The herald., 1898-08-31
SAILS AWAY ON HIS JOURNEY
~ TO PARIS
An iMsuRGENT EMIssARY
To Attend the Conference-Except at
S the Capital Anarchy Reigns In
the Philippines
Associated Press Special Wire.

board Major General Merritt anu STALL
He IL bound for Paris. He will take part
In the Spanish-American peace confer
ence. Major General Otis is acting Gov
ernor Of Manila Generals Greene and
Babcock, with their STATS, are bound for
Washington.
Opacible, the insurgent leader, Is going
to Hong Kong in order to confer with the
insurgent junta there. He will receive
Aguinaldo's final instructions by cable.
AEonillo, another of the insurgent lead
ers, Is going to Washington.
It is considered probable that the insur-
gent junta of Hong Kong will send dele
CATION to the Paris peace conference.
Aguinaldo remains at Bakor.
Hundreds of unarmed insurgents visited
Manila yesterday. Rear Admiral Dewey
has declined to permit the coastwise
steamers to resume running pending set
tiement OF the Philippine question.
!, General Rios. the Spanish Governor Of
: the Vizcayas Islands, is reported to have
proclaimed himself Governor General of
the Spanish dominions in the Philippine Is
lands and to have invited the adherents of
Spain to rally at Ilolo.
Insurgent Action
spondent of the Times says:
General Wesley Merritts last official act
before leaving was to sign permission for
the insurgents to send an emissary to rep
resent them at the proceedings of the Paris
grand commission. General Aguinaldo has
sent an agent to Hong Kong to inform
Felipe Agoncillo the insurgent leader, Of
his appointment for this duty. General
To-
tendente.
Complete Anarchy
LONDON, Aug. 31-A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Manila, dated Au-
gust 9th, says:
All the outskirts of Manila are in a state
Of complete anarchy. The insurgents are
hunting and pillaging the Spaniards, while
the natives geenrally are sacking villages,
robbing vehicles and stealing horses.
Waiting for White
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3O.-Justice White
Is to have a conference with Secretary Day
when the latter returns to Washington
about the first of September. and 1t is
supposed that it will be then definitely de-
termined whether or not the former will
consent to abide by his first decision to
serve as member Of the Peace Commits
sion. At last accounts the justice was In
Coppertown. N. Y, on vacation.
M. Thiebaut, Secretary Of the French
Embassy, had long conference with Act
ing Secretary Moore today supposedly
with reference to the accommoda tion to
be provided for the Commission when 1t
reaches Paris. While details have not
been arranged 1t is believed that the
French government will afford the Com
mission suitable rooms in the French For
eign Office and that 1t will be treated with
distinguished consideration. No outside
pressure from any source will be permitted
to be brought to bear upon the Commits
sion, it being admitted that notwith stand
ing the keen interest all Europe may have
in the Commission the body must be al
lowed to deal with all questions coming
before 1t under the protocol without inter-
ference from any country besides the
United States and Spain.
The Cavite Incident
LONDON. Aug. SO-The Hong Kong cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
The relations between the Americans and
the Filipinos are much strained in conse-
quence Of the collision at Cavite last Wed
nesday. The insurgent General at Cavite
has been ordered to eyacuate the place and
remove his troops two miles into the coun-
try In order to prevent further disturb
ances.
General Aguinaldo says his chief purpose
IN maintaining his army near the c..y
was to be prepared to cope with the Spa
ish in case America left Manila in Span
ish control
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Spanish intrigue
Senior Sagasta consulted with several
politicians on the subject and they pre-
pared instructions for the commission.
The opinion regarding the American COM
mtssioners held here is that they will have
tendency to treat Spanish interests
harshly. but are nevertheless likely to
carry out PRESIDENT Mckfnley'S ideas.
MADRID, Aug. 3d. 10 p. m.-Senor Sa-
gasta had long conference with Lieut..
Gen Correo' munster OF war on the sub
Jeci u measures 10 ASSIST the spanish or
no'ais al 'he rhiippihes whose SITUATION
piecarous.