Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-03
Continued Silence Makes the;
Situation Irritating
GENERAL MlLLER's ATTlTlIngI
AZ Is surmizcd ,hn, he HAS Nos ASS;
tackled tho EnsurGenss aud safser.
cd a RepuIse. bat Is Rraessdisk
with Tact ana Caution n rsc-I
mentst to ne HURRIED 10 rhe Inffs
ippinss.

lby Telegraph to VirEiniaa-P Pilot d9Sf
Washington. y. c.. ian. 3.--Nothsfsg
more has been heard at the war De-
partment from General Otis at Manila
since Its cablegram OF yesterday wass
received.
The situation is irritating IN the fact
that according to the experienced OF
the last few days 1t is not to he ex-
pected that anything more q can be-
heard from Iloilo for a day or two at
least except in the very iniprobs;bie
event that the American fefce has
been repulsed in their Efforts to make
landing and has been obliged To SeS
turn straight to Manila. 's ssss; .3s
GEN, MIIsLER,S ,ATTITUDEs ~
1t is surmised that the rerorts thasH
General Miller Is proceeding with mora
tact and with less roughneas IN MIS-,
dealings With the insurgents than q y,-f3
peared from n first inspec Ion OF tfftss
reports. His purpose OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
10 avoid such q formal rccoantt ion sof
the insurgents as might tend ID aifs
barrass the United States GpvErnfa enta
hereafter, but at the same time NOT to-
deal harshIy with them IL they ia
be broughtlito see the rectitude sof mis-
intentions Therefore the off1siais SIC.
OF the opinion that there Syaii he nd
actual hosttlities between tho foyaeES
arrayed against General OTIS ANA d fsis.
own. butthat at the worst the fdr-
mer VIII retire from the eli " VT fl5nt.
accepting or Rejecting the ATnAf Itfkas
overtures until they have heard 4fSxry
Agutnaldo GeIera OILS has
the very latest inst tict ioYsa g, - \ fiixS
President ana a suecial raesaeiiSAr Ia
n,owsson his way from sSIds
TO-.
REINFo RcastENTs FOR phi LIrsi
Il SsFI MES, s; Is,
Although officials pghfess this q, sr6firs
belief that no serious trouble wi %
cure they have taken syiie nrerasi tianS
to expedite the dispatch Of I1i1itafy re-
Inducements to General Otitc ccuinfana2
In the Philippines. Orders have he's
issued for the Twentieth Regiment DE
Infantry at Fort Wadsworth to y ifttns
Its departure so as to be In San ErafsAs
cisco by the 9TH instant in order 10
embark on the military TRANSPORT heS
Ing fitted out TO sail for Manila on thHS
date, IL possible. The two other infapsry
regiments which are under orders 4 ia,
proceed to the Philippines by tina Pa
ciflc route--the Third and Twenty-Sec-S
ond VIII follow as soon as means Of
water TRANSFORMATION can be secured.
Three other regiments are also uftdssf
orders to proceed to Manila by wASr of
the Mediterranean and Suegsf nsfssS
THESE are the Fourth. TWELFTH assf8
Seventeenth Infantry Regiments ipifsy
Will make the tric on the new trasas IS
ports Mobile and Mohawk and uniesss
present plans miscarry4 they svil e 4rsa
bark ct New York on the l7tfi III 4
slant, ~ ss =. 4 z
THE NEW COMMANDER,
Major, General Lawton. the hero OF Ell
Caney who has been ordered 10 ta ieesi
command of the military forces gfrff the
philippines under tho q ~
1or General Otis, as military goyerApis1
of the archipelago, wilt accoii1na ny tia
eXpedi Ion from New 81 nrls ~ 81 Az