Show TROUBLE MUM AT ig MANILA ANILA SITUATION CRITICAL AND MORE SHIPS NEEDED li Is righting fighting fur for absolute Alo lute ands POD dence and vanti the th americans to withdraw whole wand of luzon in the blands of insurgents washington sept 13 it is under stood that rear hear admiral dewey has asked for an additional cruiser aud and a battleship rio ile considers the situation in manila to bo be a very critical one aguinaldo in a recent interview stated that the insurgents were fighting for absolute independence and that nothing else would satisfy the natives tho the spaniards assert that germany will take a coaling station here and that spain will retain the remainder of the islands the last spanish garrisons at flocos and anet have surrendered and t the ile whole island of luzon is in the hands of the insurgents except manila and cavite aguinaldo went to Le lollos on friday lie ile has announced his intention of convening an assembly of the fil on september 16 15 in order to decide upon the policy to be adopted by the insurgents in an interview with aguinaldo he said there were insurgents armed with rifles ue he added he be could raise men indeed the insurgent r leader pointed out the whole population of the philippine islands was willing to fight for their inde pen dence continuing aguinaldo said ile ho had military prisoners including in the vicinity of if manila anila besides civil prisoners later aguinaldo said the provisional government was now operating in 28 provinces ile he asserted that on august 2 they elected delegates in numbers proportionate to the population As to the americans american aguinaldo remarked that he be considered them aa brothers that the two sovereign republics were allied against a common enemy when questioned as aa to whether the future filippino policy would be absolute independence aguinaldo excused himself from replying and asked what america intends to do we have been fighting tor for independence pen dence deDee for a long time he said aid the natives who profess to favor annexation are insincere it Is merely a ruse rusa to ascertain american views asked if the would object to tho the retention of manila aguinaldo declined to answer would the object to the americans retaining a coaling station if recognizing the independence of the islands or establishing a temporary protectorate over them aguinaldo again refused to answer pending the conclusion of the assembly aguinaldo said he wasi was confident there would bo be no trouble between america and the Filip pinos the insurgent leader denied havi having ng received a request from general otis oils and rear kear admiral dewey dewcy to withdraw his troops to a prescribed distance from manila and cavite and bodo he declined to discuss the effect of such a request aguinaldo further asserted that he had never negotiated with the american authorities since the capitulation of manila and that he had never authorized the insurgents to search or disarm americans crossing the line aguinaldo was closely questioned about last saturdays incident when tile the renn pennsylvania sylvania troops proceeded to establish a new outpost the Philip philippines pinos objected and nearly precipitated hostilities ordering the americans to withdraw in 20 minutes they issued sm amu nilion and intercepted alio american reinforcements fin finally general hale ordered all the pennsyl to advance add aad the rebels withdrew the whole interview conveyed the impression that aguinaldo desires absolute independence regarding the mission of the americans here as accomplished complis hed and expects their withdrawal just as the F rench french with lafayette withdrew after helping the americans in the war of independence a war of humanity just now Agul aguinaldo maintains the role of extreme friendship there Is reason to believe that the navy department has selected tile the texas as the future flagship of the asiatic squadron the understanding is that she will replace the protected cruiser cruiser olympia which is to be ordered to the united states as soon as her relief reher arrives on the asiatic squadron the olympias olympiad a crew cruise expired some months ago but the breaking out of the war with spain necessitated her retention in the east and some hasty repairs to her machinery were made at liong krug just before tho the declaration of hostilities |