The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-12-07
LUZ0N NOT 4
AOHVN AV
CONQUERED.
Otis Troops Hold Less
Than a Third of
Its Area.

| Manila, Dec. G-Hopa Of ending the var
in the Philippines, which seamsd bri ! h t
few days. ago has again faded into tho
! uncertain future.
Despite this. muchhas besn- ACCOMPLISH
| cd During the last few weeks the cam
| paigning has been nlmot phenomenal.
/ In dreadful weather. through a devastat-
ed country, acros5 swollen riy0rs, along
road, that were impossible for artillery.
and In some cases for cavalry. the advan.
ceS OF the American troops have bncn so
rapid and In so many directions that they
have often been bavOnd the military tele.
graph lines. Many operations have nc
cessarilv been independently conducted by
tn" field commanders. The army is right.
fully proud.
Tue FhipiEn troops have had series OF
routs and disasters. They have lost a
large quantity of supplies and muni ions
OF war and more than 1,0JI of their armed
men have surrendered or been captured
durlng their re raat in the lst few weeks
Their Government has been scattered
or captnrod. What of 1t Is at lib,rty Ia iu
llish p. Part of A4uinaIdo's family Is In
the American liucs. Aguinaldo him self
is fugitive.
Notwithstanding all these things there
is no reason for an extremely optimistic
view Of the situation. Nothing moro Is
heard here of "havlny the reb-llion
stninrod out ia !. few days" That SORT
of talk only lasted u week. Field com.
manders now say that the emu Is still afar
off.
1t is admitted that little is definitely
known Of the presenf strength or where
abrnis of tho Filipino trpnps, Aguinnldo 4
entire army is estin.a ed at from 20 900 TO
80 Uhl armed men scattered thrnughont
the Islands, There are 10000 American
soldls"s now IN the Philippines. 3b b..
Ing In Luzon. These are already 50 greatly
scattered Nv th. recent operations with
the Exception Of tllusa int Manila. where
y GOO ars rated; thathihey SEEN
liz" m"re handful
The Americans hold 1nss than one-thitd,
Of tho area of Luzon, hut what they have
is the most desirable territory T.:
Indications IRE tnnt Aguinaldo escapbd
to he north with much larger body .of
troops than was at first supposed. The
forcr, Ierored ut from 9 0)0 to g. 0D m N,
was or ginately recruited in the northern
province and the men arc roputed to 10
good hghtors. ,-@
DOUBTFUL ABOUT AsuINALDo. 4
Washing IN. Deco --Re'a i've to the rus
NOV from Hongkong th't A9uinaldo ~
ling to surrender t., United States C0c-
sui Wilhnnn, at Manila. it ia learned
thar though the uonsul himself has chrr-
'sntu una nelll TOt some III 1uln' phSC
tho gnvernment here has hoen without
anv assurance of tho sounnness uf his cop,
Clusiun. !.
Mr.. Wildman is not tho only official
ranrnsAnt,ng tho United States in tn Far
Elst who has expra sci emf ience in his
ability to per uade Aeuinalho to cense
hoStiIties, but the Administration has
always oeen skeptical us to these uader.
tnlsinps.
Thu latest rennrts from Hongkon9 IL be-
'icyo1 to ho nothing more than revival
Of some Of tho Old rn.nnas.
SICK SOLDIERS FIGHT.
].ientenant-Co ontl Parker, Of the Forty
fifth Infnn ry. commanded at Vigan. Pro.
vince Of Snuth Ilncos, wher thu place was
attacked by II force nf Filipinos recently,
as announced in II nrnvions dispatch.
The American forcs consisted Of Conn
NJ nv B, Of he Thirtv-thrd Infantry, ard
15n sick men, many OF whom shared In
reprlling the u tack which was made ats
A. NJ he FilliDinos, who ware esti-
mated to have numbered, about 800 men,
wrr commanded bv General NinO.
The fighting wass from house to house
and almost hand to hand. The Fripinos
fled, lowing behind 40 dsnd and SO D-is
oners. Tho Americans lost eight killed
AMI three wounded
Colonel Bisbeo 1. sending reinforce
mrnts to Vitan on the gunhnat Wheeling.
The bravrrv nf tha stcK merisan SOL
diars is praised bv Colnn"l Park-r. Evcrs
man who was able to stand handled riffs
during tho attack. -