The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-11
The Cruiser Irene Ic.
cident.
A Spanish C0lonel's Story Of the
Affair.

Manila, December 10-4.30 p. m.-An
expedition hsadsa by the battleship Ore
gon, left Manila for Subig last night. 1t
10 rsported that tbs Filipino commander.
Gen. Alsjapdrino, with his staff. has sur
rendered to Gen. Macarthur and there 10
also rumor thai Alsjandrino is suffer-
ing from . wound received In a fight be-
tween insurgents and bandits and that
he will be given an opportunity TO sur
render and will be properly cared for.
Major Spence, with q column Of the
sci regiment, recaptured Q new insurgsnt
camp. an unoompleted strongho in the
Tassan districs. He left DinAlupan at
day break yesterday and marched ten
m lies along mountain trails finally en-
oounterins large land OF insurgsnts
who retreAted after brief skirnish. The
Americans had No losses. The records
OF the treasury Of the so-oallsd Filipino
government together with q quantity Of
paper money and another Nordenfeldt,
have been foand In Manangatarsm.
Three Americans who. with commits
sary sergeant of the 12th infantry, were
travelling from San Fernandino to An
gslss, left their escort for q moment ana
went into the bush, - they did not
speedily return . search was made
for them. but they could not be
found. They were probably captured by
the rebels. A mail orderly disappeared
tetween Angeles and Bamban. He IL
also supposed to have been captured.
A force OF one hundred insurgents yes.
tsrday attacked near Balinag q wagon
train escorted BY 80 men of the 10th In
fantry. A sharp engagement followed
The Filipinos lost Is killed and
captured. During the recent attack by
tho insurgents upon Vigan. tho Filipinos
obtained possession of the plaza and Of a
church In the centre Of the town from
which the Americans dislogde them. IL
seems that tho escaped Spaniards obtained
guns and fought with the Americans
against the insurgents. Col julio del
Rio, who is among the released Spaniard
that have just arrived here. gives AN In
terssting version Of the famous Irene IN
cident In Subig Bay In July of last
year. He was formerly In command OF
the Spanish troops In the Olongapo dis.
triot. His narrative 10 corroborated by
Senior Rafael Rosslio, u wealthy Spanish
merchant, who also fell into the hands OF
the insurgents. Both declare that the
SpaniArds surrendered to Capt. Coughian
of the U. S. cruiser Raleigh, on an ex-
press agreement that they were not to bs
given up to the Filipinos. and they reas-
ssrt that the Spanish government has
promised to press their claims against
the United States for their long I'm
prisopment.
According to their story thousand In :
surgents were bssisging Olangopo, where
there are two comp anies Of marines and
q battalion of artillery, together with
many civilians. The German cruiser
Irene entered the harbor to take the
women and children on board. At this
juncture the insurgsnt steamer FIN
pinas, flying the insurgsnt dag. started
TO leave The Irene threw shot across
her bow, claiming the right to stop her
as Gsrman had not recognized the In
surgsnt flag.
The Fillpinas then raised q white flag
aud departed. When shs returned she
was flying the inaurgent flag and was ac-
com panied by the q. s. warships Concord
aud Raleigh. Ths Irene was then ieaV :
ing the harbor with non-oombatants.
"without the least warning," says
Col. Del Rio. ''tne American warships
began to lombard us. firing about %
shots. Ss:ing that reslstance1was useless,
ss our guns had never been mounted. We
raised the white flag. Capt Coghian
came ashore with several officers and 1t
was expressly stipulated that the SUR
render was to the Americans alone.
Capt. Coghian was asked to promise that
the Spaniards should not be delivered to
the insurgents and when he had given