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V TUK MORNING ASIOR1AN, MUIIUM, NOVEMBER 18, '899 1 iwmwasfflnir 1 i 65 Mens Covert Cloth Overcoats Prices That ! T f t 1 I t 1 s f f 1 !' ' : it 'V 4 w "A It ' SPECIAL.-Latest pattern Colored Body or FaLcy Bosom Shirt. $1,00 AMERICAN AND SPANISH METHODS Filipinos Oppressed by Conturies of ' Spanish Misrule are Deceived. OUR KARPAKE SIRI'RISIXG History of the Uprisings Before and After the Battle of Manila by fa Army Officer. Major W. A. Simpson, assistant adju tant general, United States army, and chief of the bureau of military Infor mation of the war department, nan written the following comprehensive summary of the military operations conducted against the Filipinos, both by Spain ami by the United Stales, with a comnariaon of the conditions and results In each case. Major Simp son is exceptionally well qualified for this work, for under the direction of "Adjutant General Corbin hia special !uty during the past year has been to keep abreast of the fluctatlons of the military movement In the Philippines nrArvire data for the ready reference . .... .to niove eastward from Laguna de Bay of the secretary of war and other h.gh ; gnd an,j;hf,r yj officials, and to prepare the maps show-j amji),, with the Idea of crushing the lng the theater of military operations , insurgents be-.w.-.-n ihem. The Insur- Vith these unusual facilities at hand, i u nc.u - i' - the Philippines while on the staff of 8,.gent8 Vru-Akxy control of'ca-j General Oreen, Major Simpson has' vile province. In the north the lnsur- written the following comparative 1 reclion was confined at this time to al .noting of the military movements p '"'f "" var was waged sav-; nov.i"S " ' agely on both sld.-s. No quarter as a to date: rule was given. Tie insurg' tits were It Is the purpose of this article to particularly severe on thr captured' sketch briefly the relations of the 'priests, some of wh.m were put to 'Filipinos with Spain, and afterwards, d'fh ith "hocking barbarity. The Filipinos t. : prions in Manila w.t full to ov-rflow.; with the United States, to point out the ,n(f wRh an(, many treatment received by them from each . weru put t0 d(.ath t to show the concessions with Blanco, with but few Kurop an troops' which at different times, the Filipino, at flrst at his command, had acted' lender's would have bea satisfied. energetically, and had done w -ll with There nu(j been at many times In the the means at his disposal. He was at; st uprisings ot the natives against variance with the clerical party, how-) Knanlsh rule, but they were local in lever, and was replaced in December,1 h arU-r anl easily suppressed. The' 1896, by Polavleja, who had earned a! f Tone Drvlou to that beginning: reputation for cruelty. He brought lvjt occurred at Cavlte hi 1S72. Tho !!' h measure adopted by the gov- , . . ,hoi time were not forgot- einment f,m',r nndpr funeral To ,r eraons ware taken from their homes In Luzon and deports to Count Without question the best bargain ever offered. Equal to tailor made garments. Never offered at less than $13.1,0. OUR . S. DANZIGER, 4QO Cotnniercial Street, Astoria, Oregon. oth?r Islands without trial. A reeom-; mer.dation by the priests was all that' was needed, and persons obnoxious to them were summarily banished. In 1S35 the government wished to form a colony In tho Mohammedan island of 1 Mindanao. No one volunte- rd to go, so the local Spanish officials, in con Junction with the priests, found this means of getting rid of people who had displeased thm or whe property they cjvjted. The influence of the clerical party was all-po-.verful, and the native realized that th-y had no rights vvninh the ruling authorities were bound to respect. The rebellion Anally broke out In Luzon In August, 1S36, under the aus pices of the Katipuian Society. At that time there wrre only about 7,000 troops Ir. the islands, and of lh?se but 1,500 were Spaniards. The governor general, Blanco, hest'ated about making an ag gressive campaign, pending the arrival of reinforcements from Spain. Raids' were made by small bodies of insur gents on towns In the vicinity of Ma nila, mi considerable energy was shewn by the Spaniards in their oper ations against -.hem. Flying columns were sent out, and as a rule the insur- gents wen defeated with considerable! Us, and their leaders, If captured, were I shot. As the insurrection progressed and g;itliered in str.rig-.h, Cavlte province, south of Manila, became the principal thiatt-r of operations, and Agulnaldo, then 27 years of age, appeared upon the scene. Tne insurgent headquarters were at Sllan, about 25 miles south of Manila. Tlvi Spaniards had received som.; reinforcements and some of tlie native troops remained loyal. They or ganized a double expedition, one body K' ts had well constructed entrench ments, and the net result, kft-r ci,nsld- erabl.' litrht ni u-aa i.. La .i... i some troops from Spain and others fol lowed, so that he had soon under hli his commanu a force of 28,000 A force under General Lachambre took : the field in Cavlte province, and after ;, PRICE FOR THIS WEEK It Will Pay You to Inspect This Line. an active campaign of about three months, In which several battl.8 were fought, guccesa rested with the Span iards, and the Insurrection In that part of Luzon was crushed. The mimner in which the campaign was conducted was such as might have been expected from the reputation of the governor general. Pohuieja's stay In thf Philippines was brief, as he? was relieved In the spring of 