Philippine Resistance and Public Schools
General MacArthur's death list from Manila, bearing date of January 9, enumerates the death of 20 men, mostly from disease. The Filipino commander-in-chief of Iloilo province, Panay, has surrendered with a small company of his men and 41 rifles. The increased number of surrenders, captures, and destructions of Filipino camps is causing the belief in military circles that organized resistance in the islands has been practically broken down. On January 10 Senator Teller presented in the Senate a memorial from 2,006 inhabitants of Manila, praying the American republic to give them independence and “cease its persecution of men struggling to be free.” The memorial declares that the Filipinos will never yield. The question of teaching religion in the public schools of Manila is now before the Taft Commission, and much opposition has been developed to any religious instruction whatever in the public schools. It is declared to be contrary to the Constitution of the United States and to the wishes of the Filipinos.