Show I I ASTY AMNESTY NOT FAVOR FAVORED Filipinos Fal Pail to Show Ay Any Enthusiasm Enthusiasm Manila Iania July by censor j I The two days festa fiesta in Mania Manila organ organized organized by Senor Paterno and his political followers to commemorate the amnesty resulted in a fasco fiasco The were Passive unenthusiastic and not even interested Falling to perceive tangible effective re suits of amnesty they say they see no reason fr for celebrating Judge Taft and his colleagues of f the commissIon felt constrained to t to attend the banquet as they had been Informed that the speeches ches would favor Independence under protection ton tion and they could not passively lend nd theIr acquiescence by being present Senor Paterno fearing the suspension of f the banquet without the Americans frantically appealed t to them to attend promising that there should be no The provosts precautions were ex extreme The gards guards were doubled both days and the authorities forbade the display of f Filipino fags flags and of f pictures of President McKinley and fraternally framed The festa fiesta Is gen I Ier er aly considered to have been prema prema premature f ture and unfortunate During lat last weeks scouting ten Americans were kled killed and fourteen wounded One hundred and eighty Fili Filipinos pinos were kled killed and sixty taken prIs prisoners ners Forty Insurgent rifles were cap tuned I |