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.SfGSddrd-iondon, March 81,
The battle fought to the north oi
Manila on Saturday resulted in an i'm.
mediate victory for the United States
troops, but was in reality indecisive
Though the Filipinos were driven back
with heavy loss, and several towns or
villages, with a considerable stretch of
country, are now held BY the Americans,
the main body of insurgents remains
undispersed. Aguinado is still at large
and until he Is captured or becomes a
fugitive there seems little likelihood Of
an early termination OF hostilities in the
neighborhood Ol the capital. The fight
ing though on greater scale ttan any
that has yet taken place, and calling,
apparently, for the employment Of all
the available American forces, must be
regarded as only the precursor ofsimilar
collisions, II seems evident that the
Americans have before them a long and
troublesome task before the back ofthe
insurgent movement can be broken.
The situation at Manila may, however,
be less favorable for Aguinaldo and his
following than appears on the surface,
But even when the Filipino
leader is dis. ~, the difficulties of
subjugating the island OF Luzon alone
are Incalculable, so savage and intracta.
bic are the inhabitants. =
Sooner or later the natives will be
subjugaied. But what the process will
cost IN life and treasure there are no
means OF judging. In yesterdays en-.
gagement alone, while the losses Of the
Tagals are counted by hundreds, il
apPears-though the estimates vary
greatly-that over hundred Americans
we're killed and wounded, while many
were prostrated by the heat This,
however, is the price that must be paid
Tor Empire, end there is no sign that the
United States will begrudge it.
MoyRiaR Post London, March 27
Already the United States are begin
ming to feel the responsibilities Of
Empire in a severe form. For it seems
they have their hands pretty mll in the
Philippines, and though their troops
win every battle, they may possibly find
themselves little better off when the
campaign comes to an end. The natives
are renowned for resisting up to
point, and then taking refuge in the
mountains-whiCh are familiar ground
to them-and carrying on a sort OF guer-
lila warfare. II is understood
that Gen. Otis, in command of the
United States forces, has been strongly
urged from Washington to make as
speedy an end OF the whole business as
possible. And it IS a recognition Of the
fact that the rebel opposition is likely
to give trouble, in spite Of the reputed
generalization OF Aguinaldo's forces,
that two thousand additional men are
now on their way to Manila, and that
between seven and eight thousand more
troops are to be sent as reinlorcements.
1t is at any rate plain that the proclama-
tion OF the American commission
declaring that the United States we're
desirous that the natives should
| presently govern themselves has had no
effect in Luzon. The United
/ States have taken on themselves "the
white mans burden" and they must
bear 1t. In the Far East it is represented
| by the subiugatlOn of the Philippines
| and their racrta C-,,v,, F,,rk,-,-... -
the accomplishment of the task will
certainly cost more alike in men and in
| money than was expected when the
| United States went TO war with Spain.
Dafly Chronicle. London, March az.
The American troops have won
another series Of engagements, although
their loss strikes us as very heavy, and
we doubt whether the results are con
elusive. What America has to guarc
against is guerilla warfare such as brok,
down the Spanish organization in Cuba
and the only way of guarding agairs
that is the driving Of roads through tn,
heart of the country, and the penninI
Of the insurgents in corners from whicl
they cannot escape. Otherwise tn
States may have TO deal with an eve
retreating out never wholly vanqulshe,
foe, whose main reliance will be ol
General Fever rather than on Genera
Aguinaldo. This advice has, we be
lieve, been rendered to the American
military authorities, and we have n,
doubt it will be followed.
Daily Graphic London, March p
T A disappointing feature in the battl
OF Saturday and Yesterday is the stu
born and destructive resistance OF tn
Fllipinos. We had been led L
believe that their numbers were dimlr
ishlng, that their spirit was crushed, an
that their resources were almos
exhausted. All this is evidently ictio
OF the Press censor. Aguinaldo is appal
emily at the head Of a very live army
effectively armed and by no mean
badly handled. Unless this army
speedily annihilated or so outmlnUJ
vred as to be compelled to surrender Z
Bloc It looks as # the Americans ha
: before them task the magnitude c
which has not yet been quite realized
, GEOes--I. .ondon, March %.
II is well to bear m mind that th
speedy settlement Of the affair concern
not only the Americans and the peacefl
inhabitants Of the islands il has a ver
direct interest for this country, Will
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