The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-11-22
SUSPENSION OF HOST1L1TlES
FORBIDS MOVEMENT Ot
TROOPS.
FACE FRO EEDlN6S mUST Be- RUSHED
Spsn'ards Will Hardly be Given Longer than
Mondoy or uesd1yf FIR a o4fait7 Al
sw-rt TO Our Proposition win
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Res2sct u Pai lpplnes.

p,ivnd character came to the Navy De
partment to-day from Admiral Dewey
touching the situation III the Philippines.
Tho ..dmiral sent two Of his warships,
the Charleston and the Concord, some
time AGO to the southwark from Manila
to ascertain whether there was any
truth in reports that the insurgents had
extended their activities i'll that dlrec-
ton. To-day he cables as follows:
Manila, Nov. IS, 1898.
Charleston and Concord arrived to-
dav from Uloilo. Glass reports that the
entire island Of Panly is III possession
of insurgents except lloilo, which IS de-
Tended by Q Spanish troops. All tor
eign citizens there beg for American
protection. The Island Of Negroes has
declared independence and desires Am
erican prOtectorate.
Glass is the commander of the Charles
ton. SO far nothing has been done by
the administration towards curling the
INSURGENTS in their operations, save
verbal representations from the Amerl-
can commanders to Aguinaldo. III which
it has been pointed out to him that it
would be good policy, in view of the
probability Of the annexation of the is
lands by the United States. to pursue Il
course that would not be obnoxious to
the United States. But the situation
Is now realized to be critical. SO far
as the Spaniards are concerned they
can be left to take care of themselves,
but the foreign residents at Iloilo are
differently regarded.
The difficulty in the situation is that
with the best intentions to intervene
to protect the Europeans and other for
eicncrs and to save the city of Iloilo. the
second in Importance in the Philip
pine group. from looting. the United
States forces appear to be ~estopped. UNI
der the rules Of war. from moving from
their positions. Such is the construc-
ten placed upon the clause in the pro
tocol relating to a suspension of hos
|tilities. The Immediate effect of this
state of affairs may be to hasten action
in the Paris conference. for it IS only
by the determination of that tribunal
that the United States can come to the
relief of the belaguercd Spaniarls i'll
Iloilo and other points. 1t is said to
he a fact. however, hat Il total dis
agreement at Paris may result i'll
Spcedier action than if the commissioner
agreed upon the main principles of the
Philippine ceSSiOn. for in such case Sey-
Cf:ll addltlOnal sessions probably Would
be required i'll order to arrange the de-
tails of the treaty. 1t is now thought to
be certain that the commission at the
meeting next Monday or Tuesday will
do one of two things. i. e.. either agree
to the cession of the Philippines or note
Il disagreement and dissolve the meeting:
for the Administration is not Disposed
10 further tolerate delay and has so
instructed the United States commission
erS.
The latter sent a long cablesram to-
day in cipher. The deciphering occupied
the entire official day. and meantime
there were wild rumors touching the ma
ture of its contents. As a matter of
fact it was nothing more than an ex-
tremelE verbose statement of the Spanish
side of the ease relating to the Philip
pines. There was Il renewal of the at
tempt to take issue with the American
contention as to the meaning of the pro
tocol clause relative To the diSposi-
ton of the Philippines and much uuib.
bling, accompanied by quotations from
French. Spanish and other Eur0pnl3
languages in the effort to demonstrate
to Americans just what an English word
might mean.
The latter Will take no notice cf this
Il of a hair-splitting pea but at to-
Spanish commissioners to make answer
70 the American proposition to cede the
philippines, probably allowing until
Monday or Tuesday ONLY for a final and
responsive answer on that point.