| Show TO NelACK PHILIPPINES It Is Expected the American Fleet Will Make It in Two or Three Days ORDERS TO DEFEAT THE SPANISH FLEET I t Inurent General If 30000 Men u1bll lpfil 10 Ad the AmrOWork for Deweys squadron I New York April 2GA dispatch to the World from lions Kong says The guns of Americas Asiatic squadron will soon be thundering In thc harbor ot Manila the capital of the Philippine Islands Commodore Dewey has orders from Washington to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet Unless Spains warships are In hiding hid-ing the fighting will begin at or near the Philippines and the time is I only a matter of hours perhaps before Sunday Sun-day dayOen Oen Agumaldo the president of the Philippine Insurgents has sailed from Singapore where he has been In exile with the members of his cabinet They chartered their own steamship They will land at a convenient point on the Islands and the general will put himself at the head of an army of 30000 veil equipped Insurgents now gathered and walling for him Gen Aguinaldo will lead this large force to attack Mnll by land While the American warships bombard the city from the sea Th movements of that army Interest Commodore Dny and command him sympathy but he has given the Insur gent no olllclal aId or encouragement Nevertheless the two forces will co operate In fact and should prove mr than a match tr the Spaniards Consul William arrived pn Monday from Manila on the steamship Stsm rld A ft dlpth boat tk him Immediately to the flagship Olympia The consul will accompany the fleet back to Manila lie has full informal tlon It Is believed regarding the Spanish Span-Ish fortifications at Manila and elsewhere 1 else-where on the Philippines and also regarding re-garding the location of mlnesand tor retina planted In the harbors The Spanish ships are awaiting attack in Manila harbor U Is I supposed under the protection of the land fortlflca lIn WORK FOR DEWEYS SQUADRON Chicago April 28A special to the TlmlIerald from Wahlngtn says Navy department officials confidently confident-ly expect that within throe days a decisive de-cisive battle will have been fought between be-tween the American and Spanish naval forces operating In the waters of the Philippines 11 Is I Iarned from a mst reliable source that Commodore Dy squadron ron Which left Hongkong Sunday fr Mlrs bay has now left that place for the Philippine Islands under Instructions Instruc-tions sent several days ago by Secretary Long Steaming at thc rl of ten knots an hour the fleet ought to reach Its destination by this afternoon and It Is I expected by Secretary Long and other department ofllclals that the vesiels will bo In action Immediately after their arrival unle a the Spanish mnofwr should prefer to remain Inside the mined harbors Of primary Importance the officials declare Is I the Immediate capture or destruction of Spanish vessels After this I Ins been accomplished It will not be a dltllcult matter to secure the fall of Manila or Luzon and of other ports by Imply conducting a blockade such as the North Atlantic squadron Is I doing I with reference to Cuban ports It Is understood that Commodore newey plan of campaign contemplates the capture cap-ture or destruction of the pnlh fleet There are six of these crAft none of whIch are to be compared to the protected pro-tected cruisers 0 f the American squadron squad-ron As Commodore Dewy Ims not 4 large squadron Is I appreciated that he will rot have fmmrlcnt vesels to carryon carry-on a block da which will taot any length of time He will however be able to I blockade the principal ports in which the Spanish traps are stationed and the Insurgents In the Island will probably give him arlstance by contributing their land operations I Altogether naval experts say that Commodore Devvey task la the easiest uf those which have been assigned to nny flag olllrer Upon but one point are the officials uneasy This relates to the confine nnee of cable communication between Commodore Dewey and the United State Th ere is I a Spanish cabl a line connect I nsr l1nokn and the Philip Piece and it may be found necessary to I cutth cable I In order to prevent tile Sparitah forces fromrumtn < thelr goor tm in cut the condition 6t affairs In the Island It Is appreciated by the authorities I nJho il that a Spain can need tie reinforceMents reinforce-ments to the East It will do the Spaniards very little good to know what is going on In the far east but 51 2 for prudential reasons It Is believed that Commodore Dewey should hasten tn got the cable under its control as rapidly as possible It Is I supposed at the department that he has mad all necesgiry preparatlo to cut the cable an I to keep possession of the end connecting him with Hong kng and mith an operator on = n I his ship he Will bo able to communlcat With the department as often as shall be I necessary INSURGENTS DOING THEM PART Hongkong April 2Th Philippine Islands Insurgents are massing around Manilla and a massacre of Spaniards Is I feared Mall advices which reached here today to-day from Manila dated Saturday last say the Insurgents were then gathering In I masses aroun it Manila and that the mcr of Spaniards at that point wa apprehended It Is J nlro announced Ir the illipatchii that the Spanish have laid mines about Manila The United States iuadTin leaves Min bay tomorrow to watch the Philippine Philip-pine ports Th Insurgent leader Agulnaldo Is I oil board the United States cruiser OlympIa |
