Show m iTron BEGINNING OF THE END 1 Ob1 > hour 85 1 IN THE PHILIPPINES I co Cit tight sYi a v I T r The Present Status of Affairs as Seen by a I I ONBt Manila Correspondent The Inex itDI huo f 1 tinguishablc I Treachery I of t 111 the Natives II tWtt id I tf I nag JT rrrn aereral moniha of com i Ili tk A I arollve quleineaa a change T ° PsHmar t qubtewplot hover HouC 4 V si eeemi to be creeping over k this old city of Manila The I OOfl t f rainy season la I drawing to a doss Dirt I c 1 Trarev arts are arriving will new men = and the barracke here are once more rt erenee of unusual activity It seems as t j though everything here waa being got U If oj In shape for the final attempt lo overthrow A r over-throw AiulnaMo amt fib followers I and t the soldier boyi who have been Idling i tore will not be sorry when they are RIO hard at II again for II moil be confined < con-fined that the molt of them want It Ircll We go at ran once mar and again I they fall lack lo bob up serenely in 1 I some new and uneaeecled quarter In fail they woman to like II INS there > r = i little glory and blamed Iris aallefarlion In fighting ieople like this Borne people I peo-ple tall these ftllplnoa cowards That U not true They are not eiwarl I they are all fired clever The know I any out and out engagement with the American for would do them up Ho they take advantage of ihe peculiar character ot their nunliy and right In the way that Irate llim longsi In the ring and dots all inn dismiss 10 I J L tips fill y 1 Ira u + Are Ito p LTJ m + Shia ties 10 1 f e tj t nl t t olF 11ifJ i YJ111 dItf AOtJI1i Q1l 11 t 212 CAHP elf i NEAR 111 ttlt a 3 t r rM I ifl < s f 1 III flf b 1 te I II l rot idh L1 1 s 1 JII ti I Ian C let J it A anI ft J IMP cLpirR 1 A iiJ + f ir91 S FILI PINOS lrl i s IlA ever will anti area hankering after me hom Wllh the newly 1 ahod mn I from the transport It Ii I of tour quite different They are aim looking U for their 1 baptism of lire and scarcely 1 t know just yet what campaigning In 1 Luzon really means Theee ambitious 10 r grrenhorne ai they Hep jauntily ashore 1 I > from Ihelr transports have a habit of rah uperclllously Iniulrlng just why our Id 30000 men have not plugged every d rr Illlplno In Luzon full of lead and wound up Ihli aide show war It takes them soma time to grasp the situation A few day > In a reeking ruin swept trench usually does the bossiness If the trcifch work doeent show them the a 0 folly of their ways a few days digging 1 dig-ging In the Home with I a 1hlllpplne rain I descending on their head Ii I never iI ti J I known to fall For of all kind off 11 4 of-f work demanded ot the Yankee soldiers i Jo IoJI t 1 l over here the I work of building I trenchee I 1 Ii I the mOIl dliugrewible and the most II haled 111 Is wearying and tedious and r the only excitement It offer Is dodilng f ni 1 1 Filipino bullets This l latter extent j1 I also trachea the l new man the peculiar h I t turtle I of the enemy with whom he U f fighting or rather at whom he la right I ant for the wily Filipino know titter t than ever lo let Uncle Hams men getup I get-up against him once It la I like milling rot n I I wind The Filipino ran never be actually Wf ac-tually defeated because the only sort of ri tr I defeat we hate been able I lo Inlllct upon did him la Jim the sort ot thing ho U look J i Inc for He Ii II guerrilla pun and 1 I I simple and the ground we have won lathe I j 1 la-the ground we stand upon and that J ground only 1 It It la I copy to ill In a newspaper omen 1 and criticise I campaign I U la a different Oil I differ-ent thing trying lo corner up a bunch sy of slippery Total In u Iuon jungle I 7 It forma his I ambuseauo and Into this Chunfully march our boys kri iQg Itt la It-t there and ready for It The engagement f If u i I engage-ment takes place and we lows 1 man ors M or-s ra r t two killed and half a down 1 wounded ht r r perhapa but seldom more The 1111 h r panes toee N W or perhape even 10 II but what dome thai count They tan afford to do It They illp away through I I the underbrush and lent ui the cheerful It 1 cheer-ful task ot bellying their dead In their e j abandoned transition and perhaps lookIng look-Ing after a loosen or two or their wounded wound-ed The nail day they have acme more h trenches ready and are at It again nw g the other man We lake trendi after teens and village after tillage and die flat after district but It Is I like trying tIn t try-ing to i acct the tide back