The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 26, 1899, Page 1

The Call VOLUME LXKXVI-NO. 179. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1899—THIRTY-TWO PAGES, PRICE FIVE CENTS. CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE DERVISHES Fleeing Khalifa Overtaken by British Troops and Siain. | Camp Surprised and Taken After a Des- perate Battle—Kitchener Reports, the So Declaring [ e S T AP THE heseie Qesvsieionsieie 1 KHALIFA, SLAIN BY war) In 1SS B e the Br K GUNCOTTON TORPEDO bebesheb e udan Open. - THE BRITISH TROOPS. generals the @ st rreieiei e tish Minister here, has received the ven miles south K his po s, was killed and Digna, who es- taken 3 eir enduranc 4 o'clock In th g rning of No- d sixty miles BLEW UP THE MAINE Alleged Discovery of Evidence That May Bring the Guilty Parties to LADY SALISBURY’S BODY LAID TO REST Funeral Attended by D stinguished Friends From Hom- and Abroad. 2%.—The ral of Lady Novemter 20, was bury wis not ywing to iliness in the he now in ) grave. TI A. J. Balfour and ot Nov LONDON alisbury, who a eld to-day. Lord t at the publi r her Steward of th sent by ary of the German ried in eror . The e and Princess of V \ other royalties were rep qd, while the first peer of the realm, the Duke of Yoik, and er bigh nobilities paid tribute in being present in pers church was crowded with the ten- The Bishop of Rochester offitlated emorial service held in the Caapel St. James, . George J. Goschen, and o and the entire staff of the es embgssy. Other Embassa- Gors were present or represented. Justice, | ADMIRAL SCHLEY SAILS which was attended by | ike of Cambridge, the First Lo-d of | | had direct nd in that control of the way the identity cutioners of the may be dis- 1o a polnt rth of the ¥ means of buoys FOR WINDWARD ISLANDS Will Coal at Santa Lucia and Meet the Montgomery and Wilming- ton in the Platte. NEW YORK, Nov. Rear Ad : . dml Schley of the South Atlantic .~q\::v‘lr:::v safled to-Gay on his flagship Chicago for | Santa Luc Vindward group, whare he will coal. Thence he will sall to Bahjn and Buenos Ayres. In the Platte he will pick up the Montgomery and the Wij. mington. When asked 1f he had anything to say he public, Rear Admiral Schies pa) both hands and exclaimed: 7 Peld “Absolutely nothing."” Steam was on six of the boilers of the to Chicago—enough to run her about f knots an hour. With cheers frfim":eol:- ory m c by the ship’s band and the acknowledgment of salutes by ping of her flag, the Chicago stea‘n’;:ddg{x'; through the Narrows, - Clayton Sentenced. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25.—J. J. Clayton, convicted of an assault upon Attorney Earl Rogers with intent to murder, was to-day sentenced by Judge Noyes to one Yyear in SBan Quentin penitentiary. . e + e n ) BAMAINWARING / ADJT- GE METHUNE N PIVisioNn - £Z tebebeiebebebeDebebe P D A BATTL Nowv. Sketch map of the country will again be disputed. si et eio e e ® ONDON, Nov. 25—The position in Natal remains full of perplexities, which the censorship has increased. Al- though a division and a half have now reached Durban that place is | practically powerless until sup-| plied with cavalry and artilie | and until these arrive thesituation | will undoubtedly remain grave. With three beleaguered garrisons ! in Natal besides Kimberley and Mafeking, and no signs of succor in the immediate future, it is no - L o S o S g | wonder that the outlook is re-| | garded as distinctly gloomy to-| ight and that the most possible made of General Methuen'’s| - ess, such as it was. That bat-| tle decided nothing, and it seems | certain that many experts are of the opinion that the story of the| return of the pursuing cavalry | | without getting in touch with the | | retreating Boers indicates that the cavalry discovered in time that if it had gone on it would soon have been on the Pretoria racecourse with its comrades of the Hussars. It will not surprise any one greatly if the Boers are shortly again discovered in an in- trenched position near the spot from which General Methuen has just evicted them. From no other point can even a semblance of success be report- ed. Mafeking is apparently in a worse plight than the Britishers have hitherto cared to admit, and it is difficult to see how it can be relieved for some time to come. While the official dispatch from the Boer head laager outside of Ladysmith, dated November 24, between O GLOOMY OUTLOOK FOR BELEAGUERED BRITISH GARRISONS. Methuen’s Defeat of the Boers at Belmont Has Not Changed Conditions at Kimberley, Mafeking and Ladysmith. MobbeEr River BribaE BLOWN UP BY THE BoERS ¢ LIEUTENANT gt METHUEN. | /b Honey \vesT ¥ KLoo® STN. 2 / QRAS PAN SITN, / o . SCALE_20MILES. . $ 4 & . BELMONT| ———— EFlELD [/ 2305 APiEce OF THE VeLdT BETWEE ANB KIM ROUTE OF LORG METHUENS Ry ING Cotimn. o ORANGE. RIVER ERLY.ON ThR . . FOR THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY. D S R S S DR R T e e o o S R o R + + 4+ LONDON, Nov. 2.