Show RELt6lO M iSLANDS Efforts to Inaugurate Evangelical Evan-gelical Move in Manila BUENCAMJNO CALLS MEETING Considerable Interest Manifested in the Proceedings and Some Expressions Expres-sions of Approval of the Addresses Madojjat the Gathering on Sunday j Wo Attempt However was Made to Commit the Meeting to Protestantism Protest-antism Mothodist Minister Baptizes Bap-tizes a Hundred Filipinos Manila Feb 1Fewer I than four hundred persons attended the meeting called by Senor lEueficamlno at the Rizul theater In the Tondo ward or Manila to Inaugurate the Evangelical Evangel-ical movement Considerable Interest was inunircBletT In the procecdlntsand there wore some expressions oC approval ap-proval of ttc i adflveisqs No attempt was made however to commit the meeting to Protestantism that aspect of the case being left for subsequent action at his discretion to Tlcv James U l Holers a nlisalonary of tho Pres byterhin board whp wda present Senor Buencamlnp plolned that religious re-ligious offer wa whrtlly outside the Federal party which had been organized organ-ized solely to promote political policy The first mild applause occurred when he compared the priests to white ants which cat the subslunce and leave nothing1 of value Scnqr Buenca mlno argqcd In favor of supplanting the present priests with Filipinos having hav-ing the privilege of marrying Gradually Gradu-ally he lod up to Protestant Ideas and asked whether they were any longer to submit to time authority oC a Pope or an archbishop Some shouted No but otherH remalnccl silent A Methodist minister baptized a hundred hun-dred Filipinos at Mallbny about four miles from Manila TCev Mr Prauteh has sccurpd scores of signatures In a i neighboring village to a declaration in favor of handing the church over io Protestant worship and debarring German Catholics Natives have reported at Batangas that a week ago the natives of tho Island of Mindoro roec against the In sergents and killed the Insurgent government gov-ernment There arc no troops at Mlu Uoro Tho Federal party of Batan province Including the President of each pueblo held a big meeting at Orani yesterday yester-day and resolved to notify the Insurgents Insur-gents of Batan that they must cease operations within a week or the people peo-ple will assist the Americans to capture cap-ture them Surrenders and minor skirmishes continue In southern Luzon A few in mirgents have been killed There were no American casualties Public discussion oC the provincial government bill has been completed The bill will bo passed Wednesday and soon afterward the commissioners will begin their tour of organizing provincial provin-cial governments In those provinces of southern Luzon which Gen MacArthur and the commissioners consider sufll ciently pacified Commissioners Wright and Ide who are drafting the criminal and civil codes may remain In Manila temporarily tempo-rarily to complete their work by February Feb-ruary 23rd when the commissioner and practically all the employees will I sail for the southern islands whoro they will examine the conditions and continue the organization of governments govern-ments in provinces which are found to bo prepared for selfgovernment t The commissioners aspect to spend four weeks on their southern tour |