Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-03
'TRICKED into
A SURRENDER.
Filipino General no Match for Am
erIcan Lieutenant Munro.
FIGHTING JOE WHEELER
His views OBJ. the situation iu the
Ihii,pplnes Colonel Brcrston
Takes Ikis own alto ,yhile Ten,-
pprnriIy .1nsano Gcuorni OILS
voluninou. Report GA His operas
lion. mp Ia August 81.
(By Telegraph to Virginian-Pllot.)

l& (By Telegraph to Virginian-Pllot)
Manila. Dec. 2-2 p, m.-The capture
by Lieutenant Munro and fifty men Of
tho Fourth Cavalry or the Filipino
General Conon. with 500 officers and
men with rifles, several Americans and
seventy Spanish prisoners, at Bayam-
bong, province of Nueva Vizcaya, was
IL successful bluff. Lieutenant Munro
tapped the rebel wire. telegraphed to
Conon that he was advancing with a
large force and demanded his surren-
der After negotiations Conon con-
scented to caDitulate to q superior
force.o whereupon Lieutenant Munro
5teiegraDhed that he would enter the
town with q small guard and receive
the garrison's surrender. He captured
the whole Filloino force and secured
their arms. the rebels surprising Munro
had an army behind him.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
Washington, D. c., Dec. 2.-General
Otis informed the War Department to-
day OF the surrender or Bayambong in
the following dlspntch:
Manila, Dec. ., 1899.
"Report received that Bayambong.
with province Neuva Vizcaya, surren-
dcred November IS TO Lieutenant Mum
no, Fourth Cavnlary, who commanded
advance scouts on Carrangalan train,
! consisting OF fifty men-Fourth Cavalry
and three native scouts. Insurgents
General Cononi surrendered entire force.
numbering 500 men armed With Maui
!, eers, and q number OF officers ;%seventy
Spanish and two American prisoners Sc
cured and probably considerable insur-
& gent property"
81 SUICIDE OF COL. BRERETON.
Washington, D. c., Dec 2-Thc War
Department has received the following
from General Otis at Manila dated
December Cd s
t.'Lieutenant Colonel Brereton, Cap
tain of the Twenty fourth Infantry,
While temporarily insaue. committed
suicide ut Santa Thomas, near San
Fernando, Union province, LuZon, ct
o'clock this morning. Insanity first
manifested November Goth at Aringay."
n FIGHTING JOE'S" VIEWS.
Washington, D. c., Dec. General
Joe Wheeler, in personal letter re-
ceived here to-day. dated at Angeles.
Luzon, says:
There are more than twenty differ
emf tribes In this island. and very few
OF them would submit to Aguinaldo's
rule. AEulnaldo and his generals would
like to govern, because 1t would give
them great power, and many Of his
soldiers like the war because for the
authority to carry a gun. Many of
them are bandits. who rob defenseless
people of their money and sometimes
murder them. five should withdraw
there would be warfare and anarchy
Ill the islands.and the well-to-do people
would get some strong government TO
come and take control.
GENERAL. OTIS SUMMARY.
Washington; Dec. 2.-The report of
General Otis on the operations in the
Philippines up to August 81 last, has
been made public by the War Depart
ment. 1t Is volume OF 273 pages, with
an appendix of minor reports almost as
large. The report is chronological re-
capitulation of events In the islands
since General Otis took command. One
of the most interesting features is the
immense amount of detail involved in
General Otis administration of the af-
fairs of the islands.
In concluding his report General Otis
says that 1t may prove fortunate that
the Aguinaldo insurrection was not
stamped out instanter upon its incep-
ton. He says that the natives, through
out the island have peacefully and even
gladly accepted American occupation of
their towns whenever the American
troops appeared, and that they have
learned by experience that the 1nsur-
gents have made a speciality of muir
der. outrage and robbery under the
guise of establishing q free and indie
pendent government. They have had
chance. upon the withdrawal OF Ameri-
can troops, to see the difference be-
tween American and native methods of
government, and his opinion is that
they will gladly submit to the former
as soon as they can be protected from
the latter.