The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 29, 1899, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXXXV-—NO. 150. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899, PRICE FIVE CENTS. AGUINALDO SUES FOR PEACE AND PLOTS TO GAIN TIME NVOIS OF | FILIPINOS MEET 0TIS *Told That There Must Be Unconditional Surrender Before Armistice. NO TIME IS GRANTED Americans Promptly Decide That| the So-Called Native Congress Cannot Be Recognized. guelles and Lieuten- the members 'nt General Luna’s through the came es near oming, arrived in Manila consult Otis regarding peace ne- noon to with g ons. They report that g aldo is at San Isidro. n interview which I had Otis at the former ish Governor's palace in n ‘h(’ A\‘lfl(‘ ican com- ander said: “The insurgents thought their posi- tion on the river bank at Calumpit was impregnable. There they made a successiul stand against the Span- iards in 1896. “Our success in storming their very strong ments has demoral- ized them, and the people are ready to give up the fight. “A he emissari which have been sent by General Luna, es ion is that they desire to in time. “They sa) v wish to submit | the question of continuing the | he Y& war to their Congress, meeting in May. These leaders think that they represent the Filipino people. “] answered that | would be glad to re- cecive emissarics from the insurgent chiefs, provided they came with a proposition for ab- solute surrender. These were the only terms that I could consider. “The would emissaries not agree to this, as they thought it cont The 'y to the dictates of honor. emissaries added that if was forced upon them it not be permanent.” The Filipino refugees are all gathered at San Fernando. The insurgent soldiers are looting and are said to be in a state of mutiny. Peasants in large num- bers are returning to their homes within our territory. New telegraphic connections with General Lawton by way of | Bocave were completed to-night. | The insurgents attacked the Americans at Naguig yesterday, killing two of our men and| wounding twelve. They were subsequently repulsed by five Calumpit | entrench=| ! Filipino officers attracted much atten- | > > 6O+ & b eDb e 6D e e D R R R o @ e - B0+ 4040000 +-0-0-0-0+-060+0+0400 * @ e ot 8 o companies of the First Washing ton and three companies of the Twelfth Infantry. are in- dications that able force of the enemy is gatherec There a consider in that vicinity. The' insurgents are constructing breastworks on the shore of Laguna de Bai anc have one piece of artillery mount- ed.” Several Macabeles came and asked for American protection. They want Genera MacArthur to occupy San Fer- nando, where they report that the insurgents are looting anc destroying property. e, FILIPINOS' ADVANCES HAVE BEEN FRUITLESS MANILA, April 28.—The Filipino ad- vances for peace at terms which would | be in any way advantageous to Aguin- | aldo have been fruitless. Colonel Man- uel Arguelezes and Lieutenant Jose Bernal, who came into General Mac Arthur’s lines under a flag of truce, tol General Otis that they were represen- tatives of General Luna, who had been requested by Aguinaldo to ask for a cessation of hostilities in order to al- low time for the summoning of the Fil- ipino congress, which body would de- cide whether the people wanted peace. General Otis replied ®hat he did not recognize the existence of the Fili- pino government. There will be another conference to-morrow. The Filipino officers walked down the railroad track to the Kansas regiment’s outpost at 9 o’clock this morning. The Kansas captain in command there es- corted them to General Wheaton's headquarters, where they were pro- vided with horses and sent to the head- quarters of General MacArthur. The latter invited the Filipinos to sit down noon them for some time. He refused, how subject of their errand, referring all in- quiries to General Otis. The Filipinos were then escorted by Major Malloney of General MacArthur's staff to Ma- nila, reaching this place at 3 p. m. General Otis’ aid, Lieutenant Sladen, was awaiting their arrival at the depot with a carriage, in which they were driven to the palace entrance. The tion. They were dressed in uniforms of checked blue and white cloth and wore straw hats. They carried no side- arms. They were escorted directly to the office of General Otis. Jacob B. Schurman, president of the Philippine Commission, and Hon. Charles Denby, A member of the commission, soon Jolned the party there. The news of the arrival of Filipino officers under a flag of truce spread through the city through the lines yesterday after- | at lunch with him and conversed with ever, to speak authoritatively on the | rapidly and many officers xravitn.tod. SO0 [ to the corridors of the palace, while a crowd of natives gathered in the square