Show IN THE philippines news is now eagerly looked the philippine wands where perhaps the first naval battle of the war will be fought manila the capital oil of the group is sixty hours houra voyage from hongtong Hong kong and commodore dewey asiatic Asiat lc squadron should her be there tomorrow saturday with manila captured the spanish commerce in eastern asia would be crippled and most likely the whole group of islands pass from the spanish crown the philippines were discovered ta la 1521 by magellan and were taken taked by the dit spaniards during the reign of philip V tor for whom they were named attus was fifty years later practically nothing has been done for the education of the people they remain ignorant although some of them nominally ars are converts to the roman faith the history of the colony IA one of almost con sinuous rebellion against spanish oppression and ferocious warfare for the purpose of subjugating the insurgents the horrors on record in those far away regions are surpassed only by those that marked spanish rule in south america in 1762 31 manila anila wen captured by the english and wae held by them for two years until ransomed rans omed MOd by the spaniards the interior of the large islands have never been thoroughly explored by travelers traveler from civilized countries and their geography and natural resources are almost unknown the advance of our asiatic squadron on maolla should be a joyous event te ta the diw inhabitants inh abitanta of that city success to wee ships would in all probability mean abc permanent establishment in df a government jbf tim there the group be given independence or annexed to japan the taxation would be made easier and life consequently become less of a burden would be established toro tories erected ere cedy trade expanded and civilization lU become general if only the native and half casts could be made to realize ro alize this they would hail with joy the appearance of the stars and stripes as the emblem of liberty a signal that a better day Is dawning |