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Show TBOIJBLE AT MANILA J SITUATION CRITICAL AND MORO SHIPS NBKDCD. Alalnaldn la ll(hlln( for AInlol latle- penttenessn I TtNU 11 Alesilesa te ttllhilraw Hl.ole I.Uinlnf I nesn In tha llifMie of lHMtlxent Wathlngton, Sept II It It under ttootl that Hear Admiral Ihswey haa oekedfornn additional cmlter and a battlethlp He eonalderl tbe altuatlun In Manila lo ben, very erlllcal one Agulnaldn, In n recent luterrlew, atatcd that the IntHrgrnUi "ere light Ing for nbsotute Independence!, and that nothing cIo would aatlafy the native. Tho Spanlartlt atscrt that Ucrmany will tako n coaling atallon here, and that H pal n will retain the remainder of tho llandt The last Spanlah garrlkoua at Iloeot and I aguanct havo aurrcndcretl, mid tho wholo Itland of Luion la In the hands of the Inturgenta, except Manila and Carltf. Agulnaldo went to Irtlollot on l'rl-day l'rl-day Ho haa announced hla Intention of convening an awemlly of the HI Ippluot on Hcplcmber IS, In order to decide upon the policy to bo adopled by the Inturgenta. In an Interview with Agulnaldo, he said there were 67.000 Inturgenta armed with riltea. Ho added ho could rahto 100,000 men Indeed, the Imur. gent leader pointed out, the whole population of tho riilllpplno Island was willing tn light for their Independence Inde-pendence Continuing, Agulnaldo aald ho had 0,000 military prltoncra, Including In-cluding S.ooo In tho vicinity of Manila, bcalde civil prisoner Later, Agulnaldo tald the "provit-lonal "provit-lonal government" wat now opcrntlng In 98 provinces. He atcrtcd that on Atigutt 3 they elected delegates In n timbers proportionate to tho population popula-tion Aa to tho Americana Agulnaldo romarked that ha coiiattUrcd them at brothers, that the two sovereign republics re-publics were allied agalnal a common enemy When qucatloncd at to whether the future Klllpplno policy would bo abto-luto abto-luto ludependinic, Agulnaldo excused hlnmlf from replying, and atked what America Intend to do "Wo havo been fighting for Independence Inde-pendence for a long time," ho aald "Tha native who profess to favor an-noxiitlon an-noxiitlon ara Inalucere It la merely a ruso to ascertain American vlcwa " Atked If Hie 1 lllppinot would object to the retention of Manila, Agulnaldo declined to nutner "Would the 1 lllppinot object to the American retaining neoallngttatlon, If recognising tho Independence of the ItlantU or cttablliAIng a temporary protectorate over them? Agulnaldo again rcfuW to anawcr. 1'cndlng the conoluat, i t tho assembly, assem-bly, Agulnaldo aald, ho wat confident there would bo no Irouhlu between Amrrloa nml the ntlpplniM The Inturgcnt leader denied having reeetved a rwiueat from (leutral Otl nml Hear Admiral Denny lo withdraw lilt troops to a prescribed dlttanco from Manila and Lavlle, and lio declined de-clined to dltcut the effect of audi a requcat. Agulnaldo further asserted that ho had never negotiated with tho American authorities alnce tho capitulation capitu-lation of Manila, and that he had never authorized the Inturgenta to aaarch or disarm Americana crossing tho line Agulnaldo wat closely questioned about latt Saturday lnotdcnt, when tho rennaylvanlu troop proceeded pro-ceeded to establish a now outposL The riilllppluus objected and nearly preclpttuted hostilities, ordering tho American to withdraw In 30 minutes lliey lamed amtiulllon and Intercepted Ihe American rclnfurceininli ilnelly (Icnernl Halo ordered all thal'eaniyl-vanlaiittoalvanoe.and thal'eaniyl-vanlaiittoalvanoe.and the rebels withdrew with-drew fho wholo Interview convoyed tho Impression that Agulnaldo desire absolute ab-solute Independence, regarding the mission of tho Americana hero nt accomplished, ac-complished, and expect their with drawal, 'Jutt a the I'reuch with La fojcttu withdraw, after helping tho American In tho war of Independence a war of humanity," Just now Agulnaldo maintain! tho rolo of exlrcmo friendship. There It reason lo bcllevo that the navy department ha aclected the lexat a the future flagship of the Atlallo squadron Tho tindrrttandlng It that alio will replace tho protected cruiser Olympla, which la Ui be ordered to the United Htntea aa aoon nt ber relief re-lief arrlvra on the Asiatic, squadron Tha Oljmpla cruw crnlae uxplred toino months ago, bultho breaklngout of the war with bpaln necessitated her retention In the cast, and toma hasty repair to her machinery weru made at Hongkrug lut bcloru tho declaration declara-tion of hostilities. |