The Great North American nation, the repository of true liberty and. therefore the friend of freedom for our nation, oppressed and subjugated by the tyranny and despotism of its rulers, has.come.to afford to the inhabitants a: protection. as decisive as it is undoubtedly disinterested, regarding our- unfortunate country as possessing sufficient civilisation and aptitude for self-government; and in. order. to justify this high conception: formed by-the great American nation we ought to reprobate all such acts: as may derogate from that conception, " such as. pillage, robbery, and every class of outrage against orson or Property. In order to avoid international conflicts during: the period of our campaign I order as follows Art, -I—The lives-and property ofall in this denomination the Chinese and all foreigners shall ''be: respected, including,
Spaniards who have not directly: or -indirectly contributed to the bearing arms against us.
Art. IL—Equally shall be respected those of the enemy who shall Jay' down their arms.
Art. I{].—Medical establishments and ambulances shall also be respected and the persons and effects attached thereto unless they display hostility.
Art. IV.—Persons disobeying the provisions of the three "preceding articles shall bé_ summarily tried sand executed if their disobedience leads to-assassination, incendiarism, robbery, or rape.
Given at Cavite, the 24th May, 1898, legend Gobierno Dictatorial Filipinas, This proclamation bears a seal with the trong Daily' Preers—ale Tus following notes are from-t 'The captain of the B.I. steamer Palamcotta, on arrival at Singapore on the: 28th of May, reported that: he. passed outward bound 'a Norwegian cargo laden steamer called the Brand aground on -"Blenhei Shoal of Kiang. 'The Brand. io' bound from Antwerp for Viadivostock with a full cargo of railway plant and ironwork. he vessel, of is 1,519 tons net register, is owned by M Knudsen, of Porsgrund,: and Messrs. "Paterson, Simons, Ca. are the Singapore agents. The Tanjong Pagar Dock Ca. were preparing to sond off to-her pino resident supplies us with the following information received' by him in a letter from the insurgent camp Cavite province, and two thousand Spanish Aguinalds has' won a great victory soldiers are now hemmed' in, Three hundred men were killed on the Spanish side and one General, ten pieces of artillery being captured and six hundred rifles. In the church of Old Cavite three hundred Spaniards are beleaguered, but Aguinaldo does not want to bombard them expecting that they will surrender. The province of Batangas is in rebellion, the Spanish forces there have been: defeated, and the Governor of the province is a prisoner. Nearly, the whole province of Cavite is now in the hands of the Insurgents. These operations began on the 28th of May and ended on the ist June.
Our readers will be glad to learn that a proposal to erect a memorial to the late Misses Treland and-Higgin has taken shape land that subscription: lists are now open. Sisters Gertrude and Frances lost. their lives while in the performance of their duties and- a desire -has. been widely expressed "that the memory of their noble self-sacrifice should be perpetuated in some suitable form. As notified in. a communication in another - column, the form of a memorial will be decided at a
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