Show DEFENSE OF ILOILO Americans Will Be Met By Many Thousand Natives Vancouver Feb 8Hongkong mail advices describe the situation at Hoilo when it was first expected that General Millers troops would be landed a follows fol-lows For days armed natives have been coming into town in a steady stream and fully 2000 soldiers armed with RemingtQns and Mausers have taken possession of the church and government govern-ment buildings Officers are scurrying about on ponies ammunition is being brought in from Malo and an aooar cathy stout resistance is being provided ed for any landing attempted by the Americans Stores and banks are closed and the excitement is intense Outside of the oity are nearly ten thousand mixed natives na-tives armed with knives and spears they are anxious to be allowed in the city In Negros a nearby island it is I reported that some 20000 men are in arms waiting for a call Several schooners loaded with men are daily entering the river They arc not being interrupted Day and night preparations continue for lively resst preparatons cntnue lvclj ance Every hour of the delay is made to count in throwing up works and barricading bar-ricading streets I is threatened that if the FHiDinos should meet with defeat de-feat the town will be burned The transport Francisco Reyes came in on the 9th with 550 Filipino soldiers who were allowed to land without interference i in-terference Altogether 1500 soldiers have been landed in this manner and this is not counting the hundreds that have come from other islands on schooner and small boats Fully two thousand five hundred men with rifles are in the city The Spanish gunboat El Cano is still lying just off the fort and it was reported re-ported that some 2000 stands of arms had been landed by hers her-s 0 0 |