Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
UPR|s|NGs OF NATIVES
OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE
GoyernOr-GeneraI Harrison Makes
Full Report Of Recent Trouble
in Philippines.
FORTY MEN ARE ARRESTED
Leader In Rioting Believed to BE
Man Under Sentence for Homicide.
Nobody of Influence or Standing
Is Involved In Movement

WASHINGTON. December 27.-De-
tails of the native uprsings In the
Philippines last week were given in q
cablegram received by the War De-
partment tonight from Governor Gen
cral Harrison. The report minlmizeti
the incident. Filipfnos assembled II,
Manila and Navotas Christmas Eve, il
stated. and at Laguna De Bay last night
and attempted to make trouble. Forty
men were arrested and one shot by
a policeman.
Governor Harrison reported that the
disorders had been suppressed: that
everything was quiet and efforts were
being made TO arrest the leaders. the
chief of whom. he said. was believed to
be man under sentence of imDrison-
ment for homicide. He added that no
body OF any influence or standing was
concerned, and described the movement
as small and unsuccessful" 1t was
connected. he said, with the campnig n
or Rlcarte. who has conducted rcvo-
lutonary propaganda from Hongkong
for several years. appealing to the
most ignorant classes OF filipinos."
No FOUNDATION For
NEWSPAPER REPORTS
With Governor Harrison's dispatch.
the department tonight gave out q
message sent to him on December 81,
telling OF newspaper reports OF a
threatened Filipino revolt To this. on
December %, Governor Harrison re-
piled:
NO foundation whatever known here
for reports"
The report received from Governor
Harrison to-day was in response To a
later inquiry as to the truth Of news
paper stories that military preparations
we're being made TO deal with u revo-
lutionary plot; that riot guns had been
distributed to American civilians on
,l,..-
Manila; and that two native scout of
fcers had been arrested at Corregidor
Island. The Governor-Generars dis
patch. dated this morning, follows:
"Rcferring to kilograms from your
Office. 2ith instant. army headquarters.
state there is absolutely no truth in
the report about Corregidor. Carabao
and Fraile alleged occurrences.
ON Christmas Eve. there was a
small and unsuccessful movement in
Manila connected with the Ricarte
campaign. Ricarte has for several
years conducted from Hongkong rev.
dictionary propaganda, appealing to
the most ignorant classes Of Filipinos,
and selling through his agents in the
islands commissions in his so-called
army for sums from a peseta TO 10
pesos 90 cents to $50. During the In ST
three months five of the Ricarte lead
ers have been arrested and sentenced
from four to six years, including Ri
Cartc'a right-hand man. 1T has been
regarded az a grating scheme under n
revolutionary guise. but from time to
time arouses excitement among uncdu-
Gated classes.
MEN ARE DISPERSED
by MUNICIPAL POLICE
christmas Eve, about seventy-hve
men, extremely ignorant, without fire.
arms, met At the Botanical Garden in
nj nd q
niclpal police without disorder. except
that three shots were fired into the
air by police and twenty men arreste ed.
Eight of the latter were held upon
the charge of carrying concealed weap-
ons-knives and bolos. Nobody was
injured except one man. who was shot
by n policeman later in the night, in
another part OF the city. when he at
tackled the policeman with bolo
movements similar in character oc-
CURED ut Novotas. ten miles from Ma =
Mia, where about forty men assembled
and endcavored unsuccessfully to loot
the municipal safe, taking the provin-
ciai governor prisoner. who afterwa rds
escaped uninjured. Twenty of this
party were captured by constabulary
or municipal police.
Ten men with two firearms in La
guna de Bay attempted TO make trou-
BILE last night with no results Every
VIII be made to secure leaders chi f
Of whom is believed to be man under
sentence of Imprisonment for homicide
who had jumped his bail
Nobody of any standing or influence
is concerned in this movement"
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge
said Governor IIarrison's report was
complete, and that no request would be-
made for information about the trou-
BILE.
Administration officials have refused
to believe that the uprising was Sc
rious, but have watched the situation
closely because of its possible bear
ing on the Jones bill, granting more
independence TO the natives, which
has been passed by the House and now
is pending in the Senate. The Senate
Philippine Committee will continue it's
hearings on the measure on Wednesday,
and Chairman Hitchcock said to-day
the War Department would be asked
for full information concerning the
troubles.
officials close to the White House
said the incident would not effec,
President Wilson's advocacy OF the bill.