Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-09-27
NO SPANISH SHIPS
Only An American Vessel May En-.
ter Closed Ports to Bring Away
Spanish Prisoners.
TAGALS SEEK PROTECTION
One Thousand Tribesmen Are offered to
General Otis to Help Fight the Tagals
Around the Laguna de Bay
District

Manila, Sept. 27.-American authori-
ties have declined to request General
Jaramillo, the Spanish officer who is
settling Spain's military affairs in the
Philippine islands, to send vessel un-
der the Spanish flag to collect Spanish
prisoners at insurgent ports as stipu,
lated by the Filipinos, on the grounds
that the ports are closed; that such a
step would therefore be unlawful and
because they declined to accept the Fill
pino dctation.
The authorities are ready to send an
American vessel. The Spanish com
mission therefore will return to the in
surgent lines and endeavor to effect an
arrangement for the delivery of prison
ers on board an American vessel.
| AguinaIdo has issued statement say
ing the warlike activity of the Amer
leans has prevented the concentration
of prisoners as intended, but they will
be delivered up October 10.
The Tagals of the Island Mindanao
have expressed their readiness to ac-
cept American sovereignty in eX-
change for protection against the har-
RAISING Moros.
A native officer has offered Major
General Otis 1000 of the Maccabebe
tribesmen to fight the Tagals of Laguna
de Bay district.
Manila, Sept. a7.-Insurgents are try
ing to incite the natives of Malabon, a
city of 10000 inhabitants five miles from
Manila, to rise against the American
garrison. Captain Allen has been hold
ing the place with two companies Of the
10th infantry, but on account OF the
need of all available men at the front
his force has been reduced to 70 men.
They now remain near the big church
where they quarter, being too few in
number to attempt to patrol the town.
Armed uniformed parties of insurgents
recently disembarked during the night
and collected money for the insurrection
and preached revolt. Two mayors have
been elected but both of them have de-
clined to serve.
Malabon has been shipping point
whence provisions and other stuff are
brought from Manila by trains and
shipped into the hostile territory. The
insurgents seem to be trying to make
their good treatment of American pris-
oners a card by which to gain outside
sympathy. Two Englishmen who have
arrived here from Tarlac report that the
| Americans are treated more like guests
than prisoners. They are fed on the
best the country affords, and everything
is done to gain their favor. A Filipino
paper says that the occasion of the re-
cent fete at the Victoria celebration OF
mythical Filipino history, American
prisoners there were given the freedom
Of the town and five pesos each with
which to celebrate the ''victory." En-
glishmen also said the Filipnos have
offered all Americans commissions in the
army and three of them have accepted.
This is not believed.
| American officers north of Manila tell
the correspondents of the Associated
Press that Aguinaldo is attempting to
enforce good government after the
American fashion, ordering soldiers to
suppress bands of robbers, three of
whom were executed at Mariquima. He
has also prohibited gambling in the vii
lages under his control.