Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-05-04
A TRICK OF Willy AGU|XALD0
EnVoyS Admit That They are Acting
as Agents of the Dictator.

DIS AgbUbS vi Lut UlUtGlOl.
HE SEEKS RECOGNITION =
THREATS MADE THAT THE
WAR WILL BE PROTRACTED
UNLESS CONSIDERATION IS
SHOWN TO HIS DIGNITY-GEN.
OTIS DECLINES TO LET UP ON
THE INSURGENTS so LONG AS
THEY LEVY WAR ON THE UNIT
ED STATES-GEN. LAWTON'S
COLUMN CAPTURES A NUMBER
OF POSITIONS AND SCATTERS
THE INSURGENT FORCES.
Manila, May 4.-Noon.-Gen. Mac
Arthur is now assaulting the town of
San Thomas, about five miles north
west of Calumpit.
The Americans are fighting for the
bridge and the rebels are burning the
town.
Manila, May 3.-12:10 p. m.-There
was conference lasting two hours to-
day between Major Gen. Otis and the
ENJOYS who came here from Gen. An
tonic Luna bearing proposal for a
cessation of hostilities. Gen. Otis adj
hered to his refusal to recognize the So
called government of the insurgents.
The Filipinos now ask for truce of
three months to enable Aguinaldo to
summon the congress and consult with
the insurgent leaders on other islands.
The ENJOYS admitted the contention of
Gen. Otis that Aguinaldo has little con-
troll over affairs outside of the Island
of Luzon.
The question of the release of Span
ish prisoners in the hands of the Fill
pinos being mentioned, Major Manuel
Arguellos, the chief member of the del
egation, said that he considered them
as being in the same category with the
Americans, the United States being
the successor of Spain in dominion over
the island and acquiring by treaty all
Spanish rights and obligations. After
the close of the conference with Gen.
Otis the Filipino ENJOYS had a consul
tation with the United States Philip
pine commissioners.
The Filipino ENJOYS, Major Manuel
Arguelles and Lieut.. Jose Bernal, have
abandoned the pretense under which
they came to Gen. Otis that they rep
resented Gen. Antonio Luna. and to-
day they announced that they came as
representatives of Aguinaldo himself
The two emissaries used all their vile
to secure reply from Gen. Otis to the
letter from Senior Mabini. Aguinaldo's
prime minister and minister of foreign
affairs in the dictator's cabinet, which
they presented to Gen. Otis on yester-
day, but Gen. Otis refused to make
any reply on the ground that to do SO
would be equivalent to a recognition of
the so-called government of the Filipi-
nos.
Major Arguelles said that Aguinaldo
knew he would be overpowered in time,
but that he would be able to continue
the fight for months and that he would
do so unless he were given what Major
Arguelles termed peace with dignity.
Mr.. Schurman, the president of the
United States Philippine commission.
expresses the opinion that the inter-
views accorded by Gen. Otis to the Fill
pinos will have a good moral effect, as
tending to convince Aguinaldo's repre-
sentatives that the American authori
ties mean to give the Filipinos good
government and not one OF the Spanish
sort.
Certainly it has a civilizing influence
in inducing them to observe the amen
ties OF war and consent to Americans
furnishing food for American prisoners.
The exodus of natives from the in
surgent lines continues.
BY filling in the roads where it was
required, putting canoes on the rivers
and taking fields south of Malolos, the
American army is in a fine position for
the expected decisive blow.
Gen Macarthur has moved his head
quarters to San Vicente, across the Rio
Grande Gen. Wheaton's brigade has
advanced beyond Apalit
lGen Hale has returned to cooperate
with Gen. Lawton.
At Balibog last evening there was a
running fight, in the course of which
one American soldier was killed and
three were wounded. The rebels scat
tered before Gen. Lawton and Gen.
Hale.
On yesterday, while Captain Wheel
err, with a detachment of the Fourth
cavalry, was covering Gen. Hale's ad-
vance, he discovered a large body of
rebels at Pulilan. The cavalry opened
fire, but there was no response. Think
ing that the rebels wanted to surren-
der, Lieut.. Bell went forward to parley
with them. The Filipinos replied that
they did not wish to surrender, but
that they had been ordered to refrain
from lighting during the negotiations.
They asked what Lieut.. Bell wanted,
and in reply were given half an hour
in which to retire, which they i'm
proved.
A Spanish prisoner who escaped into
the American lines reports that after
Gen. Hale's advance on Quingan, TWO
hundred Filipinos were buried, thirty
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