Show GUINALDOS ABr Y SURROUNDS ANILA I LONGING ATTACK AMERICAN FORCES Independence or Death Is Their Watchword AMERICAN FORCES IN STRONG POSITION + Bloody Conflict May Be Precipitated at Any Time + Insurgents Are Instructed to Act On the Defensive and It Is Not Believed Be-lieved They Will Attack the City Will Accept Mo Terms Except Absolute Independence Admitted That the Situation Is Extremely Critical + New York Jan 13A dispatch to the Herald from Manila via Hongkong says The situation here becomes graver hourly The Herald correspondent Y correspond-ent visited General Aguinaldos outposts out-posts around Manila on Saturday and Sunday The native troops seemed enthusiastic en-thusiastic at the idea of an attack upon Manila On all houses are displayed flaming posters bearing this inscription inscrip-tion Independence or death It is said that the native troops inHhe environs of Manila number 30000 All profess great hatred for the Americans The correspondent was arrested frequently fre-quently on the suspicion of being an American but was released upon show intr his pnnsnlfir nnssnorts General Aguinaldos soldiers one and all are longing to attack Manila They declare they will accept no terms except ex-cept absolute independence I A dispatch to the Herald from Hong I kong says A steamer just arrived from Manila brings a large number of rich and influential Filipinos and their families who left the Philippines owing ow-ing to the situation there The refugees state that the landing S of American troops at Iloilo would be S treated as a casus belli and that the Filipino army thereupon would attack General Otis at Manila The Filipino government has offered an asylum in the provinces to foreign families including Spaniards who are now inhabiting Manila |