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Show CHAFFEE MEETS DATTOS. Nearly All, and Especially the Surviving Sur-viving SultanB, Are Fr ndly Toward United States. Manila, May 18. len Chaffee returned re-turned here todny from Lake I-unao, In the Interior of the Island of Mindanao. He nald he saw several Moro dnttos while there and had moat satisfactory Interviews with them Nearly ull tho dattos and especially the surviving sultans, sul-tans, claim to entertain friendly feelings feel-ings toward the United States. In view of a cablegram, which Gen Chaffee received today from Oen Davis, who Is In command of the American force in Mindanao and In which It up-peura up-peura that Datto Ruty has apparently refused to return tho unlinuls he cap-turcd cap-turcd from the American army, Oen. f'haffeo Is not prepared to say that there will bo no moie fighting In Mindanao. Min-danao. Gen Davis icpnrts that Datto Ruty ra)B he Is ready to fight, but Oen Chaffee Chaf-fee bellmen tint although It may bo necessary to bring this dutto to terms, his resistance of tho American fotces must necessntlly bo slight. Datto Hut)' forts aie situated on a ilgh hill 'They could be sui rounded by a Hue of Aincrluiii skirmishers, who would pt event the tlnltn from obtalulns water nnd who could thus foicu a pruc-tlcully pruc-tlcully bloodless victory lu u few Ua)S. |