TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10300, 7 March 1905, Page 2

TROUBLE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

RISING OF THE NATIVES,

Among the passengers arriving at Brisbane last week by the Prinz Waldemar was Mr M. Schmidt, president of the Mutual Label and Lithograph Company of San Francisco. In an interview Mr Schmidt said that, accompanied by his son and a couple of friends, lie left San Francisco on June 6 last for a pleasure trip round the world, and since that time they hadl visited the principal cities of most European countries and England, and bad also visited) Manila and Hongkong. What struck him most at Manila was that, although the authorities declared tliat t'lie rebellion was crushed, and the natives liad been civilised, yet the Filipinos were just as savage as ever, and while he was at Manila a big band of outlaws under v man named Felislordo Montalon and another had attacked tlie town of Cavite, killing several persons and carrying away a. number of women andl children' and all the money they coulld lay handfe on. It appears the -marauders, dressed m military uniform, marchedi through the streets of Cavite until they reached the constabulary quarters, when they shot and killed the sentinel and; seized! half of tlie arms belonging to the constabulary. The latter, seizing the remainder, struggled with' the outlaws, driving them out of the building and' chasing them out of tlie town, killing six and/ wounding eight. The outlaws t-heii made for Dasmarinas, where they , were caught by the troops, but aimed with 150 guns and led oy two renegade American negroes, they fought fiercely. They were beaten, however, aud made their escape m the darkness. On the following morning al**Mt 100 of the outlaws were corner ed m a gully to the west of Dasmarinas, and were attacked, by the" scouts, with considerable loss :< to. tlte* latter. Ten of the natives were killed andl several taken prisoners. Several females who -were carried off from Cavite tried to get away from the outlaws, but the latter prevented their escape. Four troops of cavalry, under Major Sibley, were 'sent from Pal say barracks to co-operate with the forces now m the fieldi Their duty will prpbably be to guard tlie towns left de. fenceless by the drawing-off of th© constabulary. Among those earned away by the outlaws from Cavite were the wife and children of Trias (ex-Governor). A ..-conference was held between the Governor, General Wright and General Darbin, and* it was decided' that a battalion of -infantry should be sent to the Rsturbed province, under the command jf Major Wright. So far m. the fights ••vith tlie outlaws, . the loss among the constabulary has been very small.