The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16

lons, ~ - propanlo .thht not much o.
among the suB-chiefs. The natives iivjnE Il tSS
most daily to tho demands OF small bands q
m~arauders whose sole object apparently Wal
several cases the Americans have caught the
freebooters once or twice redhanded. and II the
business is mot stSSPpSd speedily there will b
Still another demonstration Of the inability
OF Aguinaldo 70 achieve selt.goyernment and
own camp thore Is difference OF opinion. 1t il
a common assertion that every Filipino is an
aaE oSIb5ts sSst Is az true nss az Z s saS ron Bu as sos ove ~
Filipino is an Aguinaldo. man, and recent de-
%velopments have made the situation more dim
and hot-heSded among them are cSs6ns
under the restraint imposed upon them
and particularly. by the regulations which
forbid them entranee into the city in forco
marching into the city With their army w when en-
lAgnInsldo,s and bic lpnginS, Tor : Roman
American soldlers, The request was ignored
g best J could slHdN' and P ma tisp 3 sRo%
OF restraining his men, This gave rise
s e fRai s issaer 81 Ne Nov T tSarc ia a%% IoSSub sSTS
differences Of opinion exist among them.
them have conducted themselves In such a
GENTS. HSuinaido knows this. but either he Is
the effort for ieaT, Of open in~subordination.
marapding. bIackmail and lawiessness In, Che
same time he Ia making q polite appeal for
support to some Of the influential Filipinos In
VIZ S'i Ris S cause neVo G GSs esr tho spa Dfsh s Shn1ia5sa
tration the city was divided into districts, adj
ministered by officials under the title Of little
into barrios, at the head Of which were sub.
chiefs. their, principal business being the
Soi1Ssepp a 0t committee So Of 1 thirty sab aas ca
and well-Tespected Ftlipinos IN the city. called
Junta has appointed q subcommittee for each
district, which shall have charge OF the Soliec-
ssreSn. cause. Each sSS-comnitte enc a m-
%sk shd the es SSlbEsiiSthiGnsi and 81 ATtqhi ess an hRSss
f9 ! put ans, sR end slt e ths BllIHa9d erin Sy the iSyisss,
he is credited With having about $550o.66oo, sii.
yer. all told. These are public funds, and he is
gents see them. The insurgents have a car
fridge factory. which employs 400 persons.
ab in the II Ife he II hs az q o SsISassaf A fEoPIaHI69 p pHshsS
his W people. It would be far less difficult, but
even the experiment OF 1.-THE appointment OF the
Many OF the wealthiest and most influential
Filipinos are not .Aguinaldo men. and would
trate. Inside Manila the natives generally are
Those who were. lied to the country during the
siege. Some Of the richer and more prominent
Fliplnos. in the city say that ii the Americans
govern the, Philippines for one. year. the Fill
he will have no army left.
AguinaIdo is alive to all this. His eight adju-
tants have been sent into the city. each with q
f tween SaHi m as aSsns on Of ans ms l Gasxsh sG sS'i e]itiaens O or
iA IA one aaarte T9 Mhile ne Il hopes S ese to rFegeiE or t bi% lie
another. Only a little before the surrender OF
the CITY to the Americans the, story went
about-in fact. II was announced at Bakor-
had deserted to the Spaniards. At frst this
Of the Filipinos. to mean simply that Legarda
'3s turns 81 o nsl that the Ga { saI Ee Wsg tr TSrisII1 sEar sas sI i
Aguinaldo,,s friends that some Of his agents are
OF running away as soon as they have got
enough IN hand t. make It worth while:
the reasons that led to the appointment OF the
Junta in Manila.
Realizing these difficulties, facing these OBJ
among his followers. and suspectins that there
are treachery and treason, Aguina!do still per;
s SIsee. i fodd fr9 Se1Isy;gn 1eattb dreams 9Sgv s Of PSTSsraSH md
grasp, To. the open. minded American. Wanto
Ing only a fair. complete. unbiased view Of the
the sfsai reten II Sre of t h @f isfan SR f By t %,n dn ~ sS
States or the surrender of them to the Filipi-
the aNs' aST Rpo Tor sh1 s elifftH5s sRPesIst Does oe d IL ssoE I
not? For the men here who are familiar
Is Ei'o only the one Si ensTer. p Filip the ss,ptpo thspe
ment: to paEaphrase, the pyrotecRnic ex:states.
man from Kansas. is an iridescent dream"
the effort for self-government. The more
honest, unprecedented. and ,falr-minded Span
iards Of the coImercial class. who have not
Wealt6fest. and best educated FiIipinos. and
the Brltishers to q man. they who control the
have the largest interests at stake. are praying
that the Americans viii hold the, country. and
LanettS. as Dewey hopes, i" foreY HSaf fo Gese We
These are the perplexities which beset Agui-
nSSido and the facts which will operate AGAINST
another picture Of the. Filipinos-.thst which
landed in Cavite. in the third week in May.
Aguinaldo has done some wonderful things:
i Is SUCCESSES ssSs ' @ere e Sbts shs start Sy the %G ds.e o.
ierds, who deiuded themselves into the belief
chased the Spanish line nearly fifteen miles In
more like lighting. Success Comes Slowly. ystiit
Keeps on coming to the insprGent arms.
IL ID pTactlcaly Impossible TO estimate the
numb er Of insurgents under arms In the ylcin-
ity OF Manila. There is no effective orRaniza-
tion Of the army; No Captain knows how many
men exactly he has In his commend. and Il is
doubtful II he has the same lumber or indeed
the same men two days In succession. When a
Elipino gets tired Of staying at hqme he takes
tired Of staying at the front. no takes his gun
and goes home. That's all there is OF, 1t. But
In a general way the officers know what men
the general difficulties Of enumeration the men
are being, sent continually TO other provinces
to aid In the fighting against the Spanish garri-
SONS which still hold out, Besides INF. many
advice. taken a rest from active. warfare now.
and gone to planting rice against the time
there will be no time to wait for crops to I'LL
hungry bellies. The most accurate estimate
Of the insurGent forces AROUND Manila must be
In the possession OF Aguinaldo, and oven that
makes use Of other estimates. which are really
little better than Ruesses.
The principal source OF supply from which
Ag9inaldo drew to arm his mon was the Span;
about 10000 natives. who. when the time came.
over by companies and regiments TO the
Insurgents. taxing guns and equipment with