Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-05-21
THEY REACH MANILA.
Filipino Peace Commissioners Have
a Talk With Otis.
NO PEACE FOR THEM
They Have No Proposition 10 Make, No
Power 10 Make Peace and Gem
eral Otis Hears Them In
Silence.

Manila. May 90 General Gregorio del
Pillar. commander Of the insurgentforces
In front Of General Lawton's division
Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Barretto
judge advocate: Major Zealcita, Of Ag
uinaldo's staff and Senior Graciognzagai
a former member Of the Filipino cabinet
the commissioners appointed to cooper
ate with Senors Florintino Torres. Pablo
Campo and Theodore Yancoo Of Manila,
for the purpose Of negotiating terms Of
peace with the American commissioners
reached Manila by special train from
Malolos al sis olock this morning
The party was met by Lieutenant
Colonel Barry. adiutant general, and
CONDUCTED from the train % lunch,
at the Captain and after breakfast
We're driven through the city 10 Ayun-
iamient The party was closeted with
General Otis for mors than an hour but
the interview was decidedly unsatisfac-
tory. as the commission had nothing
definite 10 propose. and being unem-
powered 10 negotiate terms
The commissioners brought a commu-
nicaiion direct from Aguinaldo asking
for an armisiice. pending decision by
the Filipino congress as 10 what policy
would b. adopted.
As before upon several occasions, Gen.
Otis refused 10 entertain the PROPOSE
ton.
The commissioners after leaving the
city hall accepted an invitation to visit
the Oregon and other vessels Of the
American fleet in the bay. and they
also were granted permission TO see
their families before returning
The expedition up tbs Rio Grands
river met With no resistance except al
at The outskirts Of San Luis. where sev.
eral hundred Filipinos were entrenched
on the banks of the stream The rebels
retreated beyond Canadaha and the
gunboats steamed ahead. all the way
training their Gatlin guns upon tn,
banks and dropping shells wherever
uniforms appeared on the shore. Tho
gunboats dispersed the insurgents BE-
fore san Luis
After they had passed sharpshooter.
from the trees across the river shelled
the Seventeenth infantry which wa.
marching by fours along the narrow
wooded road. from which the troop.
were unable 10 see the enemy. The
members Of one battalion laid on their
faces in the road for quarter of an
hour. trying 70 locate the rihemen and
return their fire Two Americans wer,
wounded.
The road wound close 10 the stream
and was thickly settled Il was a pic
turesque march. Many groups of hun
dreds Of natives We're clustered under
the trees on the'opposite banks, display
ing white rags Some shouted welcome,
10 the American soldiers. but most Of
them maintained a sullen silence.
An old man in carriarge met the
troops two miles outside Of the town HI
said Il have lived in England and have
told the people that the Americans ar,
like the English and that they need not
b. afraid"
Captain Giant in command Of the
gunboats. landed before the troops ar.
rived and met with Porto Rican
welcome. The natives who had Assem-.
bled on the shore crowded about ths
Americans with fulsome friendship ap.
parently half afraid that they would b,
massacrcd.
Captain Grant quickly distributed tho
men from the gunboat Laguna de Bay
10 guard the town and the natives sent
messenger 10 tell the people who had
taken refuge in the swamps 90 return.
Hundreds Of the natives thereup0n ~.
turned timidly, man with an impro-
wished flag Of truce flying from a bam
boo pole, preceding each party.
A Capuchin priest. one Of the few
whom the Filipinos had not imprisoned
was found at CanadabA He said II wa
useless TO try 10 convince the native.
that the Americans had not come %
oppress. a. they believed their leaders
who had strongly impressed this BELIEF
upon them
Colonel Kobbe remains az Canadaba
General Lawton is marching south from
San Isidro General Macarthur re
mains at san Fernando The Nebras.
ka regiment has returned 20 Manila foi
a rest
THE Nebraska regiment numbers
about 300 weathorbeaten veterans Two
companies are mere squads aud THEN
battered cantcens and shiny clothc
Alow unmistakahle marks of rough cam
paiguing. but the soldiers are happy
Several Of them dropped by the way
from heat, but when they boarded
special train az Calumpit bound for Ma
MIA, they yelled like schoolboys, anc
other troops went 10 their stations anC