with a broom Thai broom rant I everywhere ate once at-e < > while we are busy at Santa CU they an bobbing up al Culumi Nn louder they keep our Conic builllng ok and forth on the Utah and Kan aaa fibers Line as the westerners rail She railway between Konlo and Ualiu can Theee bulldog cuerrlllsi hate not yet had what mlihl Iw I called one mile c ssful engagement but as they do not expert to win balllea this iloee not In I the least discourage them Ho notwlth mtandlnlt what may be said to the con Ivory and In the face of every rose tint W able that goes to Washington the Flllplnoa are ai active and aa aggree alve today ai they hate been at any lime Hut the lid U I turning American re enforcements have arrived and are I awefllng Uncle Bam Power in the east Aa I have mid already the rainy sea Han bowl Olin of al Ian letting up Just what title rainy aeason means with the soldier boya here IH > rte > at horne can liver ranIlM If that should chance however to cattle slant of one of our national heroes lomlng out of a newly dug trench they would percale understood At trench building the nen lake turns They usually work In eight l hour shifts and during that lime actually live in this trench They mull lot slick their heads uluve the little bank of mud they are throwing up un lam 1 limy want lo hear a disagreeable Ihli Ihlt sold 1 a epUih or two In I the lImy time around them The grul h wbh h I they have 10 mrry wllh them when at his I work gala rain soaked and soggy They usually eat II IK with muddy Statute and their own motluri wouldnt know them after a most 1 Hut when a soldier comes out ot one of thus trencliaa with hla spade then It w iuds he iud-s patriotic girl Indeed who vull alllllpi to lIonl hllll They like animated mud plea They ni smeared and daubed from hood to foot They aeem to have w Ilon oil In It and rooknl In n and even In here eaten It for they dont OPn Ik time to womb I their hands end fans When their I time le I up they are usually fonvoyed back lo camp for here 1 are lass a few rtllplnoe lurking around wilting for a chance shot and 1 w hen once tank jIn camp they are put In soak II usually usu-ally lakes an hour or two lo souk It all off for there Is nolhln In this wide world w tenacious ai Ion mud Hut Hill u getting Relay from the mock I was about tu nay that a hnnar Ii creeping over the spirit I figs I f-igs LAM week I waa told that there was D reamer About blqtIp At I the effect that when Admiral Dewey roacho41 home he was going to advlM he dispatch of more reenforremenla and especially additions to the naval forces here II is believed by the Olf forest ofllr rs In the poly that the ad i ilral fat ore Ih attractions I over nf a nun > er of unto and fight draft vested I or coaetwlee protection and Also erne fast warship South aa lei llrooklyn I which can look after herself IDIOM the more distant Islands It la well known here that Dewey la In favor of a more AR ST 41f curuso ThC III i BTT C thorough blockade of the entire archl twlago I and ever one who base grasped I the prevent situation here must agree will him It la undoubtedly true i that the present blockade Ii Imperfect unit Inadequate The rillplnua are from time i to time receiving fresh nnni and illlona and supplies > of ill kind They are coming In by I She boatload but N9 seem unable lo slop the practice prac-tice While all the aouthweil most II being moil vigilantly iatrolle forbid dn variation are known to be pouring In al the north While our force are telling stores toners the Insurgents and gently but firmly trying lo stare Agile Into n more docile attitude he u I getting rice and flour front moors unknown and Maueera and gunpowder heaven alone knowb where Vo It It be true that Dower le I going to do his beat lu coon since the administration al home of the adt liability of enfurclng lie Philippine Philip-pine natal forref It la I felt that ha lea put hli finger on the weak spot of the present situation Then It may be poe 1blo lu mDn wane 01 01 surveil lents oter not only Iuaon but over the rnllie hlielago and put a Stop 10 the nllbuiuilng which la I causing Gen oral ana ao much trouble Another change which la I taking place here to I not only a greater dealra forM the for-M ly winding up of hoallllllea I lou oleo a Ian i unbending tendency on the lust I d the otnculi and olllcera who tend for Incle Bam I really be Mete should Agulnalilp make wen gen ulno and plnore offer of abdication that Ih Flllplnoi would receive 1 any