| Show ro I 1 N qa W H TINO AT MANIL r the insurgents beat the spaniards in nearly every engagement I 1 now HOW THE insurgents TREAT them PRISON PRISONERS ZItS GREAT HARDSHIPS ENDURED HY BY THE SPANISH SOLDIERS DEWLY DEWET WINS GOLDEN FOR FOIL HIS BIS VICTORY AND NANA management GEMENT SKETCH OF AQUINALDO AGUINALDO THAT IS IT favory UNIVERSAL HOPE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL RETAIN CO CONTROL A TORPEDO SCARE cor Correspond enca tribune Trl bunel harbor ot of manian island of 0 luzon july I 1 2 IM via hongtong Hone Hong kons kong and per 0 0 0 S S doric heavy on and d almost uninterrupted fighting hs has been going on since I 1 1 mailed my last letter on the lilt the th insurgents are dally daily gaining bround ground although in some gome instances the spaniards are obstinately y defending I 1 ave avery inch at all I 1 my endeavors b backed by trong german influence to obtain 6 permission to go to the front have met with it ft polite but most moat decided refu refusal I 1 ard I 1 understand that the am american eg correspondents at cavite have been duelly unsuccessful fut with the spaniards aris however do not object 2 i rry visiting the scene of battle when hen exhaustion causes a temporary beeso tion of hostilities thus I 1 have been permitted to look around the old pol pat verin or powder magazine where for several doys days in succession the lighting fighting I 1 lia sit been very severe the road from cavite winds round and leads lead 8 to manila a by way of 0 malate here 11 near ca r the ln e c force orce ot of about MM 2000 spaniards remitted resit ted the furious and persistent onslaught of 0 the insurgents tho the position Is strong since one side 0 of tho the r road 0 ad is protected by in an impassable r which accounts for the long real resistance stance since the insurgents must attack by theroan tho the road at santa ana to the tha east the spaniards have held their own so far although tho the insurgents seemed to court death fl ingling hinging them delvs s u upon pon tho the stockades ard and tr trendier tren dies defending the position at AL santa jeaa IL a little further to the tha northeast the A lighting 9 bring has also been very severe and protruded protracted it seems to be Aguin aldos purpose to wear out the Span laida ila and if so eo he Is suc succeeding ceding beyond the most sanguine expectations it if there lg Is going goine to be any fighting tor for our troops the first deta detachment hinant of whom arrived in very gratifying gratifying condition on the alt it will be with tile insurgents is for truly tile the q spaniards pa n lards wll will be glad clad enough to lo lay down domn their arms a a a enemies though the they are the tha condition c of the spanish soldiers la 13 really pitiful A friend of mine corres correspondent p ondene of on an english paper told me of two in of horrible sufferina sulT suf ering ferins 1 which blell come under his personal observation vaLlon A picket in commend com milad 0 of a captain was ordered to occupy a a new position alter after capote zapote biad fallen dodging by tho the eneany 4 bui posO fo fording riling rivers and s splashing shIng through uRh he reached his 11 I 1 destination otter atter forty eight hours mand wandering tring XI ml he and hla big trien men had been without food lie he had occupied his new position for live hours and it seemed as aa it the authorities at fanala had forgotten his eXl existence StenCe for there was no sign of supplies my friend assisted the but was un QIAO to help the mn the ri axt at outpost inc st in charge or of ft a naval rival officer was in ia use the same condition tor arty orty eight boll courthen ra tale rr ia 0 H ld d fas food tiow these e 41 ra a allt hla a maivri d to tc ilias tili kin iMn ly ilk illint uie the h h t irsch alro t v sun makes stilita ri alae se it tridio 1 their wee garments church 11 I 1 aur h arid and their number la Is not inalle 7 ficano I 1 Is a hospital and Is irrow crowded ded alth ith sufferers eters who pay day dearly for the greed and rapacity of their rulers riders Is it IL 6 wonder that c every ery witness lines of all th thlu q suffering hopes that spanish rule in manila may be ended forever manila Iya rilla Is surrounded surround cil three forces of the insurgents hold the city in control the supplies from the north ar are e cut off since the reams rc bels have stop stopped the alway connection tile the commow atlon with laguna de day bay on an the east baat I 1 Is s interrupted by the second arcond force and on the south the I 1 rebels stand be between and calate virtually it is in possession of the americans americana small es as Is our present force unless aguinaldo Agul naldo breaks through all restraint and p provokes a flicht by in on the city he fre has haa been very successful this eight year old leader tor for with nil all his dandy virg airs and the theatrical adrical a actions ci ho he Is a leader of men in times I 1 foes i like these how he ha would be at the head of a government in times of police peace Is another luen llon tile his word Is ie now nom supreme law in the tha provinces of cavite balucan and baale Ba aLn and with tout ut much effort he can take those of batangan Ba BRAA tangas and thus the ap Is griffi cent bay will be in possession nf it the in