Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-01
PREPARATIONS
FOR PUSHING WAR
Gen. Otis Not Letting Peace Pros
poets Interfere.
ARGUELEZES DISAPPOINTED
Expected More 60 Result from psi.
Mission -schurman Think. ~ WIN
be Easy to Govern Piiipino..

Manila. April 20. $40 y. m.-whiic n
Ia tho general expectation among
Americans that the Filipino omisaarics
win return with revised proposals from
Don. Antonio Luna. Mai Gen otis IL
not letting this prospect interfere with
his preparations for pushing the war
Yesterday he ordered Maj. .Ucn. Law
ton 20 return 60 AnFnt. few miles
northwest of Norznrnray. and not to
advance nHgrcasivciy while the negotla.
lions are pending. Gen. Macarthur "
apparently acting on the same policy.
but hc IL repairing bridges and
strengthening the lines Of his force.
which n stretched out with four-milc
front and within quarter OF a mile
" the enemy.
MANILA rs CHEERFUL.
The possibilities Of peace are crafty.
ing 20 a great majority u the army.
who have regarded the war aa an un-
pleasant duty that must be performed
according 10 American traditions. Ma
Mia Il cheerful over the prospects Of a
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skertlcn who remark that truce would
enable the Insurgents 10 rest until the
| rainy season. upon which they have
boon depending ~ an Important aid.
The prisoners report that there are
1900 refugees north ~ San Fernando.
tn. y not Impossible, considering the
thichly populated region which the
| Americans have cleared. II rooma also
that smallpox II spreading among them.
The Ho-chiied Filipino congress viii
meet at Fan Fernando tomorrow.
TERMS or PEACE.
when Dean G. Worcester u the
United States Philippine commission.
who accompanied the Filipino ennis.
Naries from calumpit said to col Man
uel ArguelcEca that the Americans were
undct no obligations 20 refrain from
fighting, the Filipino ofilccr said.
Would you nght while we are dis
cusalnE terms Of pcacc7"
Mr Worcester responded with the
suggestion that an armlntice would give
the Filipino leaders time o. escape.
| MY bodi Where would We escape
/ tor the Filipino exclaimed. referring
/ IN this 90 the menacinE hostile tribes
bahind the filipino lines
Col. iArgu~ieEca told tho correspond
ent u the Associated prraa that hr was
much disappointed In the results ~ his
misniop. lie said also that Aruinnido.
expected caiumplt to BE- the cemetery
Of the American line.
Lieut. Col Wallace ~ the First Mon
tnna regiment, Mai. Adams and Mai.
Shields. who slept on Friday nirht In
Gen. Lunn'a camp. where they went 10
inform the fiilpino4 that thelg ENJOYS
would return In safety. found tho III.
Pine commander cordial, the Filipino
troops removing their hats M the
Americana passed The fillplnoa COM
.Na.Naa 49, a
/ used explosive bullets. which II not the
fact. The American officers rctortei
that the copper shells ufed by the Fili,
pinor are worse than explosive bullets.
Gen Luna said he regretted being
Obliged to KIT Americans, but that was
III. business. uen, wheaton enter
tnincd Col. Arguelexer and Lieut. jose
ncrnal and provided them with horses
to return 10 their campo,
40 PROMISES MADE,
In the course Of the conference yes
terday Jacob e. schurinan. chairman
~ the United states Philippine COM
mission, told Col, Afgunlozcp that N tho
insurgents would now lay down their
arms h. ana his companions on the
commission would consult them regard.
ing tho plan OF government 90 be- sub
mtttcd 10 President Mckinley. hc said
ho could not promise that all their
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could assure them that there would be-
presumption IN favor u their HuEEcn-
lions. adding that the commissioners
would BE- especially dcHir1uH ~ satisfy
ing the legitimate aspirations Of tho
Flllplnos,
When col ArEuelcIcs protested that
unconditional surrender would be- hui
initiating. Afr. schurman replied
There would be- no humiliation In Den.
otis treating our brother filiplnoa MS
Gen. Grant treated our brother Ameri-
cans AZ Appomat,ox."
Mr. fchurman said today 10 tho cor.
respondent ~ the AHS0cinted Press II
believe Col ArgueloEer il personally
sincere aud honest, though ! have no
means Of nrccrtainlnE the sentiments
and aims ~ the authorities behind him.
The Filipino people, like oths Asiatic
peoples. have no trust Ia more words
wlthou, force behind them. hut, with
force. 7 consider oonoillatory spirit
~ the utnost Importance.
GOVERNING FiLIPINos.
~ believe when peace has been 90.
tnhllshed. governing the fillpino- viii
not DO a difficult matter. provided We
show them nrmncsH. justice and kind
illness. At the present time they dis
trust and dislike us, hut these senti-
menta, which ARE. perhaps, not unnntu-
raj. viii soon be- dispelied by the effects
~ the good government We have prom
iHcd them 10 establish here. II viii be-
the foremost duty of American officials
20 understand and sympnthisc with the
filipinoH themselves"
Yesterday. before Gen. Otis had H.
sued the order directing Ocn.i.aw,on 60
return 10 Anfnt, the troops NJ hi COM
mnnd encountered the rebels IN circle
~ hills outside Of San Rafael about
nve miles northwest 'of AnTat, dislodE.
ing them after an hours fighting, Tho
Americans had three wounded, A thou
sand armed filipinOa FOIL back an the
Americans advanced
The villagers meet den, Lnwton, Of
fcring him provisions. They darc not
foe into the mountain country on tho
east, because Of the robber tribes there
and on the west arc the troops VI Gen.