The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-13

! b.. MANILA. Feb. -12, .4:50 p. n.-Con-
traTy Ito general expectations, all is
quiet along the, entire line. nothing hav-
.fI5g happened UP to this hour 10 disturb
the peace: of Sunday in Manila, and the
inhabitants nave. generally recovered
rom. The alarm occasioned by the fear
= of a native uIjrisjng ard are resunnips
their. ordinary business. The shipping
interests are: naturally suffering, since
there. hayerbeen no clearances for Phil
fppine ports. for a. week, but on the
other hand foreign: shipping has in
creased, especially for. Hongkong, every
steamer bound thither being crowded
with >tirnid' refugees. =.
Despite this ~quietude,. however, many
! are asking whether the problem is not
still far from solution. A week ago
Those who took. an optimistic view pre-
dicted that. The. terrible lesson just ad-
Ininistered to-:the rebels. would settle
the question. Of Filipino independence.
But. this prediction has not been full
filled. AS a matter of fact the rebels
are now scattered throughout the coun-
try bushWhackihg, except. ait Malabon,
Where. they are gatherfng in. force.
Even there their. methods. SAVIOR more
of guerrilla than of. civilized warfare,
every. bush, "cluTip' OF trees and tree
furnishing cover for .sharpshooters.
.tTnfortuna tefy, for miles around the
land fs.s1udded with bamboo jungle,
g.. and open Spaces are few and far be-
tween This affords. the natiVes-Who
fight better under coVer-a. distinct ad-
Vantage Binder such, conditions it is
remarkable that the. American casual
ties should be few while the number of
dead natives. found in the brush after
every skirmish testifes to the precision
=, 1e:tv M a
single day WITHOUT: lighting, but the
': Am can s: STEADILY. advanced, carrying
=; everything before them. .:
Z. 1t IS. now known that the Filipino
loss is fully $500 killed, with wound
ed. vastly in excess of that number,
and thousands are held prisoners. All
this has been achieved at the cost of
65. Americans killed and 27e wound
ed. There were .25 Americans miss
ing and: unaccounted: for. No fewer
than ten of the native villages have
surrendered or been captured. Sew
eral have been destroyed because
their houses harbored men, frequent
ly disguised in female attire, who
shot from windows and roofs at the
Americans. Many rifles and ton of
ammunition have been seized. AS
might be expected, there has been
looting' in the outskirts, but it has
not been general and has been done
In direct violation of orders.
The only incident that has broken the
quie- ude. Of the day followed the ar
rival OF the German first-class cruiser
H2lserin Augusta. When she saluted
AdmiIal Dewey this afternoon report
spread rapidly that the American war
ships we're bombarding Malabon.
To-day crowds have. visited the
scenes Of last. weeks fighting All the
roads from the'city were 3hronged with
vehicles. But beyond burned villages
and new mounds in the fields there was
little to he seen; Inspection. showed
that most tf;tEe enemy s. dead had re-
mained at their posts to the. last. as
The bodies We're usually surrounded by
empty cartridges while in the trenches,
wherever thee We're dead. there was
little and ofte1 no ammunition.
Among the edistinguished prisoners
captured in Manila since the outbreak.
If hostflities are Captain. A G. Escam
1lo, .Agifinald6i private Secretary:
Captain z. r. Veagurth. Colonel Mar
in de los Reyes, and Senior Tomas del
Rosario mefnhel Of the so-caIled FIJI
lpino Congress in session at Malolos.
Other Filipino offers are also in GUS
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