El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-04

party was captured by throwing a fish
] net over their heads, letters just re-
] ceived in the United States show the
] really alarming features Of the situa-
; tion in the island go much deeper. Sew
eral military organizations are spread
ing. OF these some revive the names
used in the revolution against the
Americans which took place under
AguinaldO in 1893.
On Rial day December SOl there
was a procession from one end of
Manila to the other, which ended at
J the Luneta, where some Of the Ameri-
can officials delivered orations. Near
the head Of this parade were car
riages bearing the veterans" Of the
N"revolution," the men who fought the
; Americans in 1899. They wore repli-
cas- of the uniforms used in that strug-
gle.
Grown Up boy Scouts
While this was odd, the really sur
prising feature of the occasion was the
"Guias Vacionale,' who marched be-
hind the veterans. Antonio Torres,
head Of this body, interprets their
name to mean IN English Boy Scouts"
But the Boy Scouts" numbering thou
sands and marching in compact COM
panies in columns of four, were well
grown men They marched with a
precision that showed much drilling.
Their uniform consisted of invisible
cOlored campaign shirt, with leggings
with white field helmets.
They had a signal corps. with field
telephone and telegraph kit strapped
TO their backs. It is the Boy Scouts"
to whom governor general Harrison in
a recent cable to the war department
alludes as "unarmed organizations
whose movements are well known to
the government"
People Are Alarmed
Not in ten years have the response
D.
alarmed. In Manila. many families liv-
ing in the suburbs are leaving their
homes for places of safety nearer the
center of the city through fear of being
murdered in their beds. IN Cavite,
families of naval and marine officers
Throughout Cavite province formerly
a hOtbed Of insurrectiOn, rumOrs are
circulating that speaker Osmena has
been caught with Ricarte letters and
commissions on his person. and is be
ing held prisoner in Manila, and that
the soldiers OF the United States army
had hard fight with the Ricarte
forces before the speaker was cap
tured.
OF course these rumors are ridicu-
lous, but they dangerously excite the
Filipino masses. 1t is to be noted. too,
that certain companies of the Boy
Scouts were found at the principal
rendezvous of the Christmas eve up
clothing
Civilians Are Given Arms.
Precautions against further out
breaks are now being made through
out the islands. At the navy yard in
Cavite four machine guns have been
hastily mounted at commanding points.
Arms have been issued to civilian en-
plOyes. At Fort Mckinley, six miles
from Manila, the civilian employees have
been armed, also the American secre-
tary Of the post Y. NJ c. A. cavalry
patrols of six men each are patroling
the country. Many letters have been
received by officers from natives and
others given warning.
Think Z. S. Afraid.
It is generally considered among in
fluential people in Manila that the dis
turbances are due to the prevailing
idea that the United States govern
ment is weak, and afraid to retain the
Philippines because Of entanglements
with Japan, the fancied protector Of
oriental people; that Washington seeks
way to get rid Of the islands and
turn them over to the Filipinos: and
that the wholesale discharge of Ameri-
can employees was significant of the
impending abandonment Of the coun-
try.