PHILIPPINES, The Hongkong Telegraph has had forwarded to it from Saigon, by special telegram, the following Havas message "On the 9th instant, after a brilliant rebels from'Silang. 'The rebels' loss. was engagement, the Spanish troops drove the killed ieillcoay at tee Ghernes This pacers seeiue © contin rueest be dimnleed aa mere pesifiage. The important fact is that serious fighting is going on. The Government control the telegraph and it is the Government accounts that will reach the world, and for all that also claim to have scored a success. The we know to the contrary the rebels might brilliant engagements and glorious victories of the Government troops in Cuba have been innumerable, but all the time the position of the Government has grown worse. We hope it is not going to be the same in the Philippines, for, whatever may be the case with regard to Cuba, the Philippines are certainly not ripe for self-government.—Daily Press. ited without permission.
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