The people of the Philippines, their religious progress and preparation for spiritual leadership in the Far East,

106 THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES any charge against them, but because their districts were discontented. Terrified people fled from their homes to the mountains to avoid violent deportation. The Katipuners sent a deputation to Japan to present a petition to the Mikado, praying him to annex the Philippines; and the Mikado sent the petition, with its five thousand signatures, to the Spanish Government.15 While confessing to a Tondo priest (Father Mariano Gil) a woman told all she knew of the plans of the Katipunan, and secured the promise that her husband would be pardoned if he turned state's evidence. The traitor accordingly confessed that the revolution was to begin by a general slaughter of Spaniards on the night of August 20, I896, and he gave a list of the alleged leaders. Instantly Archbishop Bernardino Nozaleda demanded extermination by "fire, sword, and wholesale executions." But General Blanco did not wish at that moment to infuriate the Filipinos by drastic punishment. He was, indeed, in a painful situation. He had only fifteen hundred troops in the Philippines, of which seven hundred were at Manila. Most of the others were fighting the Moros. Two thousand more troops were on the way from Spain and Blanco wished to wait for them. The friars cabled the Spanish crown protesting against Blanco's "inexplicable inactivity" and requested that he be replaced by a stronger man. On August 26, I896, a thousand rebels made a raid on Caloocan and then fled. The first real battle took place four days later (on August 30th) at the village of San Juan del Monte near Manila. The Filipinos suffered a severe defeat. Four leaders, including Sancho Valenzuela, were captured and shot on the Campo de Bagumbayan (now the Luneta). The day after the battle Don Emilio Aguinaldo, a teacher in Silan, issued a fiery proclamation, and thereafter became the "George Washington of the rebellion." From that time until the end of Blanco's term as Governor-General, the Filipinos were able to win many engagements and were gaining in strength and numbers. I'Foreman, "The Philippine Islands," p. 512.

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The people of the Philippines, their religious progress and preparation for spiritual leadership in the Far East,
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Laubach, Frank Charles, 1884-1970.
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Philippines -- Religion

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