The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-06
AT ILOILO.
L hay Be Traced Directly Back to
a Spanish General.
The FILIPINO PARLIAMENT TO MEET.
a Great Deal OF Interest Felt in Regard 20
1.-THE Filipino Rebels Drill at IIoIo
In Full View OF American
Troops Anoat.

Troops Ahoat.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Gen. Otis, com
manding at Manila, has cabled the
war department that IN his opinion
Gen Miller has the situation well in
hand at IlOilO and that ne fully under
stands the purpose Of the president not
to crowd the insurgents unduIy. It is
highly desirable that a hostile collision
between the American forces and the
Insurgents be avoided at all hazards,
at least pending the ratification Of the
peace treaty, and as Gen Miller under
stands now this purpose on the part Of
the president, ne viii be guided by it
and may be relied upon to resort to
force only under absolute comDuIsiOn.
The officials here are now fully sat
isfied that the trouble at IlOilO may be
traced directly back to the Spanish
colonel who was the senior Spanish
army officer IN the Philippine group
and directly IN command Of the Visay-
as'grOup, including the principal is
land Of Hanay and the city and gar
risOn Of IIoilO- Gen Otis repOrt Is show
that, though besieged with his 500
soldiers in IlOiIO by q superior force,
the position Of the Spanish was thor
every attack Of the insurgents and
had inflicted great loss upon the lat
ter, and altogether there was no reason
why they should not have held out in
definitely This was particularly the
case in view Of the knowledge on the
part of the Spaniards that by the terms
Of the treaty the United States gov
eminent had undertaken to carry
them back to Spain, involving, of
course, their release from the siege at
the earliest practicable moment It's
significant that Rios delayed the
evacuation of uOilo until he became
informed that the Americans were
coming, and there is curiosity here to-
learn how that important information
reached uoilo in advance of the move
ments Of the American transports and
In the absence of cable connections
Undoubtedly it was conveyed by
vessel, and there may be a question
raised as TO the legitimacy Of the
transmission Of the intentions Of the
American troops in advance in this
fashion.
One feature of Gen Otis report that
has escaped mention so far is his
notice Of the approaching meeting Of
the so-called Filipino parliament,
which is 10 gather on the island of
LuzOn tomorrow A good deal Of in
terest is attached to this meeting, as
Gen. Otis reports that by the attend
ance the strength Of AguinaldO's party
can be gagged. That this is waning
rapidly is not doubted and Gen. Otis
feels that when the attempt is made to
convene the parliament II will be
found that AguinaldO has lost his con-
troll Of the majority and cannot COM
mand even q working coalition. Such
state of affairs would tend to make
easier the task Of the military author
tiles of the United States Of establish
ing peacefully a temporary form Of
government for the Philippines that
viii command the support Of the peO-
pie and receive the approval Of the
civilized world
THE FILIPINO REB-sLs DRILLING.
Manila, Jan A-Advices Just re-
eeived from IiOiIO say the rebels at
recent meeting ratified the action Of a
delegation which assured the Ameri-
cans that they might land unarmed,
but that IL the Iaster landed armed the
natives would be uncomfortable. 1t
is further said that every preparation
is being made for resistance upon the
part Of the rebels and that reinforce
ments are arriving from NegrOs and
the neigh boring islands, in spite Of
the efforts OF the United States cruiser
Baltimore and the gunbOat Arizona to
scare them with searchIights. The
Spanish guuboat FL Cano is still at
IiOilO but as her status is not defined
she has not been molested- 1t is IN
derstOOd that she is destined 70 60 to
Zamboagang, a town Of the Philippine
islands on the southwestern extremity
Of the island OF MindaEao.
The American troops are restless
The rebels are drilling on the beach
evening and morning, in full view Of
the American expedition, which is
Still afOaL The natives here are
uuiescent but waschful.