insurgents with the exception of I 1 I 1 macilla province and of that only tile tho aty bows to the sangro gro y oro the blood and gold as the spaniards love lo 10 1 describe their fluff dug ilow how are the mighty fallen these in ur gents but a brief two months a ago go the scum of the earth in the eight of tho arnad dons are now tb ir mas rs there Is retribution in thle this senor von pen leopoldo garci pena bricalli r general in the regular army an and d govi banor of the province provIn re of cavite with a long Iong record of sen services ices his hie breast cov tred with d decoration ratio as a member of one of fit proudest families Is a pris prier of the d deold dep ld rebels another tr lEoner rf of note is the governor t f bataan senor don antonio cordoba tiow pow ng from belt inflicted is N ahrn b a he preferred death to tile the met punishment anent expected from those 1 whom hom he e had cruelly persecuted A heavy ransom has baa been offered tor for him by his Ja jamily nilly prior to the evacuation of cavite to make room for the expected american forces the r prisoners of war were a bared he hare h e in two weeks tile ilie captured about couo Silan spanish leh it lien and of sincera oin cera over Zul irs malle the rebels test lost about it twenty wenty ard not over fifty prison C clil lil Aguin aldos official report gives eleven of ficen of anil and above the rank of lieutenant colonel including tho the two genere generella 12 mentioned be fore 79 officers below the rank ranh of V colone and be ol iring EO co the crack seventy third and seventy fourth and of whom so much nas mas expected rive nant pre priests to who bo have made themselves especially a obnoxious and who ho are arc most cordially histed nrc are aiso unwilling gucal what 1 ahe he revengeful hatred hatmil m with ill 1 ilia 1 13 natives a look at them and their ignorant i and ridiculous terror ot at tho the americans tie poor fellows are between the devil evil and the deep sea A liberal estimate tot of tile the forces of tile the insurgents I 1 la Is about avroo men and with these agul naldo accord ing to his hill latest olT iclal report tins has cap Cal luied ulel SP all f sh sol gilcre and about low lia Lives under spanish offic i it dem incredible but even spanish Span lh ollI cers admitted to mo me that tho governor of Ba Balanga tangas fl a c lal in the regular army I 1 r bubell L led without striking lna a L blow on it this occasion boi spanish re guar n 4 dered rod to NO 20 insurgents ingui gents irk in tills tilde conno connection odon I 1 may 81 ear that the americans aro are mid and de iv old lold L colln opinions frera tom avry aa foreigner and even tho the spaniards with whom they come coma in contact A few ew days before tho the prisoners left cavil they were visited by consul cons ill general williams who brought a larke larea supply of fruit which wh ich he distributed distribute d broons tit tho 6 wounded tho the poor fellows responded with mith a hearty heart cheer the correspondent of a paper gave me the fall following I 1 aning clipping all sided I 1 hear bear kind words ifor or admiral dewey I 1 nave have talked with Britis hers germans frenchmen japanese and 1 swiss and without exception they speak in highest terms of 0 him and his management of 0 tile the li blockade the cordial rel relations lions between t een tho 0 Britis Brid hers and the tc americana la is hobt marked although nothing I 1 IV ie being done in violation illation I 1 of neutrality elvory british captain in the po pon r F swears by the tha admiral and arl friendly e adly call are exchanged every day b by y th the officers it if the british and american american naval vessels were near torether together instead ot of seven miles apart the same good would exist amon offices the germans are now coming around und andr r the influence at 0 the admirals tact fact and d s and giving lees eau cacao me for observations on their and methods while the french and japanese tire aro very I 1 quiet much credit 1 I given A to the insurgents for their jr mannet of 0 t treating re 0 ling spanish pr prisoners ir 16 era without aleh wishing 1 n I 1 to detract dot ra et f from r am their merits it Is well to remember that owe gwei very much of 0 his to admiral dewey and the pre pr cince ence of the american fleet ako the spaniards 1 a alaras 1 in i prison or horpi tai ac em 1 dge ope openly n that they feel safe rate but only so long as the american ships are in tho the bay thy thoy are indignant at the lang I 1 ing and bloodcurdling blood curdling proclamations that have been issued aguinaldo Agul naldo knows that but for admiral denev support ho he would mould not have met with his hia phenomenal success and he knows too that thai the admiral will not a ilow allow any crul ity the health of 0 the fleet permits the surgeons to attend to the wounded mounded prisoners and to their praise be it 11 said they arc one and all ajl zealous in tho the entree of buni humanity anity truly the fleet haz haj been a lit fit and nobl representative senta tive of tile llie great republic and this Is 18 openly find and gladly ackrom acknowledged ledged by every rep a of tile the press m whom honi I 1 have mot met it de derevey dereve irever 3 the more attention because the insurgents are not so BO senile gentle with the