The San Francisco call., 1898-07-05
Spain Said to Have .Ceded a Sulu Island Port to 
 the Kaiser.
High Official Says Won Diedrichs Will Oppose. the Bombard-
 ment of Manila. <

h. lives and Spaniards regard her with suspicion and dislike. Senor Siggini, manager of the Manila Hallway, went up the line week ago with the object of seeing if he could begin repairing. He has not returned and it is supposed the rebels will prevent repairs. ,
 The Yensolf on her last trip took MT. Price of Smith, Bell 6 Co. to Qagupan, province of Pangasinan. His object was to visit Smith, Bell & Co.'s rice mills at Bayambaud and Geroua, but he could not get through He found the railway blocked by trenches and also learned that Dagupan, the, most inn to be attacked, so he hurried back to Quenspeg, the rebels assisting him throughout the journey.
 A few Spanish troops and twenty-five priests have taken refuge in Dagupan. MT. Price reports the whole province of Pangasinan is in the hands of the. rebels. l was informed by MT Price that the mills are uninjured, the Euro pean and native staffs working without danger from the rebels.
 Ammunition Is being brought into Manila from San Juan des Monte and Santawesa, the Spaniards apparently having abandoned those outposts.
 1 have reason to believe the powder magazine cannot hold against Vigor- ous attack. General Aguinaldo says he will attack Manila when he is ready with 30,000 armed men and artillery.
 General Moret, with the captain gen. erals family. arrived at l o'clock to- day, after an exciting journey in the Banco. I had no time to get the de- tails. The General says the Banco came through a continuous fire from the reb- els, and had miraculous escape. He speaks of victories gained, towns de- stroyed and 1000 rebels killed, etc. I be- lieve these prisoners of war came through with the permission of Aguin: aldo t
 General Moret returned without any troops under his command which does not look like victoy
 Probably these important prisoners have been exchanged on condition that the Spanish force surrender with arms and ammunition.
 General Moret says he trusts his sol diers will arrive here, and also5that the remainder of the Spanish refugees, male and female, and this will depend on whether they are cut off by the rebels sor not and so far there is no news of them. s-@E.
 HONGKONG, July 4.-The United States dispatch boat Zafiro arrived to- day. She reported that Rear Admiral Dewey and General Anderson are in discussion as to whether to immediate ly attack or await the. next brigade. z In addition to the, Spanish Governor of the Ladrones the Charleston brought forty officers as prisoners of war to- Cavite.E~
 The gunboat Hugh McCulloch cap-. tured,. this afternoon, the gunboat4 Leyte. Admiral Dewey offered to pa@ role the crew, but they declined be- cause they fea; d being court martial ed and shot. IT. S Captain Concha, late commander. of ha icb ~d loIo o+,ar7 cruiser Don Antonio de Ulloass which was sunk at the. battle of Cavite; com mands Malate Fort with 400 sailors.yA thousand mixed troops. are canped about a half-nlile south: The fnsur-s gents apparently, the Zafiro 4 reports, fear to leave cover. t,z.- Arsachio, the insurgent- leader, who was arrested by Aguinaldo, will, the in surgents think, be shot, as General Aguinaldo fears a conspiracy against himself. ~ Fl ~ SHANGHAI, July 4-It is reported hereson good authority that Germany has arranged a concession for a port in the Philippines antedating the pres ent situation. WASHINGTON, July 4-Admiral Dewey's telegram to the Navy Depart. ment is given out as follows: ;- "HONGKONG, July 4, Cavite, July 1.
 
 arrived yesterday. The Charleston cap tured Ladrone Islands 'Junes21. No re- sistance, Brought Spanish officers from the garrison-six officers and fifty-four. men-to Manila. On June 29 the Span ish gun vessel Leyte came out of a. river and surrendered to me, having ex- hausted ammunition and food in. repell- ing, attacks by insurgents. She had on board fifty-two officers and ninety-four men, naval and military. DEWEY. |" Adjutant General Corbin has received the following, via Hongkong July 8, from General Anderson, who com manded the first military expedition to the Philippines: ,'9sAts2
 Cavalry, artillery and riding horses desirable; can, get limited number. draught animals here.
 ANDERSON"
 Every effort will be put forth by the. Department to get horses to Gen. eral Anderson. The departfnent has. sent word to San Francisco to have haste made in getting the expedition away.