seasonal toot eeiluna for which they muM mk Al III buglnnlng waa not this way tooudllIona I I surrender was Hi w01 Ante then we hu peen ear ttnv nether Into the IIUoUn Ih it NI sot now to I pea henerahte I I r puree bu at all calls Pon 8 lni no quarrel vim the Tagiiln It I Hi Nets Mot and It in I not pkaiant J wok proffering universal benevolence hemYTlenve lo a foreign nation on the end of a filed bayonet The situation has Ita little I lit-tle Irony and there li I even a grim humor about It 1 when you slop to think It over One day we are peppering away at those copie ni our dyed In I the wool comlnd the nest we are doling out rice to them and binding uu their wounds and 1 trying lo kill them with kindness mid doing the general Oriel Samaritan nn ao that they will see thai after all we do nut hale them but merely I want to tike them under our wing and tie their deliverers and hc > their deelrnyera Hut before that can I crn they must lake the chip off Ihelr Niullra And This brings me round to the lub Joel of the amlgoe or friendlier and their Incongruous and lantallilng part In the present situation In the Drat place amlgo la I purely a relative teem A Filipino Is I an session when he la captured he is 1 also one when he la t hungry I Ha harems the aame when P O v he wants a little Information rom In aide our Mm Once byons those lines end h Is I a libulanl before the tie 1 w e have pound Into hie treacherous stomach 1ae I Mutilated he la I using him American benefactor ni targets for rifle prat lice This naturally the American doeinl consider altogether Solve In him 11 shoos a lack of con deration ami gallantry and coupe some of our here to handle luipecta a little roughly when any ot the lame fall Into their outraged hand lIul Notion titers IoU the rillplno lows no deep eater the violated ethics of the thing Its n part of his tricky latino oriental nature and to thli wet of subterfuge he taken oa a duck take to water Tb entire country for mil round Manila Ii I dotted will campo and group > of refugeee and over the heads of each duller waves the ever present and ever Potent old while rag which Staff nine amlgoa Ilelpg such they have to be aupplled will genlleneie lot I lug kindness and Hoe Hut the tighten alone our IInee dont care for this Hart of missionary work very much They would fling I diplomacy to the dogs and blow up its whole caboodle of rag flyIng fly-Ing I hpocrllea The only lime to know just who u a friendly and who la I n combatant la I when an actual battle la I taking place Hut when once the battle la I over every native within a radius of m mllee le I a paMlonale and devout liner of the United Plates ready lo eland him Joel drop of life blood for the American II la a fashion among Aggie i follower when they and themselves hard preeeed to dlirant their outer garment of blue and appear Imply In their undetgarmenli Now Iheee undergarments are of a nice is hite color dotellke In their elgnincance and they are of course at once liken for Irlendlles The bland Dud childlike manmr alto hull II lhvs 1 1 II tin N awe 00000 nfl I 1uIOPn aauy at the AmpiliaiiM I fur K touplr r hour 01 thin numrr osrr In our Ilse < with a piece of old rag on the end nl o Ioamboo Platte IN I rather trying n the meet of m 01 nor men For instance one morning after one ot the numerous email ngngome rots which hp been taking place about here n body of our souls discovered a bag I Staining ri > er men miplno Los fo ina neatly stowed away In u Hack of rloe straw Our men later bail the allfaction II might La t added of finding find-ing the owner of Iheae Mm uniforms drooled In the ImmacUlal white clolhea of the amlgo dliporllng Ihemieltee in the auavett manner pro ble among the very men they had I Simon pointing Manwrl at a few short houra beforehand before-hand One of them was a lieutenant among the Insurgents a clever fellow with a strong tinge of Unanloh Soloist In hM veins and his rierlarallona of allegiance to America and everything American conilllute1 eloquence that woe doeroheon In Its luxuriant verboa fly Inn Aa leneral Lawton once ei prwset II lo big men we must live up lo the American policy of not abua ins noeicombalanta the one hand but thrashing the life out of the men who carry guna on the other U to nonsense 1 and allly lo deny that there la a great deal of want and puttering put-tering In I the archipelago al the present 1 I time The hungry and homeless run I I I II I U rtlAyy j tea fit jp is dl At ram 