opposite. At 5 o’clock the two Filipino officers, escorted by Lieutenant Sladen and Major Malloney, left the palace. did not look at all elated as a result | of their meeting with General Otis and | the members of the Filipino Commis- | sion. In offering to submit a peace propo- sitlon to-his so-called Congress Agui- 1do hopes by subterfuge to overcome | General Otis’ consistent policy of ig- | moring the Filipino Government. The Filipinos’ argument is that it is im- | possible to arrange an armistice with- | out the sanction of the Congress. General Otis punctured this assump- | tion to-day by asking_the emissaries | if General Aguinaldo could make war | without the sanction of Congress. why he could not stop without reference to | that body? While the insurgents are undoubted- Iy tired of war, the leaders are torn with dissensions. There is a suspicion | that it was hoped by means of a con- | ference to ascertain what they could | expect. If they saw that anything was to be gained by continuing the war, an armistice would afford them an oppor- tunity for recuperating their demoral- |ized forces. |. It is an interesting commentary upon Aguinaldo’s proposition that only sixty | of the 300 members of the Filipino Con- | gress have taken the oath of allegi- ance which their constitution requires. | A Filipino proclamation replying to | the proclamation of the American | Commissioners has appeared. It ‘is signed by Mabini for the President and | is dated at Caniasdro, April 15. It is in the usual grandiose style, and de- clares that President McKinley issued the proclamation in order to force the American Congress to ratify the ces. sion of the islands under the treaty of Paris. “This contract of cession was made with the Spanish after Spanish domina- tion had been ended by the valor of our troops,” the writer asserts. The procla- mation complains that the Filipinos were not represented at Paris during negotiation of the treaty and that are without assurances of the ful- ment of American promises. It di- lates upon the alleged Anglo-Saxon hatred of blacks, and asserts a desire to enslave them. Deploring a lack of foreign aid in prosecuting the war the proclamation concludes: “We stand alone, but we will fight to the death. Coming generations will pray over our graves, shedding tears of gratitude for their freedom.” | Yesterday furnished added proof that the United States troops have a fear of bushwhacking that is above their fears cf battle. The Washington Regi- ment, which is holding Taguig with three companies of the Twelfth regu- lars, engaged a large force of insur- gents in a fight in the jungle. The Americans lost two killed and ten wounded. The Filipinos have been massing at the lake mouth of ‘the Pasig River, and it 1s estimated that there are 2000 of e e o e They | k¢ ‘ . . b . ? * ® * ® + >’ SO O R O ECa S Y +->0-0--0-+ 0+ 000+ @ | them now there. They have mounted | two guns—one a three-inch Krupp— and have thrown a number of shells into the American lines. The gunboat Rapidan, which is guarding the en- trance to the river, shelled a launch which was carrying supplies. Yesterday a large force of rebels ap- proached the town, seemingly bent on luring the Americans from Calumpit. | Three companies of the Washington [troops sallied from the town and | attacked the natives and found that wounded as they retired, as usual. AGUINALDO MUST ACCEPT PEACE AT OUR TERMS NEW YORK, correspondent April 28.—The Herald's 'nds the following: *‘It is the beginning of the end. When the enemy stops fighting and wants to talk it is a pretty good sign that he is licked.” This is the general view of the ad- ministration as expressed to me to-day by Adjutant General Corbin and sub- stantially to the same effect by other members of the War Department of the cablegram received from General Otis this morning giving the result of ye: terday's battle at Calumpit. turn affairs have taken, and predict the surrender of Aguinaldo within for- ty-eight hours. The report that the Filipino emissaries left the conference with the American commander and Commissioners at Manila discouraged over the reply they received to the re- quest that hostilities cease until the Filipino congress can pass upon the question of peace does not alarm offi- cials here. The mere fact that Aguinaldo has be- gun to sue for peace is considered tan- tamount to saying he will, after a lit- tle dickering, accept peace at our terms. Speculation is already rife here as to the conditions Which will be grant- ed. I obtained to-day from a high source this statement regarding the position of the administration with re- spect to the Filipinos: “Negotiations for peace will be con- { ducted by the Philippine Commission and not by General Otis alone. Before negotiations can be begun the