1S97 by General Phimo de Rl verin. The latter Issued a proclamation promising amnrty to all Insurgents who would lay down thHr arms. This was partially accepted. Agulnaldo, af ter leaving Cavite, went to the north ern provinces, and took charge of the Insurrection thre. There was consid erable fighting for some months. Th Ill-advised and arbitrary acts of th; friars and the Spaniards In the prov-, inctw drove many into rebellion who, would ctherwlt have been friendly or neutral. There seemed no prospect of a j successful issue on either side. 1 he Spaniards were unable to quell the In surrection, while the only hope of the insurgents, realizing their Inability to cope with the Spaniards In the open field, or to take their large towns, wasj to keep up a guerrilla warfare, wear! out the Spaniards and hold out until' the resources of Spain were exhausted. ! Practically all the Insugf.-nts claimed, at this time was the expulsion of the friars, restoration of .the lands appro-; prlated by them, toleration of religious j sects; (note Intolerance was carried.; so far that a clergyman of any other than the Roman Catholic faith was not allowed to enter Manila, even as a private Individual); legal equallty f:ir all persons, and the abolition of thei power of banishment without trial. The I governor general was himself In favor j of granting reforms, but ts the forms, most earnestly desired would curtail the powers and privileges of the monas-1 tic orders the latter did all In their; power to prevent these reforms froml being granted. Diplomacy was then resorted to, and as a result a treaty was signed at Iil acnabato on December 14, 1S97, by Agulnaldo, and Pedro Paterno as agent for the governor gerv-ral. The rebels agreed to give up their arms and am munition; to evacuate the places held by them; to agree to an armistice for MIIIIIIIIIIIMMMIIIIiniltllllllllllllllllllltllllllMMIMk jjjEECHAM'si Cure ; Constipation and SicizHcatlscho I Quicker than anything else. I 10 cents and 25 cents Dnifg-lsts. 1 ftlllMHIIHMMIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIMIIMIIM tflflMip three years, In which the reforms asked for w.re to be put In fort:-: and not to conspire against Sumlsh sover eignly In the Philippines. Agulnaldo and thirty-four other Insurgent leaders agreed tf leaw the Islands and nt r.' tun, until authorised to de so by Spain. The Spanish government vta to pay JI.0P0.0OO to the l.-aders. and $7oi,000 to the families who had sustulrn-l Urnes by the war. The Insurgents Insist that the treaty furth.-r pixmils-il th m the r.-fornw asked f'r, though the full text of (he trvaly is not to lie found. A showing the estimation In which ItIiim ile Itivrra was hell by ihe Insuieii s ttwy stipulated that he should rvmnlti during the three yeursi of th- armistice as a guarante that the reforms should he executed. Agulnaldo, with his fol lowers, left for Hong Kong In Dem bet, 1s'j7, and the return of peace was celebrated with great rejoicing. The governor general Issued a flaming proc lamath.n and Te D.-um were ordered sung In the churches. Frlmo de Rivera wa thank ed and decorated by his gov ernment. I Hud th f SiunlanUj lived up to their contrart Agulnaldo might never have lx-en heard from again. Rut the friars ' exettej their lnflm-noe against the' premised reforms, only a small part of the money Indemnity was paid, and the promise of general amnesty was' not fulfilled. Primo de Rivera re-1 turned to Spain and was succeeded by Agustl. Months later the minister of war stated to the Cortes that the1 treaty of Blacnabato had never exist- ed. Small wonder that the Insurgents felt that they had been fooled, and 1 that the promise of Spain were not to' be depended upon. ' In the south there was now compar- atlve quiet. There was much discon tent, but the leaders had gone, find arms had been given up. Fighting still i went on In the north, however; prln-i clpally In tho coun'ry traversed byj tho Manila-Dagupan railway, running, fjr about 125 miles a little west of Manila, and ire only railroad In the, (Continued on Page8even.) ! MEALS LIKE AT HOME. Wl.cn you are In Portland and want I a really good home meal, Just give Mr. Prown a trial, 108 Fourth St., near Washington. You will like It iurcly. ! This restaurant Is open all night. LADIES' TAILOR-MADE SUITS. Ladles who go to Portland and desire ... ...... , .... .i goriieinmg especially line in iub way ui tailor-made suits will do well to remem ber that they can be well fitted at I. D. Boyer's 1 Fourth street, In the Y. M. C. A. building. Not only does he keep a strictly first class cutter for men's wear, but also one exclusively for ladles' work, and all can rest assured of getting not only good work, but the best of materials, as Mr. Boyer Is an expert on woolen cloths. i SPECIAL.--0ur $3,00 Values ever offered. Pears' Get one cake of it. Nobody ever story h a cake. THR UH'YKK. StrHugurs visiting in tlu city will II ml the Ixjiiviu an sttrautive resort wherein to spend the evening. The Aniniu Sisters l.sdiei' OrcucHlrs is Hill on the bills and presents nililiy a musical program ol exceptional merit, Hhiiusoiiio pool uud biliiurJ rooms are feature in connection with the house. I'lilutnble lunches will Iw served at nil uonrs RADICAL LITERATURE. We know of only one book tor In Portland where so complete a line of novel can be obtained, on all the radi cal subjects of th day under discussion a can be teen at Jone' Book Store, 291 Alder street. Dr. W. Wlxon, Italy Hill, N. 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