The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-30
STORY IS DISCREDITED
No News Deceived Of the Sur
render of Manila
EXPECTED ANY MOMENT
Dewey Has 5000 Troops With Him
Now to Back Up His Demand-It
Is Thought That sagasta Has
Ordered Surrender.

washington. july @s.-AAe wal "
partment would not be surprised to
learn that by this time Manila has sur
rendered to the combined American ma
val and land forces gathered on the
shores OF Manila bay. However. there
Is no Official certihcstion of the report
thai was printed this morning 20 that
effect. The United States government
IS in a position. Il is believed. TO re-
ceive news of such an important event
as are the authorities in Spain. Being
hemmed In on all sides, Captain Gen
~raI August will not be able to COM
municate with Hong Kong, the nearest
cable station, without passing his mes
saxe through the United States lines
and securing permission for its trans
mission by boat to Hong Kong. And
even IL q boat bearing such message
should arrive at Hong Kong. IL is only
q fair s~upposition that the fall OF Ma
Mia will be communicated at that point
70 the United States by means OF cable.
Consequently IL is believed that this an
nouncement of the fall of Manila Is an
assumption; perhaps the strongest base
for IL may be that the Spanish govern
ment, having sent permission 10 Au-
gust to surrender. concludes that he
has don so.
II was known TO be the disposition of
the Spanish authorities at Manila to
surrender to the American forces. in
stead OF to the insurgents. when the
town must fall. 1t is certain that Ad-
miral Dewey might have received the
surrender at any time within the past
six weeks had he been disposed TO ex-
srt the slightest pressure In that direc-
ton. Indeed, in one of his dispatches
ne made the blunt statement that he
could take Manila in - hours IL he de-
sired
The reason he did not desire 10 DO so
was. undoubtedly. because of a reluct-
ance on his part to entrust the desti-
MES of the great city to the insurgents
under Agufnaldo, who at first tractsble,
had began to show signs of impatienoe
under restraint. Dewey realized that
he was being held morally responsible
by the civilized world for the protection
Of the people of Manila against excesses
at the hands OF the insurgents. There
were also the strongest reasons why he
should not. by failure 10 care for the
interests OF foreign residents In the
town. open the DOR to Intervention Of
any Of the naval commanders whs had
been lying In the harbor watching for
their opportunity. Therefore II became
necessary for the admiral to maintain
the status quo until a sufficient mill
tary force arrived TO enable him to re-
ceive the surrender OF the town n to
occupy and to protect II. This has been
done with some difficulty, as re-
vealed IN the official correspondence,
for II has been almost impossible to
keep the insurgents o u of the town,
and their efforts to effect an entrance
have been r~edoubled as they learned
of the approach of the American forces
and saw dawning upon them the posi-
billy Of an American occupation Of the
town that should exclude them. pre-
ciseiy as Shafter excluded Garcia's Gu
bans from Santiago.
Now. however, he undoubtedly has
with him q sufficient military force TO
warrant him In accepting the surren-
der OF Manila. II is said at the war de-
partment that al least three OF the six
military expeditions that ave been dis
patched TO the Philippines from San
Francisco are now at Manila, effording
an army Of $1,000 men. backed up by
Dewey's ships and sailors.
Suspicious interest attached 10 a pub
1ished statement in one OF the Spanish
semi-oficfai organs to the effect that
August has been shorn OF Jurisdiction
over the Philippines beyond Manila
n Its immediate environments, the
captain general Of the Philippines group
being transferred TO the command of
the Nizcaya island. IL Is Just possible
that there Is an important connection
between these two items OF news, one
the surrender OF Manila and the other
Augustus replacement. both coming
from Spanish sources.
As TO the latter. II was frankly
stated In the Spanish dispatch that the
purpose was TO prevent August from
surrendering the entire Philippines. so
that II Is conceivable that having now
arranged the matter so as to protect
their interest In the remaining islands
30 far as possible and having placed
themselves In a position to deny that
the United States government had
made the conquest of the Philippines.
the Spanish ministry may have directed
August TO surrender the small juris-
diction remaining to him 10 the United
States TO prevent II from falling into
the hands OF the insurgents. AS this
matter would have a decided bearing
on any programme the United States
may outline respecting the acquisition
OF a coaling station In the Philippines.
or the acquisition of the entire group OF
Islands. dispatches as to the exact state