The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-18
MANILA STARVING.

Il
Whole Companies OF spaniards Have
lfiono Without Food for Two Dnys-Ths
Captain General llesigns- Many Garri.
sous Surrender.
(Copyrlght, ls9s. by the Associated Press.)
MANILA, June 8, via HONG KONG.
June 17.-It is now officially admitted
here that the lack OF food supplies has
become u serious matter. Gunboats
conveying volunteers, sent into the La
goon 10 search for food for the city on
Friday, June .. returned here to-day,
Sunday, and reported the total failure
Of their mission.
1t hos now been officially admitted
that the troops have been thlrty-siS
hours without food. The insurgents
are gaining everywhere and nre now
firing Into Manila itself. i.9
Whole companies of Spanlards have
had nothing to eat for two days and
some of them are literally. crying. 1t Is
a pltiab!e sight. The nntlve peasantry
charltahlg assist the starving soldiers
without compulsion and come English
men yesterday gave treat to the SOL
diers guarding an outpost. They bought
Wandering hawker's stock OF eatables
for q few shIllings and gave the food to
the soldiers, who said It was the first
food they had tasted for thlrty-slx
hours. si
There Is no doubt. as one person re-
marked, that somebody deserves lynch
Ing for the state Of affairs existing.
Scores of bloated officers OF the Spanish
forces are to be seen daily loafinS
about the beer shops and cafes along
the boulevards, 'reyling the English.
while the men under their charge are
starving.
The captain general held council OF
war. at5which II was proposed to- sur
render because resistance Is clearly
useless and a deporable expenditure OF
blood and heroic efforts would be rem
dered futile by lack OF training, insuftl-
Client supplies and the smailness OF the
force. -
The; council was furious at this "hu-
initiation bw mere natives" and he re-
signed, and was superseded by his Sec
ond In command. who countermanded
the withdrawal OF the troops from the
field.
The commanders OF the gunboats also
report that every lagoon and town is
hostile and that their Garrlsons have
probably been massacred.
The Spanish flotllla was unable to ee-
feet a'landing In spite OF prolonged fir
Ing upon the part OF all the gunboats.
Nobody, however. was killed. This re-.
moves the last hope OF provisioning Ma-
nila.
During the week all the garrIsons
were simultaneously overpowered or
surrendered as prisoners. The latter ore
well treated. A ma ajoritg OF those who
resisted were slaughtered.
In the northern sections the insur-
gents have united near Passig, on the
Passig river, driving the Spanish gun
boats to Doa. There were few casu-
alties. 49,
The zone OF hostIlitIes Is a magntfi-
cent defensive country. th!clilyj wooded,
having an unlimited number OF natural
iambuscades and innumerable block
houses and trenches. Any average
army could easily defy ten lines their
faumber. - - ~
q On all sides can be seen the SpanIards
retiring, removing the soldiers effects
and dlsmantling the barracks ;prema-
trrely, evidently anticipating defeat as
a matter OF course. The soldiers are
brave and desperate and hate to retreat
but they are hopelessly incompetent and
sharnefullY underfed. Many OF them
have assured the correspondent that
they have never been at target practice
in their lives, Still they are eager for
an opportunity to display their valor
and are confident that the enemy Is
equally Impractical. -5.Ss.l ',l5