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Show FILIPINO GOVERNMENT GOVERN-MENT DISBANDS. MEMBERS OF CABINET SURRENDER SURREN-DER TO AUTHORITIES. Otis Reports That no Filipino Ciovernuient Lilsts Filipino Army Disbanded or lirokcn up Into Small Detachments. Manila, Nov. 27. Senor Buencamlno, a former member of the so-called cabinet cab-inet of Aguinaldo, has been brought to General Otis a prisoner on the transport trans-port lirutus. He had sought refuge in a village near San Fabian with Agui-naldo's Agui-naldo's mother and son. The natives disclosed his identity to Major Cronin, who captured him. General Young is still in the mountains moun-tains on the trail of Aguinaldo. Bautista, president of the Filipino congress, presented himself to General MacArthur and formally renounced all further connection with the insurrection. insurrec-tion. He was one of the influential Filipinos who hesitated at the beginning begin-ning of the war to which side to cast his lot. lie was offered a judgeship of the supremo court, but declined. He now announces that he desired to accept the position, and says the Filipino Fili-pino congress and cabinet are scattered, never to reassemble. Some of the members, mem-bers, he adds, have returned to their homes, while others are flying for safety. Many of the congressmen have resigned, re-signed, and he believes the Filipino soldiers will lay down their arms everywhere as soon as they learn the truth. General Otis summarizes the situation situa-tion as follows: Claim to government by insurgents can be made no longer under any fiction; its treasurer, secretary secre-tary of interior and president of congress con-gress in our hands. Its president and remaining cabinet officers in hiding, evidently in different central Luzon provinces. Its generals and troops in small bands scattered through these provinces, acting as banditti or dispersed, dis-persed, playing the role of amigos, with arms concealed. |