Show MANILA IS EXCITED OVER LAWS of freedom arrested and newspapermen lawyers and doctors cable their f protests to president roosevelt manila april 10 excitement prevails here on account of the arrest of the editor and proprietor of freedom a local publication who is charged with sedition in publishing recently an article from an american periodical to which the editor of freedom agreed lie also added remarks of his own censuring alie united states commis aiona rule and saying that when it started in july baat every paper in the city upheld it since which time all had dropped by the wayside aa they could not support it especially when evidence of carpet bagging and rumors of graft were too thick to be pleasant the main charges made were that in many cases the filipino office holders are rascals and that the commission has exalted to the highest positions filipinos who are notoriously corrupt the editors of the volcano also have been arrested on a suit of the government for demanding the removal of the judge who recently tried senor Vali lez alic editor of a local spanish paper who was fined for libel ing two filipino of the commission and who is now trying the editor of freedom under the sedition law these proceedings have aroused the entire press of manila and its representatives met today and resolved to send a committee to the commissioners to argue against the injustice of the pro cec dings the meeting also determined to send a cable message to president roosevelt urging him to take steps to prevent the commission from using tho sedition law in such cases to prove leso majeste against editors the meeting which was enthusiastic was aloo largely attended by lawyers doctors and others |