Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-10
The Seven Thousand Men Now at
San Francisco Will Start East
Immediately.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
MAY BE EFFECTED.
By The Terms Of The Armistice Neither
Side Can Move Any More Troops
Into the Disputed Territory.
ShreWd Diplomacy.

/ Washington, sept. 9-The announce
meut that war is imminent with the
Philippine insurgents crl4tel o. great
sensation in Washington
THE situation was discussed 90 tho
I White House by the acretiryo of war,
tho acting arutry os tla navy and the
president and Its gravity was ac.uowl-
edged Preparations were being mace
I t1 hast.u ruiTr.ma1ts to rhe Ameri-
cans 40 Nmla. This s OF itsaif quos.
t0n oi tba utmost diplomatic import.
aurf Au 7mnurs is now in foroo b.
tween tHs country and SPAIN By The
terms of riat armluee neither ide can
move amy mor troop INFO disputed Ter.
I uforu
How t1 overcome tAis Objection with.
ta.s.ue Obj. permission ot spain D. a
. ru Hm lar the slr.rdes diplomacy
Asauursi. orders have been given
. fr ll tte -r81a .n the Puadio at San
Turr Foo. ua11t l0.0. Oh proceed nt
olco o Hrnr.uI1 hut tla transports
carrying thau tre nct t1 return It's
tcI we'd tnt tl.a tmn.rlrts viii not
.tor % uorllllu longer ,han % day and
win 90 once steam across the Pacific %
Manila
So grave is tle a.u1a0n that orders
were given at tae White House thar
none of rae officials Of ths war depart.
ment should aik on the subject See.
cfay A.g,r when askei about it SAID
he d.d not desire % discuss tho facts in
the ease. "You must soo the president
for any information. be added
Adju'lnt General Corb.n gave ami.
laranswer when asked the same ques-
ton.
The impending trouble may BE- far.
reaching Tho rlinforcoment of Gen
cral Ous 40 Manila may cause trouble
Tor thc peace commission when 10 meets
in Paris and the fear tina; German in.
teFiorence is az the bottom OF Aguinal.
dos bnyado may drag this country into
a struggle with the yonng emperor
Tbs troops designated Tor this cxpodi.
tion arr the First Washington yolun.
teers, Sixth, seventh and Eighth Cali.
fornn volunteers, Twentieth Kansas
volunteers, Fifty.arst Iowa volunteers,
First Wyoming, First COLORADO and First
Utah battery.
The transport ships Zealandh and the
City of Peking can he paced in this
service within a few days Thsse two
vessels can carry almost the entire 1000
troops
Il is possible that the second Oregon
and tho First Tennessee volunteers will
follow the first shipment Of soldiers In a
very short time
General Otis notification 10 Aguinal.
do 90 withdraw his troops from the sub.
urbs Of Manila Is said 20 be in dircc;
obedience 10 orders from the war dc.
partmont
General Otis now has with him a,
Manila 5000 American troops. Abou,
2OOo moro are now on their way 20 join
him on the transports Scandia and Ar. /
zona This would make bis force ls.OO1 /
men without counting the naval com.
mand under Admiral Dewey.
Aguinaldo's forces have been estimat.
ed AZ 10000 OF these but 5000 wern
armed with guns captured BY Admiral
Dewey from the sraniards In the ar.
senal at Cayite. Possibly 5000 more Of
them are armed with rifles purchased hy
Aguiualdo in Wong Kong or taken from
the spaniards Tho rest Of the insur.
gent forces are believed 20 have nothing
but the native weapons. spears ami
knives, ETC., with which, however. they
are desperate lghteN