The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-21
PREPARED FOR TRoueuE.

Reinforcements are Ordered Sent to Ad-
mlral Dewey aud Gen. Otis at MAnlla-
The Reasons Therefor.
New York, Sept. 2O.-The following
dispatch has been received at the Office
here of the Associated Press:
Manila, Sept. 20.-The Filinino gov
ernment desires to inform the Ameri-
can government and people that the
many rumors circulated regarding the
strained relations between the Fill
pino and American forces are base,
malicious slanders of the enemy to
both parties, are without any truth
and are circulated for the purpose of
prejudicing the appeal of the Filipnos
for their release from the oppression
and cruelty of Spain. The relations
of our people and yours have been and
will continue to be of the most friend
ly nature and we have withdrawn our
forces from the suburbs of Manila as
an additional evidence of our conf
dence in the great American republic"
"AGUINALDO."
"Mani!a, Sept. 19.-The Filipino gov
ments now at San Francisco have been
ordered to Manila. The regiments are
the following: Fifty-first Iowa, Twen-
tieth Kansas, First Tennessee, First
Washington and detachment of the
Second Oregon.
The navy department is rushing
preparations for the start of the bat
tleships Oregon and Iowa to Honolulu,
and orders have been sent to the New
York navy yard to have the mechanics
work overtime on these ships. The
purpose is to have them start on their
long voyage by the end of the present
month and they should arrive at their
destination by the end of January.
In we'll informed circles here it is
said that the real purpose of the presi-
dent in making these preparations is
to insure the peace commissioners
against any interference in their work
of disposing of the future of the
Philippine islands according to their
best judgment. Not having disclosed
his plans respecting the islands out
side of Luzon, the seat of the capital
of the group, the president still re-
serves for the American peace commits
sioners the right to dispose of the re-
mainder of the islands as they may
deem best.
A long line of curious incidents, to
which one of the great European pow
ers has been a party, has done much
to cause feeling of uneasiness on the
part of the administration, as show
ing a purpose to interfere in our free
action in the Philippines, and this has
been only slightly diminished by APP
parently frank disclaimers of an uI-
terror purpose, because the incidents
continue quietly and in a manner to
avoid attracting attention. Such for
instance is the gathering of naval
vessels to the south of the Philippine
group, the only explanation of which,
coming from native sources, but still
| bearing marks of genuineness, is a
purpose of acquiring either by seizure
or by a secret pact with the Spanish
governmAA.t the island of Palawan.
This island forms one side of the
gateway through which must pass all
of the extensive commerce that flows
between Australia, Micronesia and
southern China. The passage is mar
i row and if the islands of the Philip
pine group are to be retained, outside
of Luzon, this island of Palawan must
| be kept, as forming one side of the
gateway. 1t is said to be the purpose
of the president to prevent the aliena-
ton by Spain of any of the Philippine
group and that these preparations are
steps towards the execution of his pur-
| pose.