"Art. 9. In addition to the instructions given in paragraph 6,
there shall be in the houses vessels filled with boiling water,
tallow, molasses and other liquids, which shall be thrown as bombs
on the Americans who pass in front of their houses, or they can
make use of syringes or tubes of bamboo. In these houses shall
be the Sandtahan, who shall hurl the liquids that shall be passed
to them by women and children.
"Art. 10. In place of bolos or daggers if they do not possess
the same, the Sandtahan can provide themselves with lances and
arrows with long sharp heads, and these should be shot with great
force in order that they may penetrate well into the bodies of
the enemy. And they should be so made that in withdrawal from
the body the head will remain in the flesh.
"Emilio Aguinaldo"
The following official notice posted up in Sta. Cruz, Laguna,
is another interesting example of the extent to which this race
hatred spread:
NOTICE.
The traitor Honorato Quisunbin, who in an evil moment denied his
country, died yesterday.
To-day, one no less a traitor and renegade to his mother country,
has also died. He who has been the cause of so many husband-less
wives and fatherless children, has received a punishment for his
crimes which will prevent him from repeating them.
We will allot to-morrow, for the punishment of the remainder if
they do not change their conduct, but continue to follow the steps
of the above mentioned. For this reason, beloved compatriots now
that you have witnessed the punishment given to those who have left
the path marked by our authority which our government conferred on
us although we are unworthy of it, but as we have been appointed,
we have forcibly to obey all the decrees published, for the crimes
which are punishable by death and which are as follows:
1st. All those who have any public or private communication with
the enemy and serve them as guides;
2nd. All those who attack and rob in a band;
3rd. Violation or abuse;
4th. Incendiarism;
5th. All those who receive any position or employment in the
service of the enemy.
(Signed) THE COMPATRIOTS.
This race hatred is illustrated very clearly in the definition of
the Katipunan given by Romualdo Teodoro de J., when he said that its
aim was to kill all Spaniards and take possession of the islands. No
particular hatred was shown to any class; it was all Spaniards of
all classes and conditions who were to be assassinated. It is also
clearly depicted in the Act of Session of the Katipunan Sur already
quoted (See page 81; also foot-note page 80).
Note 76. What Sr. Diaz intends by Tagalog Katipunan is not quite
clear. The whole society was practically confined to the Tagalog
provinces and was insignificant in extent even beyond the city of
Manila and its suburbs. There was no other Katipunan.
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