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to deal with the newly elected officials . It seemed that Colinares did not know about the real sentiments of Cabañas , the newly elected presidente . 31
But the most intriguing and deadly game of deception would be played out some three months later in Balangiga . For the first time , it was going to be garrisoned following the unwritten resolution made during the junta convened by the Federalistas in Catbalogan on April 5 , that year . There it was generally agreed that more troops were needed in the different towns in order to install peace . Balangiga ’ s leaders had anticipated that one day , American troops would come to occupy their town , and when that happened , they had to have a clear policy on how to deal with them . In a letter written by its presidente municipal to the revolutionary headquarters , Pedro Abayan reported that they – he and the principales of the town - agreed “ to observe a deceptive policy with them doing whatever they may like , and when a favorable opportunity arises , the people will strategically rise up against them .” The letter was written on May 30 , 1901 , about four months before the uprising took place . 32
Endnotes
1 Exhibit 1331 , p . 650 2 Exhibit 1332 , p . 651-652 , Issued at Buan , Aug 4 , 1900 3 PIR 1055.6 4 Exhibit 1334 , PIR 973.4 , p . 660 5 Ibid , p . 662 6 Exhibit 1346 , p 682 7 Op . cit .,, p . 681 8 Exhibit 1321 , pp . 633 9 Ibid 10 Exhibit 1354 , 693 11 Ibid , 648 12 In this statement , Lukban seemed to have been prophetic : ‘ The Filipino nation would have its political independence only in 1946 , when the leaders had long been dead .’ 13 PIR 1141.1 14 Exhibit 1330 , PIR 1144.5 , 649 . Written in Matuginao , July 12 , 1900 15 Exhibit , 1344 , 675-877 . Proclamations like these were usually translated from the original Spanish text into Waray , the language spoken by the natives of Samar , by the Captain-Secretary Florentino Peñaranda , a Manila-educated native of Barugo , Leyte . Here his multi-lingual skills came in handy especially to Lukban who could speak only Spanish and Tagalog . 16 [ http :// countrystudies . us / philippines / 17 . htm ] 17 Report of the Philippine Commission , Secretary of War , From December
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