Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1899 — TREACHERY NOT SURPRISING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TREACHERY NOT SURPRISING.

No Loyalty Among Filipinos to Be Kx pec ted. The news from the Philippines, showing the treachery of the natives who have been trusted and placed in prominent positions by the Americans, has not occasioned any surprise at the War Department. Recent developments have

convinced the officials that it would ba folly to look for loyalty ampng the natives at this time. Secretary Root was positive that the experiment of installing native mayors could not be a successful one until better assurances shall have been made that peace will be restored. The announcement that the native mayor of San Pedro Macati used hla office as a recruiting station for the Filipino army occasioned amusement rather than resentment, but instructions have

been issued to guard against similar occurrences In the future. Secretary Root accepts the situation as another proof of the fact that more troops are needed ix the Philippines. It is believed that these reports wIH have a tendency to make the policy of the Americans much less lenient.

FILIPINO LABORERS.