diced b Jos e S. Arc a, - non

an Artillery Corporal 'named Taylo informed him that Sergeant Madrid wassummoning him. The witness proceeded to Fort San Felipe where that sergeantagain invited him to join the rebellion, telling hiin he was planning to go toCorregidor Island to stop all Spanish boats sailing in; that he hoped to take thewitness along since the latter knew the signals and flags of the foreign boats theywould let by; that he would bring sufficient artillery to that island, but he did notsay where the artillery for Corregidor would come from; that a chain would beforged to lower it into the sea and raise it by. machines when a Spanish boat wouldcome."Despite its simplicity, we have some confirmation of the hypotheticpossibility that a foreign boat might arrive to support the uprising. The factthat this idea was manifested the day before the uprising can induce us toconsider that they could have received such aid from the boats which had justsailed out of Manila Bay.OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM IZQUIERDOThe Superior Civil Governor of the Philippines, Rafael Izquierdo yGutierrez, who believed he had discovered and penalized the plotters andinstigators of the mutiny," was the object of some suspicious commentswhich the newspaper London and China Express made on 2 March 1872.People consequently became aware of a possible involvement in the mutinyof a British subject. In a letter dated 6 May 1872, the Governor reported to theOverseas Minister that, on learning about this piece of information, he hadforbidden the circulation of the newspaper in the Islands, for he thought thatEngland "would not permit our interests to be so blatantly attacked."'Fifteen days later, on 21 May, he told the Minister the events in Cavite were"the fruit of a plan coordinated with elements without and within theseislands." He then enumerated the elements within the Archipelago, sayingnothing about those outside. He could mean the Filipinos in Spain but hecould also refer to foreigners whom he did not specify lest the Spanishgovernment be embroiled, in problems of an international magnitude.° But inthe incident involving the "Nassau" on 15 October 1872, we havedocumentary evidence of British involvement although with reference onlyto the Jolo insurrection."MINUTES FROM THE OVERSEAS MINISTRYFrom the very first moment, nonetheless, news about the disturbances inCavite interpreted them as "analogous attempts, and perhaps not altogether18