The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-22
DBWEY'S NEXT MOVE
May Be the Bombardment and Cap
ture Of Manila.
THEsPANIARDs MAYsURRENDER
News of the Destruction of Cervera's
Fleet Has Reached Them, ana This
May Prevent Confiict-The Amer
lean Flag Ioisted on Wake Island,

May Prevent Confict-The Amer
lean Flag Hoisted on Wake Island.
Hong Kong, July 22.-The following
advices have been received from Ma
Mia under date of July 49,:
Unless the Spaniards surrender in
the meantime. Rear Admiral Dewey
will lombard the Notifications Of Ma
nila by the end Of this week, provided
| the troops are ready to take possession
Immediately The First regiment is al
ready In the field at Paranaque, two
miles from Manila.
The Spaniards are reported to have
been buoyed up by the hope that the
Cadiz fleet, due here on the 18th, would
arrive soon. but the news Of the de-
struction of Cervera's squadron.
brought by the Japanese cruiser Mani
wa, may lead them to surrender The
insurgents are constantly harrassing
the Spaniards on both sides of the city,
but they are checked by the big guns
OF the Malate and Santa Misa forts.
The second detachment of the Ameri-
can expedtionary force arrived in ex-
cellent condition. though four died on
thu voyage. ,",-:..Jnx.;x,..
q The American transports have
hoisted the American flag on an island
supposed to be Wake Island which is
In the Marshall group, in Micronesia,
comprising the Radack and Ralick
chains.
General Aguineldo has organized the
Philippine cabinet at Bacoor with the
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council General Aguinaldo: secretary
of war. Baldimiro Aguinaldo, nephew
of General Aguinaldo: secretary Of
the interior, Leandre Ibaira; secre-
tary of state. Mariana Tras.
General Aguinaldo's cabinet took the
oath of Office at Bacoor on Sunday in
the presence of 5000 natives. A fire
works display followed. Aguinaldo is
restless under American restraint and
wants TO capture Manila.
United States Consul Williams. who
is at Cavte, has written to United
States Consul Wildman here strongly
urging him to come to Cavite and
reason with General Aguinado. with
whom he has great influence. Mr.. Wild
man may start at the end of next
week.
General Anderson has quartered the
California battalion at Paranaque, sew
eral miles from Manila.
The blockade is effective, and mails
are not allowed to enter Manila except
by warships.
A Spanish steamer the Vosol, hav-
ing on board native crew from the
Visayes islands. southerners is now
in, I,np Jp of l,n ns,yr
crew revolted, killed the Spanish Of
flccrs and reached Taayabo, in the
southern part of the island of Luzon,
but there they quarreled with Tagalon
insurgents and returned to Ilolo. which
is looked upon as indicating that the
Visayes are unwilling to join the Ia
gallons. In any case 1t is considered
certain that the Philippine islands will
never be amalgamated and that they
will never return to Spanish rule.
Therefore the alternative, in the opin-
ion of the best informed people here, is
foreign rule, American or British.
The insurgents are well armed. They
arc provided with Mauser rifles and
have two field pieces. They are gradu-
ally forcing the Spaniards back. The
Spanish prisoners ore well treated by
the rebels, but they are all terribly eX-
hausted and emaciated. Some of them
are suffering severely from fever. The
position Of the Spanish prisoners taken
by the Americans Is peculiar. Admiral
Dewey. being unable to keep them,
turned them over to the rebels under a
proviso that America should bear the
expenses of their maintenance, Cen
eral Aguinaldo being responsible for
their feeding. The prisoners at Cavite
complain that they receive insufficient
food but the rebels are unable to OBJ
tain better.
The prisons ana hospitals are ex-
tremely filthy. The surgical and medi- |
cal treatment is primitive. Since the ar |
rival of General Anderson's brigade,
however, the prisoners have been en- |
ployed in cleaning and other sanitary
work, and there has been a marked
all around.
The developments of the political po-
sition confirm the belief that the ma |
tives are suffering from 'swelled head |
and are likely to cause trouble to the |
Americans. whose preparations keep |
this contingency steadily in view. 1t Is |
that in an attack upon Malato |
the rebels lost 90 killed during charge.
A party were surrounded by Spaniards |
and slaughtered to the last man.