Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 December 1898 — BIG DEMAND OF FILIPINOS. [ARTICLE]

BIG DEMAND OF FILIPINOS.

Insurgents Ask Uncle Pam $20,000,000 for Release of Prisoners. There is great irritation at Madrid at the continued refusal of the Filipinos to release the Spanish prisoners, who are said to exceed 10,000 in number. The insurgents are now demanding that Spain pay as a ransom for these prisoners the $20,000,000 which she is to receive according to the terms of the peace treaty from the United States as compensation for money expended in the betterment of the Philippine Islands.