—A speclal 4 4 dispatch from Durban, dated Fri- day, November ays the Times of Natal has r ed news by way of Delagoa Bay that both Mafe- king and Kimberley have been re- lieved This is not only improbable, but it 1s discredited by a special dispatch from ( Town, which ates that General Methuen graphic o nication with Kim- berley. which indicates that the re- lleving force pushed forward after the tle at Belmont If this is true, stirring news may be expected shortly, a e Boers are in force at Modder River and Spyfontein. is R e o gt o B K X P 0 S 8K S showed that the town was still flying the Union Jack on Friday the cheerful tone of the message and the evident anticipation of the speedy reduction of Lady- smith are not calculated to cheer anxious relatives. The reported silence of the British guns also again arouses fears of a shortness of ammuni- tion, and the fact that the Boers have just placed in position an- other siege gun shows that they have not yet done their worst. The arrival of the German offi- cers, one of whom, it is under- stood, gained large experience in reducing a fortified town in 1870- 71, is calculated to lead to a change of tactics which will add to the suspense of the sorely tried garrison. The situation in the northern portion of Cape Colony is about as unsatisfactory as it can be. Boers are turning up in all direc- tions. A Cape Town dispatch re- ceived at a late hour to-night re- ports that the enemy have blown up a railway bridge between Ros- ‘mead Junction and Middleburg with the object of preventing an ange River and Kimberley, showing the probable route of Lord Methuen" “flying column’ with the battlefield of Beimont, where he first met the Boers, and Modder River, where his pass PELPP4 442944094004 . |advance from Port Elizabeth. | This was effected by a small com-| mando which, it is stated, remains in the neighborhood. The eftect | of blowing up this bridge will| tend to isolate Nauwpoort, which was recently reoccupied by the 3ritish, and must delay the ad- vance of the troops just arrived | at Port Elizabeth. COULD NOT PICK OFF \ THE BRITISH OFFICERS | ORANGE RIVER day. Nov In all 107 wounded, inclu tng several Boers, h arrived here from | Belmont. One of the Boers, a boy of 17 Cape Colony, Fr | | years, was comnelled to take up arms with his father, who is a prisoner. A | | wounded Boer sald that twenty men were | | selected from each Boer section to plek off the British offi Jut, he added, | on the zce of the British forces marksmen were bewildered and it impossible to distiuguish the officer: who wore the same equipment as them The marksmen were also unable to make | out the ants and other non-com- | | miscloned officers, whose stripes had | | been removed. BOERS’ “SUZERAINTY” PLACED IN POSITION PRETORIA, Nov. 25.—An officlal dis- patch from the Boer head laager outside of Ladysmith dated Friday, November 24, says: “The strangely | garrison at Ladysmith was t yesterday. The cannon- ade to-dav hardly evoked a response. The balloon 1o longer soars. The third big cannon, which the Boers have baptized ‘Suzerainty,' was placed in position to- day. The German officers arrived last night. “The Boer generals think they will en- compass the fall of Ladysmith at the end of this week. ““There was a terrific thunderstorm 'ast night. Four Boers guarding a cannon were serfously struck.” LEADERS OF THE WAR TO BE EXPATRIATED NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—A World cable + o . . . & 5 o . A ¢ s B . YR ® PY B Lt * 1 ! - * - * R . F' 4 « 8 * R4 * * & - . . | had to disappoint expe | Admiral | Of course, DEWEY’S SENSATIONAL PLEDGE TO AGUINALDO Important Secret Correspond- ence on Philippine War. in Exchange for ?Rebel Aid Accepted by American Generals a Promise of Fili- pino Independence. For some time past there have been fragmentary outgivings at Washington of coplies of correspondence had between Aguinaldo and American civil and mili- tary officers, running from May or June, 1898, down to recent dates. The Call sought to find the source through which these coples found their way to this country [ e e e k] s e et e ebeieie® ADMIRAL DEWEY. and to the partial publication they have received. The facts developed show the pitiful straits to which the Filipinos were reduced, their childlike confidence in the justice of thelr cause and their innocent belief that if they could be heard in this country thelr cry for mercy and jus would be heeded. Therefore, when in- formed that such means of influential communication had been provided they believed implicitly the representations made to them. Upon Investigation it is shown that Mr. Alvah Udell, known in this State n various ways, professed to have made an organization of Americans, influential and powerful, who would pre- sent the Filipino case. The native lead- ers, informed of this through the junta Hongkong, began forwarding state rents of the situation, of their claims fes of a very voluminous corre- spondes the originals of which are un- derstood to be in Aguinaldo’s possession, @ éeoe e +oesese@ . - & + >4 - ® . . . . ¢ ® . . . L. . . . . . . . . ® v . @sieoeiw GENERAL OTIS. with other letters not At o e fed but held in reserve. The only impr 1 5o far made by the partial disclosure e things | been to increase the anxiety of the Government to take Aguinaldo prisoner, in order to get possession of the originals raise that these uments n out a better » for the