
and In this engagement the constabu-
larry succeeded in arresttnE ten men.
In all q Filipinos were taken pris-
iners at Nauotas. y.
The nationalist newspapers accuse
the other political parties ofs foment-
ing the revolution and they also hint
that some Americana were concerned I
In 1t in an effort to quRsh the Jones'
bill. which contains provisions fors;a
greater measure OF elR.government
for the islands 'S5. Il. I. ~ Ii
The authorities today are In full,
control Of the situation and consider
the incident closed. s35. e