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Show HOPE TO CATCH AOUINALDO. Amerleans lltllave II ft Trying to I.-ep I.-ep I mm I aion. Washlogton, Not 13. Ureal Interest Inter-est is felt In tho war department over Agulnaldo'a sudden change of base northeastward from Tarlac to Ilayom-bong, Ilayom-bong, nbout seventy-live miles distant. There aro numerous spellings of the latter place, but the foregoing I the ooe generally adhered toon the map in pottesslon of the nar department. The roost interesting feature of tho new situation It that Agulnaldo has been forced out of the Tagalo country Into a region to the north where the Tagalo Is not spoken and where the mountain and ralleya are filled with U'efrltos and other savage trlbea who , arc hostile to the Tagnlo. This la j about the most mountainous and lnac- ! cesslblc cart of the island, It Is on the headwater of the Mogot 1 that Agulnaldo Is now located. The ; way It open for htm down the long ' stretch of tho river to Aparrl at the mouth of tho Cayugan whero It flow Into the sea. Thla Is one of the wild- ' est but richest valleys tn tho island. It Is believed tho rlvcrCayugan Isnav Igable for our Unclad boat 130 mllea from Its mouth and for canoes much , further. It I expected a soon as Agulnaldo shuns any disposition to move down the valley toward the China sea that warships and gunboat will bo sent round tho northern end of tho Island to meet lilin mid cut off his escape. If It Is Ills Intention to escape fiom i Luron lie would naturally seek Aparri or mimic northern port but the country around Carabello mountain I audi that he could probably stand off tho ,- whola American force In n game of '; hldcnnd-scck In the hills fortlicgrc.nl- , cr part of the coming senson. . |
