Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-18
SPANISH STARVING.
Manila 011CialS Seek Supplies Of Food
In Vain.
TROOPS ACTUALLY CRYING. FOR BREAD
4" Somebody Deserves Lynchlns for the
State Of Affairs"
INSURGENTS AT THE GATES,
sdII, the street-Cars Continue to
Run, and the Ladies' Are Visiting
ns Usual. Apparently pncon-
cerned.

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MANILA, June .. via HONGKONG,
June H.-It is now officially admitted here
that the lack of food supplies has become
serious matter. Gunboats, conveying
volunteers, sent into the lagoon to search
for food for the city on Friday. June Sd,
returned here to-day Sunday and re-
ported the-total failure Of their mission.
1t has been officially admitted that the
troops have been thirty-six hours without
food. The insurgents are gaining every
where, and are now firing into Manila
itself.
In the northern sections the insurgents
have united near Pasig. on the Pasig
river, driving the Spanish gunboats to
Doa. There were few casualties.
Whole companies of Spanards have had
nothing to eat for two days. and some of
them are literally crying for bread. It
is pitiable sight The native peasantry,
charitably assist the starving soldiers
without compulsion, and some English
men yesterday gave treat to the SOL
diers guarding an outpost. They bought
wandering hawkers stock Of eatables
for few shillings, and gave the food to
the soldiers, who said it was the first
food they had tasted for thirty-six hours.
There is no doubt, as one person re-
marked, that somebody deserves lynch
ing for the state of affairs existing
Scores of bloated officers of the Spanish
army are TO be seen daily, loahng about
the beer-shops and cafes along the boule-
wards, reviling the English while the
men under their charge are starving.
INSURGENT SUCCESSES.
The insurgents yesterday rushed the
passage Of the Zapota river, and also de-
scended from the lagoon, took the Span
iards in flank, and captured several guns
The Spanish soldiers made a good stand
until they were ordered to retreat Pro-
baby their ammunition was inadequate.
1t is almost impossible TO understand
how such magnificent positions can be
abandoned without a struggle.
The insurgents to-day captured Las
Pinas, Paranague, Tungalo, Mali bay,
and Pineda-all on the coast line. The
Spaniards lost ninety men killed and
wounded, and 1000 returned here unhurt.
The insurgents are now firing into Ma
and mile and half from the centre OF
the place, containing the fort magazine,
telegraph edlce, and clubhouse.
The horst cars are running. however.
and ladies are visiting within rine-shot of
the enemy, apparently unconcerned.
REBELS IN EVERY SUBURB.
The insurgents are also in every out
lying quarter of Manila, awaiting the sig
nal to advance.
At Caloocan, a suburban railroad sta
tion, there are still a few Spanish troops
in ridiculous entertainments. The village
is full of insurgents, and the railroad line
is broken outside the station. The ties
have been carefully removed by the in
surgents. who promise to replace them
after the war
Many of the native troops make little
secret Of their intention 10 desert tonight.
There is a frantic scramble for refuge in
side the old walled citadel, by the Gov
ernor's orders, Of all the townspeopie.
PROPOSED SURRENDER.
The Captain General had held a coun-
Gil of war, at which it was proposed TO
surrender because resistance is clearly
useless and a deplorable expenditure of
blood, and heroic efforts would be rem
dered futile by lack of training, INSULT
cient supplies, and the smallness of the
force.
The council was furious at this "hu-
initiation by mere natives" and he (0 re-
signed and was superseded by his second
i'm command, who countermanded the
withdrawal of the troops from the field.
SPANISH POWER CRUMBLING.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press)
MANILA, June 6, via HONGKONG,
June 17.-In short. Spanish power is
crumbling in the Philippines.
General Pena and "a thousand Spanish
soldiers have surrendered at Santa Cruz,
similar surrenders have taken place at
Laguna and Pampanga, and in each case
hardly anybody was killed.
Ii is reported that Rear-Admiral Dewey
is unable to restrain the insurgents but
that their conduct is satisfactory. There
is no necessity for interference as no
exCesses whatever have been committed
This is partly due to the merely nominal
assistance furnished the insurgents. The
latter proposed 10 form republic, un-
der Anglo-American tutelage, and threat
ened TO visit with severe penalties the
insurgents who have become turncoats,
especially in the case of Paterno.
prominent native protege OF the Span
iards.
SPANIARDS IMPOTENT.
There was desultory firing to-day in
every quarter on the outskirts of the
town, with no material result, although
there were several artillery attacks, and
one explosion, which killed six SpaniardS
and wounded many others. The ammu-
milton of the Spaniards is utterly un-
Trustworthy. because II is OLD, rotten, ana
has never been tested.
The Standards are impotent with rage,
bewilderment, and despair. The cafes
Tonight are crowded with officers, with
their hands in their pockets, gaping va
cantlv. while an intermittent fusillade Is
audible in all directions
Cart-loads of food have been stored in
side the walled citadel, with the inten-
tion Of standing siege and defying the
American warships. But the idea Is RI
diculously preposterous for the citadel,
so-called Is totally untenable against the
fire of a feet of modern warshps.
REPORT FROM DEWEY.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE Navy
DEPARTMENT has received the following
from Admiral Dewey:
"CavIte. June r. via Hongkong, June
" There is little change In the situa-
t,on since nv telegram OF June Sd. In
surgents continue hostilities and have
surrounded Manila. They have
taken 2.5cO Spanish prisoners, whom
tbev treat most humanely. They do not
intend 10 talse the city at the present
time. Twelve merchant vessels are an
chored in the bay, with refugees on
hoard under guard OF neutral men-of-
war This with my permission.
.srhe health OF the squadron continues
excellent. The German commander-in-
,,r a,.rivad to-tay Three German and