The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-14

things, and the national revenue show.
i cd no signs of Increase.
His proposed bill will be constructed
so as 20 provide for graded reductions
In salaries of from two to twelve per
ceiit, and will apply to all salaried posi-.
tions under the government. The.
twelve per cent reduction would apply
on salaries exceeding $4,000. "A
larry who had certainly been doing moth
ing except their plain duty, and doing
It very creditably. .h#
Apparently this little sedition, thus
promptly squelehed, was q prtmai urej
effort on the part of certain natives
who were an element in much larger
movement. A native Filipino who lived
in Hongkong because the authorities
were looking for his in the Philippines,
was busy organizing widespread in
siFreetion throughout the Islands. His
agents were going about everywhcre,
working among the ignorant masses.
The eonstabulnry and secret service
men kept well informed of their aetivt
tiles. They secured a great many rom
missions issued 10 officers in the insur+
reetionary army. All was of course re-
ported to the goyernor-general, who ap-
parently refused stubbornly to believe
an insurreetion was on foot. AT all
4 events he let not word of II get to
| the United States. But word did come
/ through private sources. Letters came
to me from provinces, written by Amer
i leans, outlining the movement, the
plans, everything, even enclosing Off
GERS commissions. "It
Harrison Puts TO Sea #%tE4 "a
Christmas Eve was selected as the
4 date Of the uprising. This was known
10 the Manila police and eonstabulsry
j many days before. On the afternoon OF
| the day before Christmas many Amer
leans, warmed Of the uprising, armed
4 themselves Suddenly, during the af
ternoon, the encouragement had the
government boat, Rial, made ready,
and putting thereon his entire family
4 he sailed out to sea. No one knew
4 where he was going. e." . ..
i TWhen evening arrived the insurrec.
tos gathered at various places in and
II around Manila. The constabnIary was
ready and promptly arrested them At
one or two places the insurreetos dam.
aged some property, but the movemr mt
4 was Immediately and completely crush.
1 Il
fore, the chief plotter had revoked the
4 Christmas Eve and had ordered that il
be postponed to later date. The up.
rising that did occur was brought about
by those who refused to wait, or did
not get the word to wait.
r. /" Meanwhile effort was being made
to locate the goyernor-general. Every
body was apprehensiye, not knowing
what might happen at any time. Fin
ally feet torpedo boat destroyer was
dispatched TO tour the seas TO locate
the governor general, who is comman.
der of the military forces in the Isl.
ands and he was found by the destroyer
of the coast Of Palanan, about as far
from Manila as a man could get and
still be within the archipelago. ~. .
"Of the scores of insurrectos ar.
rested, one group was placed in the
Pasip jail,on the outskirts Of Manila,
A Jail delivery occurred with the con
nivance Of the governor of that prov.
inee, 50 i was Informed. The men all
escaped, but most Of them were again
captured. .". : '...'. ~.-r ,
Native Troops Are Loyal g..
T. "a large number were being tried
this summer when / was in Manila.
From the Testimony it appears the
movement was very general, and many
thousands Of men had joined. Some Of
the cOnspirators asserted they were to
be joined by 5000 or 1000 natives in
4 the great Notifications of Corregidor
! island. This was absurd of course, as
there were only about 1900 native
troops on Corregidor 1t seems that
the great mass of the native troops are
entirely loyal, as they are splendid sol.
diers, But at the time of the uprising
il was currently reported that q few OF
\ the native troops on Corregidor either
started, or were ready to start some,
thing ON Corregidor that night. No sat
isfaetory explanation or statement has
| svet boon made of just what did occur
there. 1t is probably military secret
and always will remain so. However,
4 l wish disiineuyely TO state that from
! all the information / can gather, the
\ great mass of the native troops are
Z splendid and loyal soldiers. There was
4 no man Of any standing in the Islands
engaged In this movement. The insur.
rectos were all poor, ignorant, credu.
" lous men who had only hazy notion Of
what thew were about.
"The foregoing indicates the ease
with which so many of the natives can
be easily led to appeal to force to gain
their object. There is another side of
the pictuIe-the attitude of those In
power toward their fellow citizens who
do not agree with them. To me this is
the most serious feature of nlI.
1.-THE present government thera,
10 h,y L,
not of all the people. Rather it Is the
government of those Filipinos who ar
members Of the Nationalist par Y. tb"
party Of Independence. The prescn
governor general drew these m arour3
him and put them into power. Ais
the pOPaar elections hal 81 On to ;hli
party ma rority in the assembly, thr
lower law.naADg body.