The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-13
FIGHTING FIERCELY
|Filiplnos StubbornIy Resist Advance
Of the Americans. N
BOATS CAPTURED BY LAWTON
All Vessels in the Lake Trade and q
Spanish Cunboat Seized.
FIFTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS NEEDED.
Present Forces on Luron Island Unable II
1 Subdue The FIllpinos.
REAL FIGHTING HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
Kindness TO the Wounded Prisoners
Docs Not Aiias Enmity--Agui-
naido Is sun Dictator.
lfTY THOUSAND SOLDIERS NEEDED.
Present Forces on Lulon Island Unable II
Subdue The FIllpinos.
REAL FIGHTING HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
Kindness TO the Wounded Prisoners
Docs Not Aiiny Enmjty-Agui-
naido Ia stiii Dictator.


Washington, April i2.--rhc following
cablegram has been received from General
Otis:
Manila, April Yesterday In the lake
region Lawton pursued Insurgents cast
ward from Santa Cruz. dispensing them
Captured all the larger vessels used ii,
the lake trade aud Spanish gunhoat. He
Is now ondoavorlng to pass them from
river where conceded into lake.
Wheaton drove Immediately ten miles
TO eastward OF railway line commpnica-
tiong with Malolos, tawtcns and whoa.
tons casualties few and slight, pa enemy
made no stand
Notified By Spain that she will cvacuats
Mindora and Polo soon oa..
Manila, April 10 $40 p m-Gcncrai
Wheaton started ut daylight 9th tns
Tenth Pennsylvania and Second Oregon
regimenta and two guns 70 drive the ns-
tives from the American right flank be-
tween the railway and ,he hills He me-
with slight resistance near Santa Maria
and had one man wounded But the enemy
boted when shellej by the artillery and
burned aud abandoned he town Of Santa
! Maria. where one thousand natives were
| reported TO have been concentrated. Dur
ing the rest OF the day the enemy was In
full retreat toward the mountains, bum
Ing the villages behind the retreating
force Occasionally few OF tho enemy
dropped to tho rear and nred at Inc ad
yanclng American troops from the Jungle,
apparently with the Idea that this would
check our advance and cover the-retrcat
of the Filipinoh. Hut on finding these tac-
tics Intellectual the Filipinos scrambled
after the main body The American guard
along the railroad has been materially
strengthened aud it Is not likely tho ma
lives viii succeed IN getting Ia future as
close as they did yesterday, even ~ they
return from the mountains
Manila, April &c, $50 p. m. General
Wheaton has telegrapbed to Major Gen-
erals Otis saying. They would not wait
to bo killed"
General Lawton is securing the vieiuity
of Santa Cruz, lie finds the Filinnos have
decumped, He has secured a gunboat. six
launches and two caseoes. comprising the
! Filipino feet. These vessels were stuck
In the mud OF the river.
Major General otis sent dredge to the
spot,
The United States Philippine commits
\ sion IL hearing the leading residents OF
! various nationalities, priests aud Spnn-
iards, numbers OF them appearing lolun-
tarily, on the subject oil the fnlnre oil tue
islands
Tho questions put TO all are:
do you believe tho Bilipinos are cSp-
able OF self government in the toNnshipsf
do you believe the Fliipinos are cap-
able of self-goycrnmcnt 10 the proYncssf
DO you believe the Flllplnos are cap
able OF self-goyernment In the archi-
pelago?"
All OF those who have been ipterrogatcd.
! including Filipinos who sympathi2e the
OF etically with Independence. have replied
TO the third question with remsrkabsc
ur animlty IN the negative. independence,
| they say, would result In chaos, endless,
tribal wars and European intervention. A
| few OF them think that provincial self
government Is practicable, but most OF
them favor local government In the toHa-
ships with the supervision OF tho Aineri-
! cans
The commercial classes urge the send
ing OF detachments OF American troops,
each numbering about 100 men. 70 taks
possession OF the towns In the southern
provinces and ln the Viscayas islands, now
held by small bands Of Tagaios. Tney
ueclare tue natives hnp Ahe 1AhRp ~
preston worse than Spanish oppression.
and that they viii welcome the Amerleans.
| The case Of the Inhabitants of t;ubal IN
the province OF Soraogon, IL cited as =
typical instance The Spanish taxes
amounted to $4,000, but the Tasslos cx-
tort Si12 900 from the people OF GuDsi
Aguinaldo's brother-in- law, the proyn-
clsl governor Is said TO be despoiling lie
people numerically.
General Luna. who retired from the
command OF The Fllpino forces aud Who
was editing newspaper az San Frau
cisco del Monte his retirement being due
TO the fact that people rebelled At bis
! rigid discipline has been recalled 10 The
/ command. This IS taken as showing that
the insurgent army is oniy kept together
BY harsh measures.
Additional CnsunItics.
| Mashington. AprLl II. --t:enoral Oils has