ipinos th sritles have been willing to things have given rise to n in this country that we and not he Filipinos changed front and ations for which ur representatives were directly respon- sible. It will be reme: Dewey rrived in this intry his tone varied from numerous utterances before that time, and when he advised the administration to augment the fleet well as the army he said he desired Ag- uinaldo to know that he had so advi but o interpretation be put upon this. The admiral must h R e e R ] | ¢ J— + + & S B e Geeeseieie XS [ e e i el I ol e ok o ok e o oo GENERAL ANDERSON. felt that Aguinaldo had some reason to expect a different move on his part. there were not this reas at all for such a reques The Call has secured the mass of matter that resulted from Fillpino dependence on Mr. Udell's representations. These were in the form of an address “To the Filf- n there was none from London say: The British Cabinet has come to a decision relative to the future Boer republics. Those countries are to have a representative Government, it.is decreed, from which all the leaders Contlnued on Second Page, pinos and Thelr Compatriots in the Phil- ippines,” which. while rather contempti- ble in its composition where it is not an awkward paraphrase of the Declaration of Independence, has certain features that show Mr. Udell to have a good deal of in- genuity. Among these Is a very earnest mbered that when as It | deprecation of the resistance offered by the Filipinos to the American Govern- ment in its effort to restore order. They advised to desist and to put their wel. fare in the keeping of Mr. Udell's organ- ization, which seems to have consisted of himself. Some featu of the address would be laughable were it not for the background of sorrow and - slaughter in the islands, and the reaching out of weak hands to what seemed to be a chance for a hearing. Among other things Mr. Udell | tells them: * your behalf we have given our approval tc prepared for the governn ippines and entitled ‘Constitution of the United Fre ates,’ which will per- petually establish your liberties and erect a republic of enduring strength in the archipelago.” Mr. Udell does not furnish a copy of this | marvelous self-acting, automatic, funda- mental law, but it no doubt raised high hopes among the poor creatures who heard of it As far as possible we have arranged the documents in their chronological order. Mr. Udell having impressed the impor tance of his position upon the Hongkong junta, his personality may now be dis- missed and the documents which followed the presentation of his pretentious claims may be considered for the value to history of their disclosures. The first respons ar; a new organic law t of the Phil- a | appears to have been Beosvetsisieteie® + o~ Qreeeeei ti e edePpededeie P riePeieieiebereieD > [ e e R e ‘ «CONSUL WILDMAN. this' letter, in Spanish the translation evs0000 of which we give Soociades & COMITE CENTRAL FILIPINO * HONGKONC | Honorable Alva Udell, U. 8. A.~Dear Sir. Ih | acknowledging the receipt ¢ | 30 ultimo, together with al therein mentioned. The whole but | me through J. J. Francis, @ %o wham e | Hon. Ho Kai forwarded it. knowing that Mr Francis is my legal adviser and will represent me in a suit now pending trial in the Supreme Court of this colony, wh ing to obtain from United man a proper accounting | with him in June last for the g use. | T assure you we are deeply gratetut for the @rosesisies < agm | s . % a L. * . . |+ > | ¢ . ¢!/ . B4 . . . . - | ® . . . @ a e . Q@erdes e s EMILIO AGUINALDO. Kkindly Interest and sympathy you and your | honorable colleagues have been pleassd t . | itedt in our just cause. We have alwa . sidered the people of the United States our friends, and we have had, and still have, a strong belief In the Iiberality and sense of | Justice which your people have on many ocea sons displayed in dea oppressed people. We deeply regret the outbreak of hostilities and hope you will make it known to countrymen that we still confidently loc your citizens to extend to us the right hand of fellowship and assist us in our efforts to obtain admission into the great brotherhood of nations. It was for our llberty we 3 led with Spain; it was for our Ifberty o fered martyrdom. We prefer death ¢ without Iiberty; we cannot tolerat 8 with a weak hundred years, and we now and justice—the ordinary right Surely your countryms will not treedom: nor will they to in and honorable settlcme. which have so unfortunately As soon as I received your budget I forwarded it to my the present seat of the Philipp government, and, as soon as | receive | the difficuities arisen most interesting to again address you. In the meantime all I can do is to tender my heartfelt thanks for your proffered assistance and «x| est hope that wise counsel W sulting In lasting peace and the establishment of mutually beneficial relations between your free and progressive countrymen and the un fortunate, Intelligent and peace-loving inhabit- ants of my. dear fatherland. 1 have the honor to be, dear sir, your most obsdient servant, G. APACIBLE, 27 Morrison Hill, Hongkong. Elther there must have been some diffi. culty of communication or other reasow.