The Mena star., 1899-06-08


 sion Would Give the Filipinos All They
 Want and End the Insurrection-Gen
 Otis to Continue His Military Opera
 tions-The Town of Morong Captured
 Manila, June 7.-The American forces have occupied the peninsular and Gen. Halls column is encamped at Morong. Maj. Truman, marching across the Binangonan, found it impracticable to form cordon and the insurgents. with the exception of a hundred or two, escaped through the mountains after Gen. Pic del Pillar, dragging their bat tery by buffaloes at night. A few, however, may be trapped. The Wash ington troops have returned to the Pasig, but the programme of the other troops is uncertain. The present ex- petition shows the difficulty which is encountered by an army which must depend upon wagon trains in catching barefooted bandits in their mountains and also gives proof that the rebels do not intend to fight battles.
 Gen. Hall left Santa Teresa yester- day morning and marched 12 miles to Morong, up and down rocky hills and through woods and swamps. Scores of his men fell out owing to the extreme heat and were left to follow as best they could. The head of the army ar- rived at Morong at noon, having ex- changed only few shots with insur- gent skirmishers on the way. Groups of stragglers followed all day, but the American force was 200 smaller than when it started. The men were almost 36 hours without rations and it was considerable of an achievement for them to cover the ground they did.
 On the way to Morong the Americans met focks of Filipinos and flags of truce, many of them young men with the bearing of soldiers. Many discarded uniforms were found in the houses, ap- parently those of soldiers who had es- capped by changing their costumes from 'insurrecto" to amigo" and walking boldly past the army, which had ex- pected to corral them. Few were found about Morong, one member of the Washington regiment was killed and two were wounded in the encounter with the outpost.
 Gen. Lawton, on board gunboat searching the coast for Maj. Truman, stopped at Binangonan, opposite Morong. The natives immediately ran up flag of truce, and delegation in canoes put off and greeted the Ameri- cans with the usual protestations of friendship.
 
 Washington. June 7.-President Shurman of the Philippine commission, in dispatch to Secretary Hay has recommended more liberal concessions to the Filipinos, with view of ending the insurrection at once. An official acquainted with the message said it reviewed the situation in the island and was of encouraging nature. The dispatch was considered by the the president has sent reply. The nature of the answer is not divulged. It is significant, how ever, that coincident with the presi- dents message to MT. Schurman a cablegram was sent to Gen. Otis, with instructions in line with the president $ belief that the restoration of peace can only be accomplished by the complete subiugation of the Filipinos. Gen. Otis will continue his military operations throughout the rainy season. It is apparent that the president does not look for the close of the rebellion until the Eilipinos are convinced of the mili- tary superiority of the United States. The concessions already offered are lib eral, tine administration believes, and as far as the president can go without authority from congress and it is doubt full whether the new propositions made by the commission have received his approval.
 The Town of Morong Captured.
 New York, June "A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says: Gen. Hall encountered no resistance in his march from Antipolo to Morong through Teresa. The inhabitants did not leave the latter town, but met the Americans, representing themselves as friends. A large number of the na- tives passed through the American hncs returning to Antipolo. Halls march was very difficult and there were many cases of prostration of American soldiers by the heat. The brigade arrived in Morong at II o'clock yesterday and found that Col. Wkolley, with the First Washington, had captured the town the day before. killing l23 natives. The Napidan and Covadonga. Al -.