Show CAPT jj RYAN OF WATER CURE FAME FA MAKES DEFIANT SPEECH TO COURT WASHINGTON Au Aug 20 1 Manila newspapers received on the Incoming Philippine mall mail at the War department contain Important Information concernIng concerning concern concern- ing affairs In the Islands HIckman of the First t cavalry ca Is to be the next officer subject to a court martial He Is one of the rr n nn n against whom MaJ Cornelius made char charges eB One of thess charges Is that thal hickman practiced medicine without a license the specification be beIng beIns be- be ing Ins that he administered stimulants lo to natives cs In the Province of The papers are full of reports of oC the trial of Capt Ryan nan who was charged with administering administering- the water ater cure Ryan Ran wan wa defended h by MaJ Glenn Olenn who had hod been under I similar charges Capt Ryan Hyan In hi hla own defense used this lan language c Did m my sticking the h Heads of these treacherous lying officeholders Into a pall of water there ther h by wa washing away an Impediment In iii their speech constitute a greater crime than tr treason alon against t the ling flag and the soldiers who d defend fend It ItT Ryan Hyan was d by Gen Chaffee mode re regarding regarding re- re of be he on account a report garding Jud Judge e Rhode but hut Gen Davis re-I re agreed eed with who received recel the report a the main facts as presented by Capt I Ryan He regretted pt Ca-pt flynns y n Rhode and his de defiant de- de sneers at ot Judge nho fiant attitude toward Gen Can Chaffee I Of or the conditions In Pro Prey ince Gen Uen Davis takes the same view as Capt Ryan Hyan lIe He said sahi that Rufino whom Ryan disciplined was wasas wasas as much a n menace in Mindanao 1 as Lukban in Samar or Malvar lu In Luzon Gen Cen John P P. San Sanger er who reviewed Jc the tho case of Ryan practical practical- acquitted Ryan Ran o of all charges During the tle testimony tes lOs Elliott of the Thirtieth I Infantry said that each town In I had a hand band of assassins whose I I dut duty It was vas to ku lill Ian lany one hol holding ln communication with the Americans An account of or the doings of or Cant j. j J J. J Pershing Fifteenth cavalry ca who In Is now oW O figuring In the disturbed district dis- dis I of Mindanao states Mates that h he has proved a diplomat with a 0 majority or orthe of the Moros but that nothing could be bedone I done with the Moros in the I district One of or the Sultana Sullana said to lo Capt P Pershing The Mores Moroa have ha deceived decel you In saying a that thE they l wanted to bo he friends ns os I know of or them are 1 ln alon along the road rood waiting wallI wall wait I f Ing to attack the Americans The Th paper of the latest date slates slate that many troops were wert being sent to tu I Mindanao and that H It was the tho evi 1 dent Intention of or the Government Go to occupy the country Lake Lano which would require a Ll considerable number It Il Is said that the health condition In this region were perfect and that soldiers could stay In uch such a climate and enjoy enjo all the delights of Camp eade Pa I The Board of Health of or the th city of Manila has decided to rid the city of or Infection The cholera which ha has been raging In that city Is rc tile ble le for the tho det determination and every C un building Is la to be destroyed c An estimate Is made that It n iday cost half a million dollars to carry out this plan It Is said that there Is a clash between the Americans and Filipino Filipinos Fili Fill pinos pino In handling the chol cholera ra epidemic Tho The Filipino health arc are said Bald to tobe tobe tobe be more or less a n failure allure an and It t i Ix he therefore probable that the Ideas ot of the Americans will vIli be carried out |