Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-13
Aguinaldo Gives Foreigners Forty
Eight Hours to Leave.
SHREWD MOVE OF REBEL LEADER
Expects to Involve European Gov
ernments in the Dispute.
RAINY SEASON COMING ON

MANILA, May 13.-AguinaldO has issued
orders that all foreigners must leave insur-
gent territory within forty-eight hours.
There are only a few commercial men
there. mostly English and Germans. Agui-
naldO believes that by refusing them the
rights of non-combatants ne can force their
governments TO recognize the bellgerency
OF his sO-called government, in order that
they may treat for the safety of their sub
jects.
A Filipino priest who had talked with the
Tagal general Treas has brought to Fa-
ther McKinnon. chaplain of the 1st Cali
fornta Regiment, a copy of letter written
by Aguinaldo to General Treas asking his
opinion to the advisabinty of surrender
ing, saying: L fear that the long warfare
that will be necessary to conquer the United
States will drain the countrys resources
too much"
Fighting Season Nearly Over.
The curtain will go down in a few days on
the fighting in the Island of Luzon. Work
ingmen are preparing for another act in
the drama which will necessarily disperse
the FilipinOs. The rebels are intrenched so
close to San Fernando to make life in
that city uncomfortable while they remain
in their present position The armies of the
United States have advanced so far that
the question of transportation has become
the great problem. To solve it engineers are
repairing the Bagbag bridge so that it will
be safe for the passage of trains and give
railroad connection between Manila and
San Fernando. In the meantime supplies
shipped to Catumpit have to be hauled fif-
teen miles to Maj Gen. Macarthur, at San
Fernando, and twenty miles to Maj. Gen.
L1wton. at Bacolor. by bullock carts. and
IN no a6 tely n
raft across the Rio Grande two or three
times.
The roads are rough and after the daily
showers. which are forerunners of the
rainy season. so soft that it is impossible
to make more than a mile an hour The
few mules that are here have been found
TO be greatly superior to builocks for this
work. The latter die unless they are given
frequent baths. and the heat has killed
many that carting is now all done by
night.
Natives Are TreacherOus.
The policy of humane warfare has its
disadvantages. Among the thousands of
pretended friendly natives who have been
returning to their homes behind the Amer
lean armies there are some who have taken
advantage of the generosity of the con-
Querors to make the zone unsafe unless
Americans go well armed and in parties
Soldiers going about alone frequently
fired on from houses or from behind bushes
During the past week 1t has been found
necessary to send guards with wagons and
ambulances, and several attempts have
been made to wreck trains by placing OBJ
structions upon the railway track.
stood by His Friend.
Mr.. Holmes, a canadian subject with his
partner in the sugar manufacturing busi-
ness at Calumpit, Mr.. Carrick an Ameri-
can, was recently captured by the FYIipinos.
He reports that he was Informed by his
captOrs that he might leave whenever he
wished TO do He refused to go unless
CaErick was permitted to accompany him,
and said: We 20 OF stay together"