The National tribune., 1899-08-31

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
asked Col. JoualIst TO have special doctors
make an examination of Patty de Clam to
see if he was really incapable of giving
evidence. Certificates to this disability
refused, and Labor cried: Col. Sandher1
is dead, Col. Henry is dead. and Col. PatS
de Clam will not come here"
THE TRANSvAAL TROUBLE.
The English people are beginning tc
believe that President Kruger will back
down and finally come to England's terms
Meanwhile both sides are preparing fol
war as fast as possible. Secretary ol
State for the Colonies Chamberlin now
has the text of the Transvaafs reply tc
England's proposal. A Cape Town dis
patch says that it is ascertained that the
substance of the Transvaa'S communities
ton to the British Government, in reply tC
the latter's demands, is concession of a
five years (retroactive) franchise, a share
in the election of the President, and an in
crease in the representation of the gold
fields, probably eight additional seats, and
a stipulation that all other questions are tc
| be submitted to arbitration-but not to a
foreign power; that Great Britain shall
not use the recent interference as pre-
cedent, and that the British Government
shall relinquish all suzerainty rights.
A dispatch from Pretoria, South African
Republic, says: "The Volksraad to-day,
| by vote of IS to 9. adopted the report OF
the majority of the Dynamite Commission,
continuing the monopoly. This monopoly,
which entails heavy burdens on miners,
is one of the chief causes of English COM
| plant"
WITH THE PHILIPPINE REBELS.
In Administration circles there is an ex-
preston of belief that the war in the Philip
| hope is not based on the bloody prospect
of conquest by superior force, but upon di-
| plomacy, backed up by the presence and
readiness of force sufficient to crush the
rebellion. Just what hopeful signs have
| been reported, and the details of negotia-
tions that may have been had secretly with
| natives, are not disclosed, nor is the exist
ence of any prospect of a speedy termina-
ton of hoStilities widely known.
| At present dispatches from Manila in
dicate that the Filipinos retain more of a
fighting spirit than was to be expected
after their recent San Fernando expert
ences and Gen. Lawton's vigorous pun
ishment of them in the south. The Amer
leans met stubborn resistance at Angeles,
the rebels having worked non-combatants
on the trenches and saved the armed men
for the fighting. In Cavite Province, where
it was supposed the rebels had been scat
tered and demora1ized beyond recuperation,
they have assembled an army of several
thousand men, distributed among the i'm
portant towns from the lake to the bay.
After the San Fernando engagement the
rebels attempted to deter the Americans
from a further advance northward by
menacing the railroad communications.
IN, hrI1eboo hQfxxroan fhocn Ei1iv,ipn,
the Americans during three days the Amer
leans lost several men, while the Filipinos'
loss was heavy.
Hundreds of people come into Manila
daily and return to the rebel lines with food
and other commodities. The guards sta
TONED along one road reported that 5000
persons passed through the lines in three
days. and that As tons of rice were carried
out, in small parcels, on the same road in
10 days. Much of this undoubtedly goes
to aid the rebels, but the authorities permit
this traffic from motives of charity toward
the women and children, who are undoubt-
edly suffering.
Within the last few days matters have
been comparatively quiet.
THE NEW ARMY. !!
The recruits for the new army of the
Philippines are being examined most rigor-
ously by the Medical Department of the
men who are in perfect health, with we'll
nourished bodies and good constitutions,
are accepted for service in the army which
is to do battle in jungle and swamp. 1t is
said that at least 450 men in each Of the
new regiments has seen army service.
The QuartermaSter-Ge Generals Depart
ment claims that it will have ready certain
transports which will get the first 10 regi-
mentS 10 Manila about Nov. l. and the
second 10 by the latter part of December
The plans Of the new troopships are drawn
SO as to provide every possible comfort
and convenience for the troops, and it is
expected that they will be even superior
in this respect to their predecessors, the
Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman, which ex-
cited the admiration of the military experts
of Europe during their progress over the
Mediterranean and Suez route last Winter.
The War Department, Notwithstanding
any reports as to the Filipino insurgents
being in the way to seeing the folly of
further resistance, is very busy pushing
along the new army. The entire wealth
and power Of the Government are being
directed to the transportation of troops to
the Philippines, and the movement will be
expedited to the fullest possible extent.
While it is contemplated to hold 10 regi-
ments as reserve corps, they will be dis
trlbuted so as to permit their mobilization at
Manila in case of necessity on the shortest
possible notice.
THE SAN DOMINGO REVOLUTION.
1t is reported in Havana that Gen. Juan
Isidro Jimenez, the revolutionary aspirant
to the Presidency of Santo Domingo, who
is now in Manzanillo, has received during
the last few days more than 900 applica-
tons to join any expeditions he may intend
to send TO Santo Domingo.
A dispatch from Puerto Plata, Santo
Domingo, Aug. "a, says: Gen. Caceras,
Vasquez, and Brache at the head of 500
revolutionists, appeared before Macoris.
They left the great body of their troops at
the entrance to the city, and with 90 men
advanced to the Governors house, de-
manding surrender. The delivery OF the
park, fort, arsenal, and Government build
ings was then effected The revolution
lists then formally occupied the surround
ing country, meeting with no opposition.
Every few days another province or large
body of men declares for Jimenez Santi-
ago has also capitulated. There has been
some fighting"
NOTES.
Representative Cushman, Of Washington,
has returned to Tacoma after a visit to
Alaska. He believes there is nothing to
arbitrate in the Alaska boundary question.
He met a surveyor who was a member of
the surveying party that first staked out
the line as claimed by England 30 years