The San Francisco call., 1898-10-12

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 ican authorities are again affecting
 confidence in the good intentions of MT.
 Aguinaldo and a deep distrust of the
 Spanish clerical party most remarka-
 ble in view of all that has gone be- fore. I confess that have not great
 deal of faith in the Spanish cIerics. Nobody can have who studies the situ-
 ation of affairs on these islands. At
 the same time, neither can anybody who knows Aguinaldo put the slightest confidence in his promises of whatever
 nature. He is an Asiatic and a Ia
 gallo. He is. consequently, a liar by
 two counts. His move to Malolos, it seems to me, is of itself enough to put every American official on guard. At Bacoor he was between the two armies at Manila and Cavite, and under the guns of the American fleet. Whatever move he made, no matter how many men he may have kept in the trenches around Manila Ito preserve" as he said, the integrity of his position in the event of the Americans giving up the islands" the Dictator himself was at the mercy of Admiral Dewey and General Otis at any moment. At the first sign of an overt act he could have been taken and the rebellion crushed at once in his single person, for he IS the rebellion At MaIolos, which he poses to hold a congress next month, he has 100 miles of railroad along which to retreat behind him, and the whole northern .end of LuZon for refuge. In effect, if the Americans want AguinaldO now, they must go out into the wilds, into his own country to get him. The Dictator is good strat- egist. The Americans, l regret to say, have not been so good.
 The talk of the plotting of the span ish priests to ruin AguinaldO's case be- fore the Paris commission, to make 1t appear that the TagalIos are not united party. has some foundation in appearance, but this one weak point in fact: The Tagallos are not united. They never have been since Aguinaldo failed to keep his promise of the loot of Manila to his following. The so- called republic of the Filipinos is con- geries of leaders, each with following more or less numerous. each seeking the Undoing 0f the ether and Gl stE3T- 1 ing for the downfall of Aguinaldo, 1 whom they all hate and fear. The story of the Spanish clerical plot is in- teresting. even if 1t is not true, and has not been cabled. In fact, the press censor will not allow 1t to be cabled-
 It Is, in effect, that a certain Colonel Juan Blanco, a Spaniard who has de serted from one party first and then from the other as time served best, who is just now the commander of a band of insurgents In the SampOloc dis trict of the city anywhere from 1000 to 2000 strong, has been employed by the Spanish priests to provoke a conflict with the Americans to the end that when the Paris commission meets the island may be the scene of active war fare and the Filipino republic dream Of the past, whatever happens 10 the Philippine Islands. l do not believe the tale myself. l think the Spanish clerics have had enough of politics for the present The authorities do believe it. and are taking steps now to suppress Juan BIancO and to reach his alleged principal. It Is no less a parsonage, they claim, than the Archbishop. That prelate has been greatly maligned be- fore this, and I believe firmly that he Is being wronged now. Whether he is or not there will be some startling de- velopments here in the near future.
 The sailing of the hospital ship Rio Janeiro has been postponed once more, this time until Thursday, for the reason that Dr. Daywalt. who will have the vessel in charge, does not propose to take a lot of sick men to sea without proper preparation. The following Is a full list of those who will go:
 Charles Wallace, private. Company D, Tenth Pennsylvania, gunshot wound.
 Harry L. Bishop private. Company D, Tenth Pennsylvania. gunshot wound.
 Charles Carter. private. Company D, Tenth Pennsylvania gunshot wound.
 Arthur Johnson, private Company A, Tenth Pennsylvania, gunshot wound.
 C. James Edwards, private, Hospital Corps,
 William C. Lombard. private, Company D,
 Charles C. Bunker lieutenant, Thirteenth Minnesota, gunshot wound.
 Charles 4. Morgan, private Company c, Twenty-third Infantry, gunshot wound.
 Hallady Van Horn. corporal, Astor Battery, gunshot wound.
 Robert L. sillirnan. sergeant. Astor Battery.
 Harry Booker, private, Company C. Twenty
 Robert R Parker. private. Company c. Twenty third Infantry, gunshot wound
 Harry Kahson. private, Company C, Twenty
 Clarence Rice, private Company F. Thir teenth Minnesota gunshot wound.
 Wfllis Richard, private, Company I, Four teenth Infantry. varicocele
 Frank D. Sheppard. private. Company I. Fourteenth Infantry. internal hernia Charles Hern. private Company C, Eighteenth internal hernia Idaho, tuberculosis.
 O. Van Basion. private, Company H. First Wyoming, dysentery. II P Shutter. private, Astor Battery. dysen- tery and malaria.
 teenth Minnesota, dysentery and malaria
 William Miller private Company C, First | Wyoming. typhoid fever William Munson, private, Company F, First | Wyoming, dysentery.
 Joseph A. Gill, private Hospital Corps. gen. | erel debility.
 John Nj Jones' private, Company H. Second
 F. W ordway private. Company H. Second Joseph Harrington. private. Company c. Fourteenth Infantry. dysentery.
 L. J Nicholas, private, Company F, Thir- teenth Minnesota, dysentery.
 Dana \. Wood. private. Hospital Corps, ma laral fever
 Frank Smith, private Hospital Corps. general debility.
 James D. German. private, Hospital Corps. diarrhoea.
 James NJ. Wood. private. Astor Battery. dysentery.
 John L. Lewis. private. Company E. Eigh- tesnth infantry, dysentery.
 Steward Reid, sergeant, Company A, First Montana, typhoid fever
 tana. typhoid fever
 Ezekiel Knofr, private, Company E, Eighteenth
 George Lacy. private Connanv R. Utah Ar tillery, intermittent fever
 ". B Onernin, private, Company I. Thir- teenth Minnesota. injury to back.
 EoWard l.: Warner. private, Company H. 1 First Colorado. halmahiria
 John F. sheedy private Company G. Third Artillery. intermittent fever
 !. M Hsrne, private, Company F Eighteenth melarial fever.