The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-02
Revolutionists' Strength


 London, August "A dispatch to the Times from Cavite dated July 26 says: It is becoming more apparent daily that there are serious complica- tions ahead The Americans never made greater mistake than in bring ing Aguinaldo and the insurgent lead-
 CTS here and giving them arms and
 nexation by the Americans, openly op- poses them. Either he has been cor-
 rupted by some foreign power or he has
 false notion of the strength of the
 Filipino revolutionists, failing to recog-
 nize that their recent successes are due to the concentration of Spanish strength at Manila, consequent upon the presence of the Americans. He dictates to the Americans in absurdly inflated terms.
 He compelled the natives at the southern approaches to Manila to regis ter their bullocks, ponies and convey | ances, instructing the owners not to supply them to the Americans without | his sanction. General Anderson warned | Aguinaldo that force would be used to impress the means of transport, which were ultimately forthcoming. Aguinal- dos attitude make future operations | against Manila probable.
 1 In my opinion, with the aid of the l fleet the city might already have been taken. Nothing but the complications with the natives prevented an advance | Now the violent rains have set in, mak- | ing operations arduous and threatening the health of the men. Aguinaldo's forces encircle the city making daily and nightly attacks. The Span- iards still hold the whole of the sub | urbs. Occasional sorties are made, in which the loss of life is slight. Two | miles behind Aguinaldo's lines, south of ! Manila, 5000 American troops are en-
 camped. The remainder are at Cavite.
 Aguinaldo is understood to have ob- 1 jected to the advance of the Ameri-
 cans, to ground captured by the insur-
 gents.
 | T am convinced that the Philip pines will never capitulate. The best 1 solution of the political situation would l be that Americans should administer l the islands, disarming the natives. Five half-breeds taken by Aguinaldo have | been condemned to be shot The Unit 1 ed States gunboat McCulloch now pa | trols between the neutral and Manila l to prevent communication
 The correspondent of the Times al
 Cavite on the date of July 29 says: "The | arrival of General Merritt has given a l great stimulus to military activity The i occupation of the country has beer | completed for about a mile east of the | shore. The Americans have not yet re- | turned single shot, although they are 1 constantly under fire. The situation al | the front is most extraordinary. Each force Is guarding it's own lines but the | insurgents are little better than ar
 armed rabble. I am reluctant to be- lieve the report that a certain Ameri-
 can official assured Aguinaldo that the Americans came simply to support the | insurgent cause and establish a repub- | lie, yet the attitude of the insurgents
 scene ample confirmation. The insur. gent leaders are arrogant and make nc
 motive toward recognizing American authority.
 ''The condition of the Spanish pris-
 oners confined by the insurgents is
 most deplorable and has excited the pity and sympathy of General Merritt
 who begins to issue rations to-day
 without advising Aguinaldo. This is | probably the first step toward assum- ing proper authority over the insur- gents. The attitude of the insurgents | is the only difficulty in the way of ar l immediate settlement of the whole mat. 1 ter. The arrival of the third exp1di- tion is expected tomorrow. The force will then be amply sufficient for any emergency. Shortly after midnight | last night the Americans occupied the | insurgent lines for several hundred | yards, including the position nearest to 1 the Spanish works. The insurgents l yielded their positions at the request o1 | General Merritt"