Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-15

EFFORTS 10 PREVENT MORE sLOODsatr


ihe ncNt day or two 70 the efforts
1f this government supported by that "
Great ntiUin and Spain are success.
fully directed. ln order that further
n'0udah,d may b. aycrtcd ana thu sus.
ponsc relieved 10 o. understood that
Admiral Dewey haH boon in possession
~ the Philippine end OF tho cable ui
over two months, although b. was uu.
able to secure l1e legal terminus OF
.he line. which De- located within the
city u ManlIa aud. through ths strict
construction placed upon thr rules uf
neutrality Dds operation Wllo unable
to secure any response 10 their signals
rom the HlnEl,unF terminal This Do.
strlction mndc necessary tn frequent
sending 90 dispatch huutT back and fore
wprd from Maniin 90 HIugk1ng. uuI
recently The severed end Of ihH cable
has been hupyCd and no attention paid
20 u. On the vorsel that started from
iongkong un saturday COR Manila
went orders Co restore submarine tein-
graphic communication al once. aud
na The Am ricln forces by the terms
NJ thc protocol. arc In possession OF the
Philippines from an International stand
poIui, whoihof they actually hu.d The
municipality or not. and ha hostIlitles
| have formally boon terminated and the
| rrqulr mruts % neutrality abolished,
all obstacles On The free use of the ca
bic have been removed.
tnul Manila iH la closer touch with
| the rast OF the world than 70 has been
/ for thH last three and onc-hlf mou,hs,
officials in Washington VIII hH har.
assoc by the rravcst anxiety regarding
! . a. H.
last news from Manila was dated ten
| days ago and described the nerce light
| Ing no Mniatu On July y. when the
| Americans held their position which
| had been assaulted. Augufi 3 therr
] Waa olnrnnhdlng AN day. The Mon
/ terry arrived August 4. with three
| transports ~ the third expedition. and
nt inc ume the dispatch vessel len
| preparations were bling made Tor an
immediate assault upon the city. u
was known that Gen. Merritt was only
awaiting these achievements 10 de-
mand the surrender and 90 give notice
OF a naval bomharimcnt.
Under these circumstances every pre-
caution was taken last Friday u In
form Admiral Dewey and Den. Nor,
| rift with the least possible delay OF
the formal signing NJ the protocol ana
the suspension Of hos tlch A
speedy vessel was held at HongkonF
under steam ready 10 carry dispatches
as soon na they should D. cahlcd to
Consul wildman. II had been deemed
lnadvisablo 10 send any preliminary
| warning tn the naval and military
commanders on Thuually or Friday
morning. for fear the noi1rlpuniy aha.
tory and prDcrustlnatiuE methods Of
gpauinh diplomacy mlrht result In fur
Their puHtponement ~ rf1c~. II was
remarked. however thlf SaraHin, who
knew his own intentions hettrr than
any one eise knew them. had chartered
| weasel aud sent Instructions 10 Gen.
August ON Thursday 90 ufcr no fur
liner Resistance and On eapitulate n
compelled 20 do Hn. This. however has
MOI been verified. and lH proceeding
utterly forlrn 10 mchEfr rNhlhiil"nn
u fnrrthouRht herutnforl manifested ny
the spanish government % receives no
crodence from the anxious authorities
IN washington.
when Tho protocol was signed, fol-
lowed Immediately by tha sending ~
cnhie dispatches 90 Admiral Dewey
and General Merritt n NHH broad day
unht Saturday morning ~ Manila. u
tnkcn fully n minute az the most gem
eroun calculations ~ send single
word 20 Honfkong hy rahlf' Acung
Secretary Allen and Adiuihnt General
Cnrhln each sent several hundred
words ~ instructions IN the respective
| commanders under them Including
comics Of thu President PROCLAMATION,
and u n therefore unlikely that tho
vefnel was able 10 start hrfnrc Sntur-
day afternoon, Manila n oh miles from
| UonekonE and NJ n knots the dis.
tance might b. made IN 80 hours, which
would enable the dispatches 20 reach
the American forces Monday morning
or, according 10 Washington time. Sun
day night Unless General Morrltt
hnd taken Manila hy that time the In
niructlons sent him prevent any fur
thor military operation ana the truce
viii have 10 be- ngtrrd similar In nll
respects "a that Imposed upon General
Miles IN Porto Rico. Tho official mes
saEes relate solely 90 hostllltieH and
have no hearing upon tha third article
NJ tho protocol which rf1vides that
the United stnfnH will hold the city,
bay aud harhor ~ Manila until tho
meeting ~ commissioner This n an
exceedingly peculiar f,Hiure NJ the
huatlnn. hut Il rivrT Ihe authorities
'eas concern than the far m further
nrhtinE The article was wordcd IN
accordance With the rr dents origi-
nal proposition two we'ks ngo, which
Z
mentnry expectation that the starved
out city would surrender az Ipce, and
ID was evident that The United States
forces would romhln ln power In tho
philippine II was therefore con-
Fldrrcd unnecessary 10 Hilpulnte In tho
protocol Tint a commission should be-
appointed within ten days and ARRANGE
tho details OF evacuation AZ was the
case with cuba and Porto Rico,
n the position of hrslrsrd and be-
nleEerH ne Manila hnH not materially
changed In the last twn weeks when
the leaders Of the opposing forces re-
reivcd their orders establishing an ar
mistlce, such military commission
would be essential unless the Spanish
general throws himself upon dcs~ral
Merritt's protection and eomnolh tho
Americans Immediately 90 assume re-
aponslbllity for tho protection OF pri-
vato property and the Inhabitants ~
well az the Spanish glrr nn. from the
Insurgents under Agulnnldo
Secretary Alger b confident mat Tho
Spanish general VIII welcome the news
and oheerfully obey the Instructions
cnbled to him from Madrid 20 lay down
hls arms. and no serious complications
rs expected 10 arise with the Insurgents
at present. at least rrsaIding N,
change OF government The chiei
alarm relates 20 tho sacrifice or life
which may have taken place since Au'
gust ith, and TO the possibility that
Aguinnldo and his soldiers may have
entered the city from "a point ON Tho
North while the spaniaFds were en-