The record-union., 1899-04-03
{ IsexheIe TLtIe has Been Occasi0na,
Firing.
Most Americans Are Convinced
That the backbone or lnsur-
gent Opposition Is Broken, but
the Spanish Think a DesuItory
War Will BE Carried on 1nden-
nitely, as It Was With Them.

MANILA, April 2-6:3O p. m. The
American troops under General Mac
Arthur are still resting at Malolos,
where everything has been quiet to-
day. HostllitleS elsewhere, SO TAR as
officially reported, have been limited
during the last twenty-four hours to
an occasional exchange OF shots be-
tween the insurgents and troops form
ing the lines OF General LaWtOn and
General Hall, extending from the water
works to La Ionia. But this shooting
has just been active enough to make
the lives of the soldiers a burden and
to compel the officers to sleep IN
trenches clothed in readiness to repel
possible attacks.
Most of the Americans are becoming
convinced that the. backbone of the in
Surgent opposition is broken There
are numerous rumorS pointing TO an
early collapse of the insurrection. The
Spaniards, reasoning from their ex-
perience with the natives, refuse to be-
lieye that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down. They declare that the
Filipinos will not take their defeat at
Malolos, with the loss of the city and
the removal of their So-called Govern
ment seriously to heart. On the con-
trary, the Spaniards predict that the
insurgents will hover near the AIner1-
can lines, bothering them as much as
possible and when attacked IN force
dissolve only to reappear at other
points This sort of tactics-the Span
iards say-will be followed until the
wet season compelS the Americans TO
be housed in barricades, and then the
Filipinos will return and reoccupy such
towns as the United States troops do
not garrison. With the next dry sea-
son a repetition of the present opera
tions will begin. Time alone Will snow
how much there is in this theory; but,
as against it, it must be borne in mlnd
that the Spaniards in all their domina-
ton of the Philippines, never gave the
inhabitants a demonstration of power
~coruparable effectiveness ate z.tnat
given them by the United States.
A priest and two members of the So
called Filipino Congress, who hid them
selves in the woods during the hghtlns
which preceded the capture of Malolos'
returned there this morning and de-
clared that 2000 of the Filipino SOL
diers were anxious to give up hghung'
and would do so but for their ofncers'
who keep them under arms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan is now full of friendlles'
women. children and old people, VINO
are returning to their homes, carrying
white flags. The Americans are trying
to gain the confidence of the inhaol-
tants by proving to them that II tney
will return and attend to their ordinary
work peacefully no harm VIII peIaii
them Two hundred and fifty civilians
came back to their homes In Maioios
last evening. Two thousand women
and children. with a sprinkling OF un-
armed men. supposed to be warriors
came to the outskirts of Maloios OUT
side of the city, and afterward sneaheu
away. carrying all the goods theS
could.
There has been no little good-natureu
rivalry as to which regiment-the FIRST
Montana or the Twentieth Kansas
entitled to the honor Of having raiseo
its flag first in Malolos. Colonel Funston
and twenty men of Company h. Ran
sas Volunteers, claim the distnctlon.
ON the ground as already capieo' u
having entered the town at ooupie
ouick and raised the company has'
hut the first flag to be reeognlzeo oill.
ciallv was that of Company U Oh 'he
Montana Infantry.