"One of the last acts of General Prime de Rivera was to dissolve the volunteer and
obliged to deliver up their arms. This is the several guerilla corps, who have all een another instance of closing the door of the cage after the bird has flown. Had this been one of his first acts after taking possession of the Government, some good might have resulted, and although the excesses and outrages committed by some of these corps at the commencement of the rebellion, and even later on, cannot be undone, nor eliminated from the memory of the Philippines, the seed of exasperation sown by them might possibly have been prevented from germinating, and growing into the formidable tree that is now waving its branches in all directions Even the censored Philippine Press says: "The constitution of these guerilla corps although they may have lent some credit able service worthy of praise, never responded to any urgently felt necessity, but rather to the desire of fostering personal ambitions, and the assumption of positions of importance by their initiators." these ambitions were carried out, many innocent families outraged,' only those who had the privilege,—or misfortune—of residing in the Philippines during the rebellion, can tell.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.