The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-04
AGUINALDO'S CAUSE Is
FAST BREAKING DOWN
The Rebel Chief Believed to Be
Trying to Escape.
THE BOERS ARE PUSHED BACK
BY GENERAL METHUEN'S FORCES
Admiral Dewey Angry - He Writes Spirited Let
tern Marcon Patents = Queen
and Kaiser.

are scattered ana Agu1naldO IN hiding.
The dispatch follows:
'MANILA, Nov. 24.-The claim to a
government by the insurgents can be
made no longer under any fiction. It's
Treasurer, Secretary of the Interior
and President of Congress ale in our
hands; its President and remaining
Cabinet officers are hiding evidently
III different Central LuZon provinces;
its generals and troops, in small
bands, are scattered through the pro-
yinces acting as banditti, or, dispersed,
playing the role Of amigos with arms
concealed.
The indications are that Aguinalio
did not escape through the lines of
LaWton or Wheaton, but fed westward
from the Bayombong railway station.
Telegraphic communication to Dagu-
pan has been established and probab-
~ connection with San Fabian today.
By relaying nine miles of track with
material at hand railway communl,a-
ton will be made to that point.
PARAGUA FLIES OUR FLAG.
The concentration of insurgents in
the province of Cavite will probably
neceSSitate another short campaign
there. Besides the work in Panay, this
campaign in Cavite is about the only
military operation on scale OF cOnse-
quence that is to be accomplished. Gen
eral Bates, who is making a tour of
the southern islands, reported that he
had an interview with the Sultan of
Paragua and that satisfactory rela-
tions were established with that ruler
The American flag is now flying over
the Island of Paragua.
NEWS FROM THE FRONT.
MANILA, Nov. 24-MacArthur re-
ports the capture by an outpost of
Captain Lawrence, an Englishman,
who brought Lieutenant Lacson from
Hongkong to Dagupan. The prisoner
admits that he was serving with the
insurgents, and says that he COM
manded the rebel artillery in several
of the engagements with the American
forces.
No other reports than those already
cabled have been received from Gen
erals LaWtOn, Wheaton and Young
They are still pushing toward San
Fernando de la Union. Macarthur is
accommodating toward Zambales. Gen.
eral Halls command is engaged in re-
pairing the railroad to Dagupan. The
Signal Corps will probably have the
wire working between Dagupan and
San Fabian tomorrow. The increasing
number of Spanish prisoners escaping
from the insurgents is evidence of the
decentralization existing among the
rebels. 1t seems as if practically all
hn I,O
AGUINALDO CORNERED.
MANILA, Nov. 24.-1t now appears
that Aguinaldo is to the south and
west of Lawton and Wheaton, and to
the north and west of Macarthur A
Gordon of troops is on one side of him,
the east; while the Gulf of Lingayen
is on the north and the open sea on
the west and south.
RUMORs OF ESCAPE.
HONGKONG, Nov. 24.-Aguinaldo
has found means of escaping from the
Philippines. It is feared he has al
ready done so. General Otis unwit-
tingly aided the escape of the man
whom 10000 American troops are try
ing to catch.
Captain Lawrence, an Englishman,
was engaged by Aguinaldo, through
President Lacson of NegrOs, to buy a
launch here Lacson's brother and Pc
dro Regelado, a well-known Iloilo man,
came to Hongkong. They actually bore
letters from General Otis to Wildman,
the United States Consul here:
They bought a launch, named it Lac
son, cleared it at the United States
Consulate as bound for Toro, proceed
ed to the Lingayen gulf and turned
over the launch to Aguinaldo's men.
Afterward they gave out that ''insurg
ents had captured the launch"
It has since been learned that Law
renee is a colonel in the insurgent ar
my and that he has been retained to
command the launch. which is held in
readiness to carry Aguinaldo to safety.
Several insurgent generals have al
ready been seen in Hongkong. They