The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-01-12
ILOILO TO BE TAKEN
M'kINLEY ORDERS AMERICAN
SOLDIERS TO LAND.
AEuinaldo's Followers Will Be Over
come by Force, If Necessary, but
Their Peaceful Submission Is Ex-

The United States will force the issue
with the Filpinos. This decision may
lead to & harassing war with the natives
of the Philippines. IL is hoped and be-
lieved such calamity will be lverted,
but it remains Tor the Insurgents TO de-
termine what the result will be- 1t is re-
ported from Washington that the Presi-
dent has ordered Gen. Miller to land his
troops at Ilo:lo. The American command
or is directed TO be conciliatory toward
the natives. but ut the same time lie is
instructed to use force, if necessary. to
effect his landing and establish himself
in the desired camp. Ia other words, Gen.
Miller is TO act on the defensive. He will
not fire 4 gun unless attacked by the Fill
pinos. but il the natives wilfuliy shoot at
his soldiers he is to administer a desc
OF American r1tribution and marksmaii-
ship.
Gen. Miller has about 1900 soldiers st
1loilo, and among them are men of the
Fifty-tirst Iowa infantry. He will also
have the support of several gunboats, for
Admiral Dewey notified Secretary Long
of the Navy Department that he had sent
the Concord and the Petrol to join the
lOlCe NDi. DN II
Is not known how strong force the in
surgents have at that point. The War
Department has information which seems
10 indicate the natives have only about
o.OOO stand of arms, and it is assumed
that fairly represents their fighting power
at llOilo. They have no modern artillery.
while the American force is well equipped
in that respect There is no doubt of the
ability of Gen. Miller to defeat the Fill
pinos in pitched battle, but he has been
warned not to be the aggressor. Dis
patches from Manila report rumors that
Aguinaldo has gone to Iloilo to take COM
mand of the insurgent force. He has hith-
erto assumed an attitude of hostility to
American authority. but advices from
Gen. Otis lead American officials to be-
lieve he will submit when forced to a final
decision between peace and war.
The instructions of the President rela-
tive to the administration of affairs in
the Philippine Islands, as transmitted to
Gen. Otis at Manila, are comprehensive
enough TO. fully meet present conditions
rs well as any contingencies that may
arise. The President urges that the COM
mander of the forces of occupation shall
proclaim Jnat we come not as invaders
or conGuerors. but as friends, to protect
the natives in their homes. in their EN-
pigments and in their personal and re-
ligious rights
After promising support and protection
70 those who will cooperate with the
Government to give effect to these bene-
fits and purposes. the President declares
that, while the military authority must he
supreme until the legislation of the Unit
ed States shall otherwise provide, the mu-
nicipal laws of the territory in respect to
private rights and the repression oe crime
will remain in force: all ports in the isl
nnds will be opened to the commerce of all
friendly nations. and all goods will be adj
nitted upon payment of such duties rs
shall be in force at the time of their i'm
portation": and the officers to administer
local governmental affairs afe to be Sc
lected as far as may be practicable from
the inha bitantS of the islands after they
have taken the oath of allegiance to the
United States. The instructions adequate
ly convey the purpose of our Government
in assuming control of the Philippines.