Hutchinson gazette., 1899-04-06
7HE ENEMY IS LYING Low.
FlIlplnOs Show No Desire to Re-
sumo HOstIlItles,
TROOPS RESTING AT MALoLos,

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MANILA, April 3,-'rhe American
troops und = General NlOc ,trthur arc
still resting at M~oloS, where every"
thing has been quiet h lst,lltles else
where-so far as officially reported
have been limited during the last
twenty-fo' = hours to an occasional
exchange g. shots between the insur-
gents and the troops forming the lines
Of General Hall, extending from tho
waterworls TO La Lonla But this
shooting has been just active enough
10 mako the lives OF the soldiers n
burden and TO compel 40 officers to
blecp In trenches, clothed and In readi'
ness to repel possible attacks
Most OF the Americans are becoming
convinced that the Lackbone OF the In
urgent opposition IS BROKEN. There
re numerous rumors pointing TO an
yarly collapse OF the insurrection, One
"a these Is that General Pho del Pillar,
the best fighter among the Filipino
tfilcers, cill de, ert Aguinaldo and
rive his support TO the Americans,
The Spaniards, reasoning from their
experience OF the natives, refuse to be-
ievo that tho rebellion Is anywhere
tear put down, They declare that
The Fllipinos will not take their do
feat at Malolos with the loss OF the
dty and the removal OF their so-called
l'overnment, seriously TO heart. On the
contrary, the SpN 'lards predict that
tho insurgents will hover near the
American lines, offering them as
iAuch rs possible. and whom attacked
In force, dissolve, only to reappear at
tther points, This sort of tactics, the
Spanlards say, will be followed until
the wet season compels the Americans
10 be housed In barracks, and then the
l0ilipinos will return and re.occupy
such towns as the United States troops
90 not garrison With tho next dry
aeason, repetition OF the present OPP
urations will begin.
Time alonc will show how much
there is in this theory but, as against
II, II must be borne In mind that the
Spaniards, In all their domination OF
tho Philippines, never gave tho inhab'
itants demonstration Of power COM
parable In effectiveness to that given
them by the United States.
A priest and two members OF the So
called Filipino congress, who hid
themselves IN the woods during the
nghting which preceded the capture OF
Malolos, have returned there and de-
clared that 1000 OF the Filipino sol
dlers were anxious to give up fighting,
TAD would do so but for their officers,
who keep them under arms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan is now full Of friendlies
women and old people-who are re-
turning to their homes carrying white
Gags. The Americans are trying to
gain the confidence Of the inhabitants
by proving to them that II they re-
turn and attend to their ordinary
work, peacefully, no harm will befall
them, Two hundred and fifty civil
ians came back to their homes in Ma.
lolos last evening.
Two thousand women and children,
with sprinkling OF unarmed men,
supposed to he warriors, came TO the
outskirts Of Malolos on the sea side OF
the city and afterward sneaked away,
carrying all the goods they could.
There has been no little good ma
turcd rivalry as to which regiment
the First Montana or the Twentieth
Kansas--is entitled to the honor Of
having raised its flag first in Malolos.
Colonel Funston and twenty men of
Company g. Kansas volunteers, claim
the distinction, on the ground, OF hav-
ing entered the town at double quick
and raised the company's flag, but the
first flag to be recognized officially
was that OF Company G, OF the Mon
tana infantry.