Show WHY THEY FIGHT US professor dean C worcester one of the philippine commissioners sent out by president mckenley to report on the condition of affairs in the archipelago has written a history of the islands and more on that account than any other was he selector as a member of the commission in his work he tells of the occupancy of manila in 1761 by the british the first and the last time the natives had a good opportunity of studying the anglo saxon prior to the landing 6 our forces and this experience may explain to some extent why they are opposed to living under american jurisdiction and prefer independence pen dence perhaps knowing no distinction between the two families of the caucasian race great britain says prof worcester was at war with spain and france and after havana had been captured by the english fleet admiral cornish was dispatched to take the philippines on september 22 1761 gen draper landed a small army at manila he commenced at once to bombard the city when the garrison sallied forth in three columns when a pitched battle followed in which the spanish and na live soldiers were fairly cut to pieces at once the city was surrendered by the archbishop who was commanding in the absence of the governor general and then came the incident which reads like a black page la medieval history on marching into the city general draper placed guards at the doors of all the convents and then for three hours gave the ally over to pillage while it Is recounted by professor worcester that many ot the soldiers retrained from excesses nevertheless some of them joined with the who were fighting under the british standard and dur ing the three hours through which the license lasted brutality was unrestrained the houses were looted women outraged men killed right and left upon the streets and the only thing lacking to complete the horror was the element of fire general draper had I 1 issued orders against this and the city was therefore saved from burning on the following day these outrages were repeated but in the middle of the riot the archbishop got an audience with the general and protested so vigorously that the license was revoked the troops called off and a semblance of order once more prevailed |