The herald., 1898-06-18

| June continues. The troops are fighting
on the line Of blockhouses which stops the
enemy's advance. The enemy has been
strengthened by assertions Of the native
troops which diminish our means of resist
ance and may compel me to take refuge
within the walled city.
Communication with the province Is still
cut off, and do not know whether the de-
tachment there will be able to hold out
against lack Of resources.
II hope to receive assistance from the Pc
ninsula before our means Of defense are
| exhausted"
Spaniards in Despair
MANILA, June 6, via Hong Kong. June
17.-Spanish power is crumbling in the Phil
|ippine Islands,
General Pena and thousand Spanish SOL
diers have surrendered at Santa Cruz.
Similar surrenders have taken place at La
Guna and at Pampanga. and In each case
hardly anybody was killed. 1t was reported
hhat Rear Admiral Dewey is unable to re-
strain the insurgents, but their conduct is
satisfactory. There is no necessity for in
reference as no excuses whatever have
been committed. This is partly due to the
merely nominal assistance furnished the
insurgents.
The latter propose to form a republic
under Anglo-American tutelage. and
threaten to visit with severe penalties the
insurgents who have become turncoats, es-
|pecialy in the case of Palermo, a prominent
native protege of the Spaniards.
There was desultory firing today in every
lauarter on the outskirts of the town. with
no material result. although there were
several artillery accidents. and one explos-
lion which killed six Spaniards and wounded
many others.
The ammunition Of the Spaniards Is ut
Iterly untrustworthy because 1t is old, rot
Item and has never been tested. The Span
Iiards are impotent with rage, bewildered
and in despair. The cafes tonight are
lcrowded with officers with their hands in
their pockets, gaping vacantly, while an
lintermittant fusilade is audiable in all d.
|rections. Carloads of food have been stored
Inside the walled citadel, with the intention
of standing q siege and defying the Ameri-
can warships. But the idea is ridiculouslS
|preposterous. for the citadel. so-called. is
totally untenable against the fire Of a mod
ern. fleet Of warships.
The Trops Starving
| MANILA, via Hong Kong, June H.-(Cop-
| yrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.) 1t
| is now officially admitted here that the lack
of food supplies has become serious mat
ter. Gunboats conveying volunteers sent
into the lagoon to search for food for the
| city on Friday, June 8, returned here today
| Sunday and reported the total failure of
their mission.
| Later-It has now been officially admit
ted that the troops have been thirty-six
hours without food. The insurgents are
gaining everywhere, and are now firing
into Manila itself.
| The commanders Of the gunboat also re-
port that every lagoon and town is hostile
| and that their garrisons had probably been
massacred. The Spanish fleet was unable
to effect landing, in spite of the prolonged
| firing upon the part of the gunboats.
Nobody, however. was killed. This re-
moves the last hope Of provisioning Manila.
During the week all the garrison were 81
multaneously overpowered or surrendered
as prisoners. The latter are well treated.
A majority of those who resisted were
| slaughtered.
| Whole companies of Spaniards have had
nothing to eat for two days and some OF
them are literally crying. 1t is pit3ble
| sight The native peasantry charitably as
sist the starving soldiers without compul-
sion and some Englishmen yesterday gave
a treat to the soldiers guarding the out
posts. They bought wandering hawker's
store of eatables for a few shillings and
gave the food to the soldiers, who said 1t
was the first food they had tasted for
thirty-six hours.
Dewey's Brief Report
+ WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Navy r
| q =,
1, ing from Admiral Dewey: r
4. "Cavite, June II. via Hong Kong, 4.
4. June 17.-There is little change in the +
4, situation since my telegram of June +
l. 3.-Insurgents continue hostilities +
r and have practically surrounded Ma +
i, namely. They do not intend to take i.
1. prisoners. whom they treat most hui r.
r manly. They do not intend to take r
4. the city at the present time. r
4. "Twelve merchant vessels are an 1.
i. chored in the bay with refugees and r.
4, under guard of neutral men-of-war; +
r this with my permission. The health r
l. Of the squadron has been excellent. The 1.
i. German commonder-in-chief arrived r
4. today. Three German, two British r
i. one French and one Japanese men-of- r
+ war, now in port. Another German +
+ man-of-war is expected. +
1. 1.-THE following is correct list Of the i.
4. Spanish vessels captured and Destroy r.
!. &c: Destroyed-Two protected cruis- +
+ ers, five unprotected cruisers, one /.
!. transport and one serving vessel, both i.
4, armed. The following were captured r.
!, The transport Manila and the gunboat +
+ Callao."
Drunken Officers Command
There is no doubt, as one person re-
marked, that somebody deserves lynching
for the state of affairs existing. Scores of
bloated officers of the Spanish forces are
to be seen daily loafing about the beer shops
and cafes along the boulevards, reviling the
English, while the men under their charge
are starving.
The insurgents yesterday rushed the pas
sage of the Zapota river and also descended
from the lagoon, took the Spaniards in the
flank and captured several guns. The Span
|ish soldiers made a good stand until they
were ordered to retreat. Probably their
ammunition was inadequate.
It Is almost impossible to understand how
such magnificent positions can be aban-
doned without a struggle. The insurgents
today captured Las Pinas. Paragua, Tun-
gallo, Malibay and Pineda. all on the coast
line. The Spaniards lost ninety men killed
and wounded, and several thousand re-