The age-herald., 1898-06-08
OUR SOLDIERS
 MUST HURRY Or Theyz : Be of No Use al
 L$s Manila. Lt7tss sTo!coNsUL WILDMAN From InSursen.. Leader AguinaldO GiTel
 an Account Of Operations. REBELS HAVE UNDERGONE CHANCE Their Warfare Conducted According to Usage of Civilized Nations. OVER 2,OOO SPANISH PRISONERS Before Attacking Town Aguinaldo on All Occasions Calls on the Commanding
 Officers to Standardization
 Ships Not Assisting Them.
OVER a,ooo SPANISH PRISONERS

London, June s.-The Hong Kong corre- spondent of the Daily Mail says:
 Limited States Consul wildman has re- ceived the following lettetr from Agunaldo. the insurgent leader in the Philippines:
 Before opening an attack upon any town, l summoned the Spanish officer in command to surrender. In one case one of the officers so summoned replied by stating that the garrison was not quite ready to fight and he asked if I would defer the attack for three hours. com piled.
 "The first engagement we had with the Spanish occurred on May 2S, when we caps tured nineteen with their arms and ammu. milton. We hemmed them in. One hun. dred and ninety Casedores and seventy loyal natives participated. We lost fogp killed. The Spaniards lost sixteen killed, including one officer. The result of this engagement was that fighting became gel- eral throughout the province of Cayite. After four days fighting over 2,O0O Span- iards were taken prisoners, including many officers, and General Leopoldo Pana, gov- ernor of Cavite, who handed me his sword, revolver and golden belt and a formal let- tetr of surrender"
 An Ame1lcan naNal capldiH WIlleS as follows: "In my opinion the rebels have undergone a radical change since the ad- vent of Aguinaldo The Spaniards have lost all during the time he has been hero and if our people don't hurry there won't be any Spanish army left at the end of the fight. The American ships have taken no part In the fighting either boats nor men have been landed and reports to the contra- ry are false. Dispatches from Manila say that ApnipaldO Is doing SnlpD1id work
 Under American Protectorate
 London, June S.-The Hong Kong corres- pondent of the Times says
 A proclamation issued by Agulnaldo, the insurgent chief points to a desire to set up a native administration in the Philippines under an Amercan protectorate.
 Aguinaldo has issued orders that the lives and property of Europeans, Chinese and all Spanish non-combatants are to be protect- ed and that all excesses are to be avoided.
 Interest at Washington
 Washington, June 1.-The press reports of the fierce fighting that has been going on in the Philippines between the insur- gents and Spaniards were read with the greatest interest at the navy department, where the officials realize the grave nature of the problem that confronts Admiral Dewey The naval officers say that the administrative difficulties with which Ad- miral Dewey must contend is indicative of what may be expected by Major General Merritt when he reaches the Philippines. A complete understanding of the nature of the agreement that existed between Dewey and Chief Aguinaldo seems to be lacking here. but from the fact that some of the press reports state that the insurgent lead- CT is receiving the surrender of spanish troops and has proclaimed himself dictator pro tenn, show that General Merritts func- tions as military governor will be very llm- tied.