The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-05-05
Filipinos Seek to
Surrender.
CONE IN UNDER TRUCE FLAG
They Call Upon General Otis
For Terms Of CariMlntiou.

"A speclal from Mania says: AS was
predicted, the capture Of Ca.nmpit by
the Americans broke tho backbone Of
the insurgents cause. And the cap
ture was made by such daring skill
and was such remarkable military
achievement that Aguinaldo lost no
time in hoisting a flag of truce, and
making overtures for cessation of
hostilities.
Colonel Manual Argueleses and
Lieutenant Joe Bernal, chief of Gen
eral Luna's staff, entered General Nc
Arthur's line early Friday morning,
bearing the flag OF truce. They were
en- route for Manila by train to confer
with General Otis regarding the terms
of surrender.
Arrive at Manila.
Arriving Mt Manila Colonel Manuel
Argueleses and Lieutenant Jose Ber-
mel, told General Otis that they were
representatives of General Luna, who
had been requested by Aguinalho to
ask General Otis for n cessation of
hostilities in order to allow time for
the summoninS of the Filipino con-
gress which body would decide whsth-
er the people wanted pence.
General Otis replied that he did not
recognize the existence of Filipino
government.
When the flag of truce was first
raised the Filipino officers walked
down the railroad track to tha4K Kaneog
regiment.s.-aataast clock FrI., -
morning. The captain in ctmmand
there ecorted them to General Wheat
on's headquarters where they were
provided horses and sent to the head
quarters Of General Macarthur. The
latter invited the Filipinos to sit down
at lunch with him and conversed with
theM for some time. He refused,
however, to speak authoritatively on
the subject of their errnnd.
They Reach Otis Camp.
The Fiflipinos were then escorted
by Major Maloney of General MacAr-
thurs staff to Manila, reaching that
place Mt 3 o'clock p. IN. General Otis
aid, Lieutenant Sladen, was awaiting
their arrival Mt the depot with n carri-
age in which they were driven to Pal
ace entrance.
They were escorted directly to the
office of General Otis. Jacob g. Schur-
man, president of the Philippine COM
mission, and Hon. Charles DENLY, q
member of the commission, soon join
ed the party there. The news of the
arrival of the Filipino officers under
flag OF truce spread through the city
rapidly, and many officers gravitated
to the corridors of the palace, while a
crowd of natives gathered in the square
opposite the palace.
At 5 o'clock the two Filipino Off
GERS, escorted by Lieutenant Sladen
and Major Maloney, left the palace.
They did not look Mt all e)ated as a
result of their talk with General Otis
and members of the Philippine COM
mission.
Made n Fruitless Attempt.
At Calumpit for tho first time large
body of Filipinos attempted to face
the Americans in open ground. The
Filipinos in the trenches were dis
persed after making ridiculously
feeble resistance; but General Luna's
brigade came upon the field from
Macabeles on the double-quick, the
two regiments preserving q perfect
formation.
But when tho American bullets
showered thickly among them, stir
ring clouds of dust from the sandy
soil, the Filipinos again showed that
no amount of drilling could fortify
them sufficiently to make them face
the Am. rican rifles, and their train
pulled up the track, with its load OF
dead and wounded, in plain sight of
the Americans who were entering the
town so closely that the rebels barely
clipped out of their victors hands.