The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-12-09

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Philippines Not so bright as IL
| Was.
Washington. Dee. S-To the relief of
the war department. Gen. Young has
been heard from, after weeks alb
Scpce In the interior of Luzon. Gen.
Otis cabled Thursday morning as fol-
! lows.
Manila, Dec 7. 1880 ten Young reports
! his arrival at ViEan on the evening OF the
/ 18th. having encountered force or tho
enemy Rt Narhacan. IL miles south OF the
city. whom he drove 20 the eastward OF
the same into San quentin canyon, His
troops are now pressing them back Coun-
/ try n extremely rough ard strongly on
tronched About Go prisoners who escaped
reported that tho Insurgents allowed all
| bat the American and prominent spanish
| prisoners 90 escape from HAnRped. Later
| tho insurgents were driven back into the
mountains, WIN send transportation with
| subsistence and medical supplies To Visan
| tomorrow, 20 bring tho prisoners 10 Ma
Mia and 20 supply YounE's troops with
| necessary auartermRAter'a stores, Our
| casualties werc one killed and u wound
cd, wounds mostly slight. Enemy left In
| trenches 70 dead. few rifles. several thou
/ sand rounds ammunition and 10 Hhrapnei.
| Young has sufficient troops to meet all
! difficulties OTIS"
The Military situation In Luson.
uen. Otis cnbles az follows respecting
the military situation In Luzoni
Manila, bee Tn central I.uzou there
| n no inHufEent force OF Importance OK
cept In nulaean province near the noun
talns, where Gen. piiar holds together
600 or more men, which will be attacked
soon Glen. Grant has moved a small coll
umu down the coast 81 nataan province.
1 aalta
moving westward from the mountains is
expected 20 reach the western coast OF
| LuEbn on tho 10Th instant. Many small
lusurgcnt armed hands are In the country
| robhinR and W some instances numbering
the Inhabitants, which are helnR pursued
| bS troops quite sueceSBruiiy
''ro the south Of Manila the Insurgents
Htlli maintain their positions. but the nee
eaaary force 90 scatter them Will be sent
| there RuOn."
Outlook Not so bright
| Manila, Dec. e.. HOPE Of ending tho
insurrectlon aud aatting military OPP
crations in the Philippines. which
seemed 20 bright a few days ago, has
again faded into the uncertain flu
ture.
Much has been accomplished. Dur
ing the last few weeks the campaign
| Ahh NffA hANfNHA IAtfAAFAbt Ahts
IN dread ful weather. through dcvaA-
tated country. across swollen rivers,
along roads that were impassable for
wagons, artillery, and In some eases for
cavalry. the advances OF the troops have
been 20 rapid and In 30 many diroc-
tions Tint they have often been beyond
the military telegraph lines. and op.
rrntlonH have necessarily been hide
pcndently conducted by The field COM
mandcra. The army Ia righttully proud.
The insurgents have had series of
routs mud disasters. The slaughter has
becn great. They have lost a large
quantity Of supplies and munitions OF
war, and more than ) 200 of their armed
men have surrendered or been cap
tured duriag their retreat In the last
few weeks.
Their government has been scattered
or captured. what Of II Ia at liberty
IL IN flight. a portion of AguinaldO's
family are in our lines. AguinaIdo him
self Ia fugitive.
Notwithstanding all these things,
there il no reason for an extremely OPP
timlstic view Of the situation. Moth.
Ing more Is heard OF having the rebel
lion stamped out In the course Of few
days. That sort Of talk only lasted
while the InsurRent leader was slip
ping away last week, Field command.
crs now think that the end IL stlll affair.
IL IL admitted that little IL definite
~ known OF the present strength or
whereabouts Of the insurgents
ARuinaido'N entire army IL estimated
al from 10000 TO 10000 armed men.
scattered throughout the island. There
are 5000 American soldiers now In the
These are already ~ greatly scattered
by the recent operations. with the ex-
ocption Of those In Manila. where $4,000
are concentrated, that they seem like
a mere handful.
sliu. We hold less than ons-thiFd Of
the area Of Lazon. but what We have il
the most desirable territory.
Indications are that Aguinaldo es-
capped 10 the north with much larger
body OF troops than was At first sup
posed. This force, reported At from
1900 20 1000 men. was originally re-
cruited In the northern provinces, and
| tiAt Hith atf VI 1tSsi y ~ hvtH ~ Hh%tA -
Not one Of our columns Is In direct
contact with the enemy. II Is game
Of hide and seek, and weary game
IL IL.
Trouble Ia Negroes.
Manila. Dee. 3. ESQ There has been .
mutluy Of native police in one Of the
towns Of the island Of Segros. An
officer was killed. No particulars have
yet been received.
Relieved fEon Daty.