The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-10
HORSES AND DOGS FOR FOOD
MANILA REPORTED REDUCED TO
 THIS AWFUL PLIGHT.

The Scarcity of Food Now Affects Even
 the Richest Glass tM the City-Thcre Is
 No Meat, Bread or Flour Except Very
 Small Reserves Chiefly Latd Under
 Acquisition for the Spanish Troops.
 Manila, July 30, via Hong Kong, Aug. 9.-The scarcity of food now af- fleets even the richest class in Manila. There is no meat, bread or flour, eX- cept very small reserves chiefly laid under requisition for the Spanish troops The newspapers. though rig idly censored, admit that the famine and the unprecedented rains are caus- ing an epidemic. They pretend that the disorders are trivial intestinal ail- ments, but l believe most of them are dysentery, due to wretched food and the dangerous character of the war. A number of important persons are i'll.
 place has been established for slaughtering horses and dogs. The newspapers admit that the military bakers are reduced to the necessity of using rice, the stock of which will shortly be exhausted. The stock of fuel, too, is exhausted and the bakers are burning doors and window frames. It is impossible to eat uncooked rice. A decree has been issued authorizing the entry of private premises and the seizure of cattle and horses for nom-
 1r ,,x
 worthless drafts. Several animals be- longing to British owners have been
 taken, though there were plenty be- longing to Spanish owners that had not
 been seized. An attempt was made to
 seize the indispensable pony of the British consular officer and considera-
 ble indignation has been expressed.
 There may possibly be some trouble
 over it.
 Manila Bay, Aug. 4, via Hong Kong, Aug. 9.-The long expected monitor Monterey with the collier Brutus, ar- rived this morning during gale Much relief is gelt by Admiral Dewey and General Merritt and there is intense en- thusiasm throughout the fleet and among the troops. The capture of Manila is now merely question of a
 few days, necessary to land the troops
 of the third expedition.
 [Copyright, 1898, The Associated Press Manila, Aug. 3, via Hong Kong, Aug. 9.-The rumor is current here that the insurgents, fearful that peace will be concluded between Washington and Madrid and that the Americans will withdraw from the Philippines, are the more strenuous in their desires and eff l forts to capture Manila. Sunday night | there was a heavy bombardment, with modern shells. It is generally believed | in the city that the Americans assisted and the papers publish lists of Ameri- l cans alleged to have been killed, in- cluding some names of rank. There is l also a report that half the Americans | have succumbed to fever; and this mis-
 statement, with the others like it, en- courage the Spaniards to maintain | their suicidal resistance.
 | On Sunday shots entered the town. | Several reached the citadel itself and 1t 1 is reported that some ladies were killed. Ther was frightful panic inside the | walls, women and children shrieking
 and praying in their terror the whole
 night through. One shot caused twen-
 ty casualties at the Luneta battery. | The troops turned out just in time to
 save Mavete fort and magazine. There
 has been little fighting in other direc- | tions.
 | On Sunday fifteen houses at Tondc | were burned and the flames, driven by the strong gale, threatened the whole of Manila, but they were finally extin- | guished, mainly through the efforts of l the fire brigade organized by the Brit 1 ish merchants at Manila. The British consul here died of dysentery yesterday 1 Hsi remains cannot be buried in the l Protestant cemetery on account of the l insurgents. For four days a typhoor | has ragged The suburbs have beer | flooded, the trenches swamped and the
 sand-bags dissolved. Disease is raging
 More infants of thirteen years of age | are enlisting, they become officers an6 fight in the trenches. The newspapers | applaud what they should condemn as 1 a crime.
 The British vice consul, supported by l the French consul, who is the dean o1 | the 1Or6lSH IcIe, lOUn | the initiative in unofficial ''feelers' ] looking to an armistice, pending peace 1 but the Americans are not authorized
 to accept anything except surrender l, and the Spaniards will never surrender 1 The latter hope to endure until peace is
 declared between Washington and Mad.
 rid. The hardships of the situation are | cartefully pressing upon the natives
 and foreigners, but not upon the Span
 iards, because the priests can monopo' 1 lize the food supply. The ten thousand Spaniards in Manila are confident oi 1 their safety. They believe that tht
 strong walls of the city will resist fol l three months, and they are resolved ] regardless of the fate of women ant
 children, finally to sell their lives dear
 ly in wreaking their hatred upon the 1 English, the Americans and the Fillipo i nos.
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