Filipinos will be required to lay down their arms. When they have given this evidence of their intention to abandon them the War Commission will be authorized to announce to them the intentions of the Government. “There is no disposition on the part of the President to punish Aguinaldo or any other Filipino. The insurgent leader will be treated like any other native. Should he desire a special treaty for himself or indicate that he is not getting all he desires he will be invited to leave the country. other Filipinos will, be invited to rc- sume their peaceful avocations and will +o e | they had their hands full. Two other | | companies of ‘the Washingtons and |three of the Twelfth regulars rein- | forced - them and drove back the enemy, who removed their dead and The authorities are jubilant over the | The | GILLMORE AND PARTY I PRISONERS OF WAR Is Reported That the Men Who Landed From the Yorktown Are Held by Insurgents at Baler. t ANILA, April 28—General Otis has been informed that Lieutenant Gillmore and his par- ty of sailors from the Yorktown are alive and are being held as prisoners of war by the in- surgents at Baler, where they were captured. If this information proves correct the party will undoubtedly be turned over to Admiral Dewey upon the conclusion of an armistice. | N April 19 the Navy Department Accompanying this there was pub- Iloilo, from which place her commander at Washington gave out the fol- lished the following press dispatch reported to Dewey ‘n; sorlen o "'h,”‘;" lowing corrected cablegram'from MANILA, April 19, 4:30 p. m.—Admiral or !:‘;‘}““yh(:::f” ’?v’.&”:y.' ’1" ‘7111“‘1 Hfiué Admiral Dewey: Dewey been notified of the strange o oo g A e A MANILA, April 18—Secretary of the disappearance of J. C. Gillmore and four- X Navy, Washington: The Yorktown vis. teén members of the crew of the United Later the statement was published = : States gunboat Yorktown. On S 1Y that Admi Dewey did not. know ited Baler, on the east coast of Luzon, ,, . v A " v PR g last the Yorktown anchored off O P ey Pailia P into e tHe -2 col by w L, April 12 for the purpose of rescuing the east coast of the fsland of Luzon and p =3 =0 102 ool Hinos or d bringing away the Spanish forces, anout 200 miles from here, where there | of t nsisting of eighty soldiers, three officers g panish garrison of about £ The Spanish n at and twe priests, which were surrounded men, which had beeh defending itself Pears, bele ed since 400 insurgents. Some of the insurgents . Naveral hinared SRliDimosL 160 GE thesw 1 not know that peace med with Mauser rifles, as report- g had been concluded and looked upon v natives. Lieutenant J. C. Gillmore, e e = : L enemlesati Wit as hile making an examination of the _ ant hv.lmufzv. Ensign W. H. :)h ]:‘vln’ e o .i'xl\\ ’\v - 11‘ ”\\ T):» outh of the river in an armed boat, was Standley and a boat’s crew were sent the Filipinos, who besi h € m Spain still flies at Baler, the 1 ambushed, fired upon and captured. Fate up the river from Baler Bay to communi- ! 4 unknown, as insurgents refused to com- eciate with the Spaniards, the town of Ba m holding its native al municate afterward. The following are ler being situated some distance inland , and the Admiral thought missing: The officer previously referred Ensign who landed at the it might well be that the Spaniards, to, Chief Quartermaster W. Walton, Cock- mouth of the river, reports that he heard seeing the boat from the Yorktown ap- swain J. sworth, Gunner's Mate H. J. three volle bugle call and cheers proach, had ambushed and captured its Hygard Im; Mate Vendgit, Sea- from up the river, but that the automatic geoupants. This. as it b men W. H. Rynders and C. W. Woodbury, gun which was part of tne equipment of "8 = The Yorktoon's Apprentices D. W. A. Venville, J. Peter- the boat was not heard firing andley 200 i e . Ordinary Seamen F. Brisolese and later paddlec i v Loty yents R McDonald, Landsmen L. T. Ed- A search was made for the Yorktown's Depreciousas hostages while Ag thorities think there will be a prompt is seeking for pe his own may der CECECEONONCEGEA Anderson, J. Dillon and C. A. DEW. hoat and her crew, but no trace of them was found, and the Yorktown sailed for SECEOR HOBONOEBOEOES] > nd be treated with consideration by the by his course, for the reason that the|are about to sail from San F' | American forces.” moral effect of his attempt to obtain |and a considerable number of When American supremacy is estab- | peace will be great throughout the ar- | are under orders to proceed to Manila. lished in the island of Luzon the au- ipelago. For this reason the author- | It is said at the vy Department are | that the developments of the day make it improbable that the Towa be ities believe that the i urgents collapse of the revolt in the island of | sincere in their desire for peace. will Panay. Natives of other Philippine Secretary Alger said as the depart- |sent to Manmila, according to the orig- islands have been watching with keen | ment closed that, while it could not be | inal programme. In view of the state interest the course of affairs in Luzon, |said that peace was assured, he regard- | of affairs in China, however, the and as they have been stirred up by |ed the prospects as of the brightest and [ American fleet on tt atic station Aguinaldo’s emissaries the defeat® of the end of the in- | Will be Kept at a high s d. Ag doubtedly have a good effect through- | out the archipelago. | naldo’s army the commis: a | fer with the natives | forms they desire and to determine the character of legislation for the govern- feit confident that surrection was near. To his mind there would be a repetition of the ne- | VOLUNTEER ions which were had before San- The Seeretary left Washington | to-night for a ten days’ trip in the | West, and it gave him great satisfac- | tion to leave affairs in such promising shape. guinaldo and his army will un-| S AS ALLIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION NEW YORK, ton special to t dent After concluding peace with Agui- on will ar- | slands to con- concerning nge for visiting other April e He McKinley and tt { | administration Everybody is praising the volunteers, | have been relieved St ment of the islands which should be|a marked change in the sentiment ex- | anxiety by the apparent collapse of the recommended to the President for pre- | pressed a few days age, when it was | Philippine insurrection. They have sentation to Congre! understood the same men were plead- | hoped for an early termination of the The terms which will be offered to the | ing to be brought home. Colonel Fun- | conflict with Aguinalds mot only be. Filipinos will not differ materially from | ston came in for the most commenda- | cause it would Stop the shedding ot those stated in the recent proclamation | tion, even the regilar officers taking | blood and would relieve them of the issued by the commission. The com- |note with admiration of the fact that | necessity for calling for more volun- m ission then declared the Philippine | his achievements were all strictly with- | teers, but because it meant much to the people would be granted the largest lib- | in the lines of the plans laid down for | agministration and the party politi- erty and self-government reconcilable | him by his superior officer, General | cally. with the maintenance of a wise, just, | Wheaton. | The restoration of peace would en- effective and economical administration | General Corbin said that every vol- | able the President to turn the Phil of public affairs and compatible with |unteer who participated in the fighting | pine problem over to Congress in De- the sovereign rights and obligations of | in the Philippines since peace was de- | cember in much better shape than the United States. Civil rights of the | clared should have a medal of honor. | would have been possible had the war Filipinos will be granted to the fullest | By the terms of their enlistments they | gtill been going on. By that time he extent. Religious freedom will be as- | were entitled to withdraw fron the ser- | will have put into operation under sured and all persons will have equal | vice, but they remained voluntar | military authority a form of govern performing more than was required of standing before the law. | ment which the Philippine Commission While in some quarters thcre is a|them, which was more than the ordi- | will have recommended. He will have disposition to think that the ilipinos | nary duty of a soldier. | the report of that commission and be have made this move simply to gain| Tt is expected that to-morrow there |able to give ress valuable infor- time, high officials think the action of | will be further negotiation with the in- | mation as to the in the Aguinaldo is due to the fact that he |surgent representatives. slands and the c f the peo- and his fighting American forces. troops have had cnough of Adjutant General Corbin says the | ple for Filipino peace overtures will not bring | There i about any change of plan in this coun- | sion will report in fayv lf-government. no doubt that this commis- As General Otis has undoubtedly re- r of the United fu; sed the armistice requested, it is ap- | try as to forwarding ships’ supplies and | States retaining the islands indefi- parent that Aguinaldo has really lost!troops to the Philippines. Transports ' nitely, and such a policy will be much Laaae aeaeies aedeae et sl e slon g a el e ot ol Som s SCi SC DN AN SN DN SN S S D ® : = = E AMERICANS. H ONE OF THE OLD GUNS USED BY FILIPINOS AGAINST T B e o I SRR SRCER SRCE B o e e e o | ! | | |