The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-16


dore. .outh Of Manah, is entirely in the eqntro
. Tue inenrgenta The province o. IAyapas y
cents Tot v 4 Ict 81 1 mon smeT and 'o oeS6e Sn pro 1nsqy
AZ Mbayl In the province Of Ia BagunA
The little Spanish garrison. d 6eslseed 6ythl
province Of MoTons. tSerc is 3 ssrrison Of 38t
kpantsTds undigtur6ed By, Insurgents as xgt
spanish are withstandlng Siege In .Daet, The
| capital o. the province OF CnmarineB Norte. and
s S9sss .s Sas0rs The sl SpsniS 81 f Soid% PtfHSs c pSSy 81 I Ss% q
but the inAurGents. have sent forces to attach
the, others before long. .Aeuinaido Is pre-.
caring 70 transfer his headquarters from
hour north Of tho city, This is a good strate-
Fetical mQye. .Bakor is between the American
s aSTSSs % " hS9 ,Ss t on the P Se6InS ARA SiS oOnte q the
swift adveSoe from both points at cree would
orumple him up between the two forces. or
such risk. and there Is plenty Of country be.
tTsMsiy diGicuiEt' for our soldiers to fpsverse. "a
AIT the lime ARuinaldo proclaimed his repub-
ns and d agpOintsd hls Cabinet he left vacant che
S Sss SsS'G mcst d hGS for sn Is % aiTlc %ho d saGsld a Gs
Cayetano 8. Arellapo, who has the reputation
OF belng, q clever lawyer and the best man
to BE- i'm me favor NSI,Se Of pO tSe %annex All y 0e ~ tse
Phllipplnes, % the United, States, and has
de eelcIed., Ibis belief that bic people are not
themselyes. he has been IN PagsaniSn during
returned an excuse and stayed away. His best
excuse was that he could not get through Santa
rendered. that excuse has lost its force. and he
For sssretasy d the Interior AeuInaldo, sp.
pointed Leandro Ibarra, a lawyer who 10 Dom
Btdered generally an honest man.
was once a schoolmaster and Is always q con-
Mariana Trias. the Secretary oitho Treasury,
the best that his friends can say Is that he is
IAN honest fellow who meane WE'LL" Among
nsIdo' himself In popularity. He was Vice
President oithe insurGent Government in the
Among the commanders, Generals and sub
ordinate officials AQuinaldo has some able.
honest men and some ~scoundrels., Brlg.-Gen.
Pho del Pillar, who Is In Of one OF the
zones adjacentto the cityof Manila. is regarded
as one Of the biggest OF the scoundrels.. He is
the oStskIfrts Of the City which viii bring him
into the hands OF the Americans. before very
R lCnGii f9o k thsTs h hs T Snd { ss shr shUst rs seFits;
be, sorry 4 Pic, del Pillar ended his existence
before a file OF American rifles.
is one of the cieyerest 81 the Filipino leaders,
NHu 10 III upElkHIe nOuOThDl6 mdlt Win II Clear
INCORPORATING OF the limitations Of his people
and of the circumstances and difficulties which
surround their struggle for liberty.
One OF the cleverest men associated with
AEuinaldo is his secretary and interpreter.
Escamilla. He Is ar, ecomplished linguist,
Latin and French. besides the native dialects.
He is also a musician. and gave piano lessons
AR8inai doqk navy TSiy'e Of ft two os or three D Steamers,
their Spanish officers, is commanded by Estefan
nj III Rama Thn nnrrfAo Tim NtNIn ~ NINNNn
mandanto de Marina. He is educated, rich and
has n reputation for honesty and ability.
Among his councillors Aguinaldo has some
It is reported here that Don Feline Agoncillo
X H. 70 ps De one Co5 Oh m AigHiinaitfbo 49, s q Y before esiPnT,ee
men get a hearing: Agoncillo has been the in
eurgent agent in Hong Kong. He is a lawyer
Among his generals Aquinaldo has most any
kipd OF a mar you want. The ranking otticer
He Is the Military Governor OF Cayite. and
would be OF more service, perhaps, II he were
better educated. which is his misfortune rather
honest. Major-Gen. Ricati. who has command
OF the zone south Of Manila, is another means
the operations to the north Of the city. Is not 10
very we'll educated. but is honest.
Besides ssI these : there there are 2 lot Of other Gen;
young man. OF whom / have written at length
before: likes q cockaGht and a good, square
commands the forces in Cavite, has a reputa-
ton for honesty il not for ability, which is
Gregorio del Pillar has q good education and Is
honest. but he has a lot to learn about the art
and science Of war.
or the lesser lights none perhaps has come
more frequently into contact with the Ameri-
cans than Col. Montenegro. who was once a
clerk in q hotel in Manila. where he learned his
honesty" and also picked up English. Most
OF. Aguinaldo's Adjutants are young and clever
fellows. who belong to the best Filipino fami-
lies. They are. usually active. alert and we'll
educated. Particularly Is this true OF Areyela
staff and had considerable to do with the
Americans when they were 10 Camp Dewey.
near Paralaque. where Noriel has his head
quarters. Arevela got his education largely
from an, American and is very friendly to us. as
is Noriel.
so much for the insurgents from various
sides. There is one thing yet to be added. No
one here who Is at all informed about the stu
alton. believes It possible for Spain ever again
to bring the Filipinos under subsection.