1 l IMO 1 ser 1 I 9 I rrl l to 1 s L W3LNCLD J rr SCOIRRy IN t 5u TA ANA 1 MURCM 1 MURCMNS NS Wff jt t h l sP Syr wA s d T ary r t Y A lot or t C W CPIC I OIJIN100S 0 UI Into the thousand and nn gene of thousand and It K I of course one ot the cruelties the pitiable cruelties of war that just those People wlo deserve not to gutter are the ones Alto I Are Put frrlnir the most Material Lawlon and his unlearn hate handed l over to the hungry oath al much na 1000 bushels bush-els 1 of rice In one day 1 and kept that resold for one week too Hut after every town la captured and burped no tier orders the taut dU who have learned their lesson and taken lo the wood until after the dirty work in done come trudging back to their ulderlng Alpo hut rules In soil lookIng look-Ing groups each 1 group bearing 1 Its little lit-tle while flag Flm come the old men loitering and limping painfully along followed by naked l and hungry eyed children Then rome women with bo blel In their arms moat ot themdecent ly I dod In low neckail short raml eltea These chocolate skinned young mothers are comely and well propo Honed with a wrap 1 of black cotton pain lucked around the loins and their 11 And lower 11mb qulle Iou Allier them rome the more active bodied fellows fel-lows of the town with their tallest creels of stiff black hair atraggllng In lent tltely and somewhat dubious ai lo the reception they are lo meet with I at the hand or the American It u a pitiful army ai II cornea trudging back to the smoking nlpa hull that were once their homes with Its contingent ot little lit-tle trotting children and hall galled old mn and bundle eareibng ratio and nursing women making a light nol lOOn to be forgotten Speaking ot fowl It seems steatite hUll U neverlheleee true that good food Ii I rather hard to get amen right hereIn here-In Manila Ilsh are plentiful but high In Solve and none too 1lalobl Horne limes II Is I necessary to go about 20 m r 11111 ullh bf o motion andy and-y mr 01010 Tb only fruit In Of nutr mans m on who Iou not hrd r anul for then hInlh 111001 n break on over malts just how sunup can become the last of this drlILI foodstuff Hut In Ihli connection 1 must not neglect to peak of the Ftllplnoe I tlrto 1 lra the drink which U I 10 really affected by our men or rather by which our men have at times been en greatly affected H II nothing but raw alcohol I understand colored and mentioned l with I fruit Jule ea It la really quite palatable and though It eeemi lo ball mile Injurious effect on the families III plays havoc will the constitution of the Yankee soldier loaTh l r loa-Th uniurperllng one uiually trim to drink It down like beer l but aa It la nolhlmr but colored alcohol he usually gore down next snit often has to spend I a week or two In the hopllal Certain Filipino eympathlma In Manila take I a pharaMlral Joy fl In pointing out that with Ihe advent of the Americana have I appeared a hundred new Potential In Hit JJ rr city The rommandera of the different regiment however keep a strict eye on their men and ae lOOn aa a lasting place la dhwovered It le designated ni off hound and all noncwnformira are promptly Arrested and Punished It would rurprlae the ordinary pet eon at home to see the number of American women who notwithstanding the rainy mason are already In Manila Ma-nila and making that moet of life there The Iuitell the hlalorlo drive which rune for threeauarteni of a mile alone the share of Ibe bay la I filled every uUernoon with carriage In which one ran Me American fives A new bund land has been put up and ot t clock the Moser n Ives and their frlnd from rf r llr r t C ntI V home turn out on the wide palm lined avenue and drive down to listen to the music They look ai much nt home In the tiny native rorhenr 1 aa In nn American Victoria The currlmci of the well to do Hpanlardi of course predominate I pre-dominate but aa tlenerai Otis mil al loos lntllen women to land nearly every iteamer thai cornea Into port brlngl In contingent of fair American llhlMcra dead 4drrlnU merle who add lo the gayety of the Lunela and the mortal life ot the old city 1 One would never Nunn to drive down that bright and busy avenue of Palms of a clear afternoon at C that a stupendous itrug gle nil going on just beyond the walls of the city a struggle In which are In solved the ultimate diitlnlea of hundreds hun-dreds thousands of men and the vast archipelago of the 1hlllpplnea WILLIAM II WAltTCIlB Manila Thlllpplne Islands |