| Show LOUD VAIL FROM spanish editors complain of the present conditions there manila sept 1 via san francisco oct 10 the spanish newspapers in manila are reveling in an unprecedented atmosphere of freedom and criticism criticise critic ise the american authorities in a way they never would nave dared to ariti cise their own government for the spanish censor has now joined the great army of unemployed and the united states army censor confines bla attention to cablegrams cable grams going abroad lie will not be says permit fprd to be said in any way derogatory to th e united states army but he tal teano notice of the violent dla tribe dally exciting abe people of the philippines against the americans ho alte say what they like to leaders while hs refuses to trust the american people and loyal american journalists the oceania espanola of august 31 contains a fierce article entitled chaos pointing out that no other word can describe the condition of manila under its new rulers the article complains that the american authorities have removed public officials and have tailed to appoint their successors thereby creating great contusion and hardship to the population of the philippines ip the editorial says thousands of poor laborers contractors and others have been doing business for the municipal authorities of the different wards and now everything Is stopped and the poor people cannot even get the money due them tor work done or goods supplied prior to the surrender to thousands in this city one small silver dollar makes all the difference between starvation and contentment yet all the dollars in the treasury have been seized by the americans perhaps some day all debts shall be paid but the artisan the street sweeper the small storekeeper who does not know where tomorrows dinner will come from cannot teed his family on the song of some day the government pawnshop and savings bank is an american volunteer headquarters how many thousands of people therefore curse the american people who have bean ready to blesi them ready to welcome baem as liberators until they find themselves at liberty to starve pending negotiations there Is no blame to the americans tor not being ready in a minute to run a complicated organization entirely strange to them but in the name of reason and humanity there Is severe blame tor stopping one machine before the other is ready it has caused and is causing an indescribable amount of misery among the many thousands ot poor people in manila general merritt was quick enough to grab ate customs and get bis staff working there because the customs may be milked as richly as a good swiss cow but attending to the public wants of a poor populace Is not remunerative and he not only neglects it himself but prevents others from going on with it as of old |
