The Forrest City times., 1898-07-22
AN IMPORTANT INTERVIEW.
sus'i' Urged to Surrender and Pre-
vent Unparalleled Slaughter. says
lie Must Fight TO the End.


MANILA, July 10, via Hong KONG
'uIy ls.-An important interview has
JUST oeen held between Gen. Aguinal-
10 secretary, Legarda, and a promi.
eehe native white man and the Spain
, ,sh commander, Capt.-G August.
ne lnsurgent representatives urged
'en' Augusti to surrender the CITY.
asserting that $4,000 insurgents sur.
rounded Manila and were able to enter
IL at any moment. Thus far, they
auoeu, the insurgents had been re.
strained with difficulty, but if the
opanlards continued stubborn the re.
suit would be that the insurgents would
oe compelled to lombard and storm the
city, with the Inevitable slaughter
unparalleled in history because in the
excitement of battle they would not
discriminate.
advised to Disregard Onlciai Elections.
continuing. the captain generals Wis
itors advised him to disregard the Of.
nciai notions regarding alleged Span
ish victories in Cuba and reinforce.
inents coming to the Philippine isl.
lands, and proposed reconciliation
between the Spaniards in the Philip.
pines under republican flag and a
JOINT endeavor to persuade the Ameri.
cans to abandon hostilities in the Phil
ippine islands. Finally the representa-.
ives OF the insur gents proposed an APP
peat TO the powers to recognize the in.
dependence of the Philippine islands.
The captain-general replied that he
must tight, however hopeless the Span
ish cause.
Lagarda then returned to Cavite,
taking with him with the native, who
is paroled prisoner.
The Natives Inside the City
say they received, fortnight ago, q
concerted signal to prepare for storm
Ing the walls. A second signal, fixing
the date OF the assault, has not yet
oeep issued, and they are tired of wait
ing and are losing faith in Aguinaldo.
The latter, it is alleged, finds it ex.
tremely difficult to capture the town
Qualifications. His previous successes,
1t is pointed out, were easy, because OF
the nature of the country, which suited
his skirmishers. 1t is further alleged
that the principal points captured by
the insurgents were obtained posses
session of through treachery.
Bringing Artillery from Malaborn.
The insurgents are now bringing
artillery around by sea from Malaborn,
which is tedious and troublesome work
They are also obtaining detailed re
ports of the condition of affairs from
the inside of the city.
Establishing More strict Blockade.
Admiral Dewey is establishing q
more strict blockade lest it be invaded
by permitting aliens to visit Cavite and
send and receive mails containing sur
reptitious dispatches. He has threat
ened to station war ships opposite the
city. which might precipitate HOSTILE
ties, as the Spanish officers declare
they will certainly fire on any Ameri
can in range regardless of the conse
quences.
The Second Installment Of American
Troops
is expected here daily and the last de-
tachments are booked to arrive here
early in August. Probably military
operations will be deferred until the
September dry season when it is cooler
and, possibly, then bloodshed may be
unnecessary.
The United States crusier Boston
left Manila bay on July IS for Cape En-
caro-, at the northeast extremity Of tn,
island of Luzon, to meet the American
expedition.
Spanish Steamer Captured by Insurgents
A Spanish steamer, the PHILIPPINES,
has just been brought here in the hands
Of the insurgents. 1t appears that sh'
was on the northern coast and escap
ing to China with native crew Oh
board, when the latter revolted, killed
the Spanish officers and brought tn,
vessel to Cavite.
Telling Trees and Burning Huts.
Spaniards are daily employing con
victs to fell trees and burn huts on the
outskirts of the town. Fusillades con
tinue, but otherwise the position is un
changed The stock of -four is prac
tically exhausted, but the supplies o
rice and buffalo meat will last fol