prisoners taken beyond the present limit of our influence only the other day two priests m were mem em captured by forno fomo rebels and murdered offer after being mutilated Mut IlaVA As I 1 said raid this was beyond the reach of 0 our fleet the wealthy inhabitants foreign fore lenert ertl ant and natives alike wi wil 11 feel a ure on only ly when gen IN Merrl ferrItt ll and ill his army arrive they have no confidence whatever in aguinaldo Agul naldo or his friends and fully expect that the city will mill be sacked backed it if it should be captured by the rebels there Is a pre desire to leave the city before that dreaded event even it can tale take place mr walker the british consul has been very active in alliNa tinz dis distress trebs with math our admirals hearty operation cooperation co the consul sleeps ott on board vt vc ll II sr S I 1 tut but Is found at his office during the day the vire vice con consul ml sir ramsden remains ot at Sanga anga loong i ill I 1 Is at i present a a point of bonu contest between the an and d the S spaniards he Main tallia that ills his quarters quartel s are not go ao quiet as they used to be and I 1 believe him in my suppo supposed sd capacity of 0 correspondent spon dent for a german paper I 1 am unable to look for any intimacy with mith the tha leaders of the insurgents but I 1 have met plenty of people who are well acquainted with mith aguinaldo Agul naldo and from what I 1 have heard of him together with his actions I 1 think that I 1 am able to male a beur air estimate of tile the man the leader against abodin abominable a hie oppi orpie easlon silon was waa dr jose i ho bo paid for his patriotism with nith hla his life aguinaldo sold out ut and although he stipulated tor for favorable tuyo rable terms for bf nil t followers he be proved that lie he did not care what b a t became ot of them by ill his 6 efforts efa to secure the tha total judes judas money an tor for himself this debars him from any claim of being an honorable mm man As to his abilities they we ate tile those of 0 a demagogue ro personally he hi Is brave ven iven i to rash n ass andee has the iho cunning that pet pertains alne to mon mn of Ms stamp F ile he held a council of at old cavite tor for the purpose of organizing a provi provisional iona government but appeared to submit when consul general williams advised him to postpone the council for two months yet almott immediately he be assembled a number of troops at olt old cavite cavile where chere he ha read what flat purported to be a declaration of independence and formally announced the formation of a ProvIn provisional lonal government with gen aguinaldo Agul naldo fit at the head of 0 course almost simultaneously he do declares clares openly that itis ills object and that of the insurgents to become an interial Inte gial part of the united states slates and that it if any ani other power wants wanta these islands it will mill have to 1 light ight for them at the same time the hope Is almost general that the united states mill retain control ot of these rich islands almost all the foreigners echo the wish almost I 1 said because the germans Ger roano would prefer to acquire the title themselves but even the spaniards who feet that this colony Is lost to them hope that uncle yarn sam will milt remain mes mas forthe friar fraternity Is 19 pretty well convinced that their rule is 19 past and tor for good reasons dread the day when the insurgent will milt bolcome masters in that case or it a non cathony 0 o power should be substituted for in most t christian spain it Is their intention os I 1 am told although a I 1 will mill riot not be res responsible const for it its truth to sell out their realty and partly withe aw I 1 I 1 may assert as aa a tact III that were it not for or the attitude tit of the german fleet aou would td have surrendered tho the moment tho the american transports had anchored and I 1 am afriay that germany Is again tho the c cats ts paw ot of another power as it was when it secured ec that barren pas 2 cr chao there w was n no bismarck at tile the head of the foreign domce in berlin to lo the emperor irom from bf ing us used ed as abool a tool the other power flamer secured an ail extensive and valuable territory bel besides on an impregnable port and ge oer r many anany is trying to be ecal 11 part to 11 0 f its asiatic lofb L s a ions to ital italy it a it almost at a menace that the kalser tile the flagship ot of admiral Dle drederick derick s tile tho irene the bollon Geli llon till the cor col moran and the Kal gerin augusta ne lie making their here to asi 1138 rt that timy are needed to protect the handful of germans Ger IK 19 rather a heavy lax upon credulity england la Is evidently suspicious of 0 what the game may be tor for sho she too has five ehlies tho the tile ture lure the rattler tho the plover red the Pi gigray gray and tile the centurion pi expected france Is very quiet and I 1 polito polite just ut now and hussla dame ru mor liaa has it will wild set boac ships hips to I 1 va what let br Is coln ing on tor for tho she has n no 0 inter ests here japan la hs euclet ding IY form fond 1 of 0 bula havin havink great and good goo I 1 fasi iq I for far craU tude and will probably offset the tha russian fleet by an equal number rim her of ships |
