The Washington herald., 1914-12-27
Eight Held FOR
FILIPINO PLOT
Prisoners IN Manila Are
Said to Be Ring
leaders.
NO REPORTS MADE HERE;
Democrats Are Responsible for ANY
Trouble. if II Starts. Mime
sofa Scion Says.
NO REPORTS MADE HERE;

Manila, Dec. &-American military
authorities admitted today that eight men
had been arrested In connection with q
plot for q revolt that was TO have started
Thursday night. The prisoners are be-
lieved to be the ringIeaders Of the con-
spiracy.
The situation is stated to be well in
hand, but 1t Is known that the conspir-
acy aimed to have the plot extend
throughout the Philippines.
In addition to the uprising nipped in
the bud here. It was also. planned to have
an uprising at Pace, Novotas, Gagum-
bayan. and Caloocan. a. ~
At Caloocan the revolt was started. but
was quickly quelled by q force Of Ameri-
can sailors Definite reports from, outly-
ing points have not been received, but Il
is said that there was fighting between
the Fillpinos and Americans at several
towns far from Manila na.-
The plot was revealed by members
Of the. Philippine constabulary force
who had secured admission to the or
ganizaf1on which was organizing the
conspiracy. These agents have report
ed that the revolt's leaders claimed to
have 10000 members.
As soon as the scheme was revealed
additional guards were placed over
structures which the rebels had planned
to attack here. including Fort Santiago
and the medical depot
The constabulary have captured twenty
Filipino raiders At Navotas, six miles
north Of Manila, but their leaders have
escaped.
On Christmas Eve thirty men entered
- -
on duty there, and tried TO open the
safe, but failed.
Later the Filipinos captured the Fill
pino governor, Senior Melendres. When
re-enforcements Of police arrived, the
revolutionaries fired a volley and retreat
ed. Later they encountered another force
Of police, with which they exchanged
shots. and In this engagement the con
stabulary succeeded in arresting the
twenty men.
Two hundred and fifty arrests were
made in Manila and suburbs last night
Documents discovered by the police
proved the existence of a widespread
conspiracy against American authority.
II is apparent that Thursdays outbreak
was premature. Rizal Day uhe anniver-
sary OF the execution Of DIR. Jose Rial
the Filipino's national hero. by the Span
iards), having been scheduled for a gen
eraI rising.
Americans in the provinces are terri
hed and are demanding protection from
the Manila government
The War Department still last night
was without any Official report on the
threatened uprising in the Philippines.
Members OF Congress, however. are be-
ginning to show great interest in the
newspaper dispatches that have come
from Manila recently and they intend
TO conduct an investigation next week
into the matter.
Representative Clarence B. Miller, nf
Duluth, q Republican member of the
House Committee on Insular Affairs.
made the statement yesterday that IF
there is an insurrection in the Philip
pine Islands, as news dispatches of yes
terday claim. the Democratic administra-
ton Is largely responsible for it." Mr..
Miller spent three months in the srchi-
pelago taking observations in his oficial
capacity. Upon his return from the Phil
ippines last fall he predicted a revolution
in the archipelago.
Representative Miller asserted yester-
day that he had received private advIces
from the islands that an outbreak &c
CURED there some weexs ago, and that
news of 1t had been withheld from tine
public by Governor General Harrison.