Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1898-08-06
NEED MORE TROOPS.
Cen. Merritt Wants an Army Of
$4,000 Men at Manila.
THE PROBLEM OF THE PHILIPPINES.
the Attitude 20 No Assumed Towards the
Insurgents Pushing the Administration
~ Washisgton-A Commission
Considered Dangerous

able soldier now In camp ut San Fran
cisco will be on the way to Manila
An important cablegram has been re-
ceived via Hong Kong by Maj Gen.
Merriam from Maj. Gen. Merritt mill
tary governor of the Philippines, ask
ing for o statement as 10 the number
Of troopships dispatched for Manila
since his departure. dates OF their sail
ing and number Of soldiers carried by
each. In the same dispatch Gen. Mer-
rift virtually called for $1,000 more
troops in addition to the quota Of 90
900 already assigned him. The latter
part Of the telegram Is duplicate Of
q message sent by Gen. Merritt to the
war department.
II Is evident that Gen. Merritt con-
siders the situation ut Manila very
serious, not so much owing TO the
Spaniards In the city rs to the bold
and threatening attitude assumed by
Aguinaldo and his insurgents, who are
msnifesting m ugly disposition to
carry on IN independent warfare. Up
TO date there have been sent from San
Francisco 10000 troops for the Philip
pines, Of whom $4,000 have arrived
ut Manila and 1000 are en- route.
The rest Of the quota Is 1000,
which, with the $4,000 addi-
tional now called for. will make $4,000
troops yet to be transported from San
Francisco, II the demand OF Gen. Mer-
rift is complied with. There are i'm
mediately available ut San Francisco
six full regiments, aggregating $500
men. These are the Seventh Cslifor-
mia, First Tennessee, Twentieth Kan
sas, Fifty-first Iowa, First Washing
ton and Eighth California. There are
also 1900 recruits. These 1900 men
can be sent to Manila as fast rs steam
ers can be furnished for their trans.
portation.
THE PROBLEM OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Washington, Aug. An interesting
question and ono OF vital Importance
TO the administration Is the attitude
to be assumed by the United States to-
ward the Philippine insurgents In the
event that we reach m agreement for
the suspension Of hostilities with
Spain. II Is stipulated In our peace
terms that the United States military
forces shall occupy and establish a
military form of government over
the city OF Manila and the
bay, with the surrounding terri
tory. This involves an immedi-
ate surrender Of the Spanish forces,
not to Aguinaldo, but to Gen. Merritt,
and there Is apprehension that the in
surgents will resent this very bitterly.
and that II will be necessary to expel
them forcibly from the territory de.
scribed. Beyond this, It Is said In some
quarters that pending the decision OF
the peace commissioners rs to the
future Of the Philippines, the United
States will be morally bound to main
tain the statu quo in the islands at
large. In other words, having deprived
Spain Of the means OF resisting the
onslaughts OF the insurgents. 1t has
been urged that the United States
would be bound to prevent the latter
from continuing their warfare. There
IL q lack Of information In Washing
ton on many important points rs to
the conditions in the Philippines. For
instance, II Is not known. even ap-
proximately, how extensive the
revolutionary movement has been
throughout the vast group Of 1900
islands and among the large popula-
ton, estimated to aggregate between
5000, 900 and 5000, 900. II the revolu-
tionsry movement Is general and ex-
tends 70 very many Of the islands the
task presented to the United States
military and naval authorities will be
one of great magnitude, in the event
IL IL decided TO be incumbent upon us
not only to restore Spanish sovereignty
whore II has been lost, but to prevent
its overthrow In sections where II Is
still supreme, and TO prevent excuses
and outrsges at the hands OF the In.
surgents
A COMMISSION CONSIDERED DANeEBoUa
London, Aug. A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Singapore says:
President AcKiniey's proposal that COM
mission should decide the future government
OF the Philippines Is considered here as giving
Spain chance OF recovering partial authority
over her revolted subjects The state Of
thiugs, Il Is thought, might afford m opening
for intrigu-s on the part Of foreign powers un-
friendly 20 America, Great Britain ind Japan.
and might prove dangerous 70 the cause OF
permanent peace In the Pacific
eantiago Troops Ordered to Aiontauk.
Washington, Aug. ALL the troops
Of cavalry with Skaters army and the
eight companies Of Roosevelrs rough
riders have been ordered to proceed 10