The Sentinel=record., 1917-05-25
Correspondence oI rhc Associate.
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PressJ
 Manila, April l1 The var Ina erIpped Manila and The Phillip mes Wherever ao turns he secs an saara a soldier or the regular army. d saiio. of the navy or q Filipino guard taken
 trcm the Philippine scouts Al m. various military posts throughout h
 islands guards have been redoubled ] Already two Germans are under ar rest as 'preoauionary mea~Hre
 the government eXpIa ms One l. them apparently has been eui fy .nu , of the indiscretion of having talked too much He had no- concealed his Intentions in the tense days thar pro eeded the declaration of war of blow 1 ing up every piece of American gov ernmen' property he could reach Sc
 when the Ear broke cut he w.
 prompt, capped uto ia'I
 l The other arrest is a more -eriou- matter that of Conrad Andre. rua German con-ul al the important south ern city or Ce1u. which for month.
 has been The center of umors ha
 connected him with q pl.t 10 s,tE n, ! malcontents among the FiHpuos t , open revolt These reports accused him of having kept lists of mon wh,
 had figured in Insurrcctious aeaiu-. l The United States hc-e. He was sup posed 10 have offered g. to each form , CT ineurrector who won q sign a docu meut pledging his support Co this re
 volt
 His agents worked in every part d
 the islands and they attained sons.d
 erable success-iu getting ienatlra. and finding men 10 accept the S-
 bribe But thc.r success never went
 beyond that There has never been X time in the Philippine islands when 1 the seeds of an nsurrecN0u were sown on more barren soil Pro- porits among the people eraGute l. The , n.tcd States for concessions ot autonomy fear Of an independent fur
 ture dt a time when the world was lorn asunder by war and loyalty to | he prcseut administration at he i-
 lands for al consistently pro-FiDuo policy al these facts have operated 10 keep every element of The popula- ion from joining in the Andre move ment Even the promise of German upport and German money n d fight Co gain independence seemingly had u9 weight The most hardened enemies of American rule saw in the plan be project Of a mad man and it never for a moment had a chance Of suc. cess
 The authorities however. arc keep ing close watch on all Germans here. it is probable that there are nearly t500 Germans in the irIands Two. thirds Of them are temporary guests, persons who sought refuge In the is- lands after they were driven fir m the neighoor'ng Br fish colonies of mem. bers of the crews of 23 interned Ger man steamer- which are now in the custody of the insIlar government The remainder are members of inc permanen' German co ouy of thc conn try Of the latter there little fear but the war visitors arc watched pretty carefully
 Every German in Inc Philippine -- lands has been compelled 10 reg -ter Witn the Manila police OF the con sfabuars in the provinces Men in the government service of German birth have been compelled to prove Their citizeue hip.
 For the present at least the mil tary authorities are not interpreting too strictly that portion of The presr dents proclamation concerning enemy aliens which bars Germans from ap. preaching within hall a mile of ans camp or fort Strictly enforced. that regulation would close every German cl mmercial house n the downtown district would drive from certain resi- dentia. district- Germans who made heir home before American ocupa ton and would prevent Germans n m crossing the two downtown bridge. " hich span the pasiu rFer puf fha