Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-08-18
END OF THE WAR.

cruisers late on Saturday night 70 nollo /
and CebU. either 70 accept the surren- /
Ier Of these pleces or 70 lombard them .
Tie Raleigh was 20 start on Sunday TO
Labuan. there 10 pick up three Spanish F.
steamers that nave been running be
tween that po-t and Iloilo. The Con .
cord ard Boston were dispatched 70
Port Royal 70 =.s'g hye Sun-bo4ts
that have bcen in hiding Af.erwari
-ra a-siip- VIII raise the American
Eas q. me capital " each Of the =
.ards Il is expected it will take s-s
uar5hi.s three weeks to accomplish
these missions.
Az0Icill5 high commissioner ana
an nba-ssd0r u the Philippine rrovis
ional government. headed a delegation
2f Hong Kong Fi!iFiaos who called o.
Consul Ge-eral Wllnan Monday
and congra 5llatei La on the Amer
can victories n the Philippine They
requested 8I- Wfdman 70 wire Pre=--
Dent Mckinley assurance Of the ?
allegiance and TO present their requss.
thas she F1iipinos be represented On
! TIE Philippine commission
The Manila correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph telegrar rnlns
said
Nothing could be more humane
than the American capture Of the
town. General Merritt and Admiral
Dewey plan was to spare every OBJ
! iect but the armed deferses and the
trenches. Apparently the American
losses were extremely small The
spanish entertainments varied in point
Of distance from two to four miles from
the center Of Old Manila
Defending this long line Of at least
zen miles were lot over, and probably
under. J.0GJ Spanish regular troops
volunteers and natives About half
that number were in hospital The
attacking forces numbered from 10, 0Oot
10000 natives ana 70, 90 Americans, on
shore and aboard tho feet In every
| respect the advantage was Oh The side
ot the attack The American field
guns threw heayier metal and had long
er range than the Spanish. the marks
nianship Of the United States gunners
| was much superior TO tnat Of the
Spaniards, and the men We're stronger
| and 10 better condition. The Span
| iar1s are a small race compared with
oneir stalwart opponents, and worn
out by hundred days siege and dis
! appointed by the failure to arrive o.
| the promised Spanish relief squadron,
they aad lost heart 1t was q hopeless
struggle.
| Looking over the bay it was curious
n notice the foreign fleets arrange
themselves according TO their sympa
: thies The English and japanese were
near the Americans and the German
and French on the opposite sides Of the
bay north of the Hasi2 river The Brit
ish cruiser Iamorlite, and her consorts.
! kept fairly near the American line
The attacking squadron formed in line
between Malate and Old Manila with
the Concord watching the fort at the
mouth Of the Pasig Tho American
feet lay outside the breakwater,
| The Olympia fred the first shot at
$40 and fairly continuous but by no
means furious cannonade was kept IN
til II 30. by that time the Malate fort
was sileuced and the American troops
then storaied the .a-Ienchments. The
! Spaniards who were - the earthwoikB
tell me that the quick-fring guns Of tho
TO the shore, were Ear more terrible ia
their effects than was the rasing fire ii
tie ships
''Re4stance 10 the American attack
Has imposH pe The First Coloraao
regiment was tho eatii5t to charge the
Span-ards. who retired 10 The second
line. bat, soon oatnHusbered, they were
forced inso tils ia city A part of Ma
lote suffered severely from the BON
bardment The Wanted intramuros de-
fences were not tried
The Spanish commander. convinced
that further resistance was hopeless.
1oisted white flag at II 80 and the or
der 10 cease firing wa4 Immediately
issued in the centre Of The town, bot a
the outskirts street fighting continued
for sometime afterwards between the
rebels and Spaniards
The only fear felt in the city is in
regard 10 the conduct Of insurgents.
| As ] write this H. ne honse OF the Ger
man consul, brisk fnaiilade is going
on between the comb4tants and musket-
| ry fire ig rattling al around. "
| Berlin, Aug. 16-General August.
according TO a dispatch from hong
Kong, dated yesterday, was dismissed
from his post az captain general Of the
PHILIPPINES On August 9TH.
General Jaudeines was ordered 10
take over the command Mt Manila
Madrid. Aug 16.-The cabinet has de-
! cided % order General Blanco and al
other Spanish generals in the Antilles
70 remain at their posts until the evac
uation is completed
General Wesley Merritt it IL reported
here, took the greatest precautions TO
prevent the insurgents from interfering
with the capitrlatiou Of Manila or mp
proaching the city.
The Madrid press fears that the sur
render may effects SPANS position in
the negotiations for the future govern
meut Of the Philippines.