The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-04-08
THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.
Tho RncLbop Of the In~surrcction
Broken Spanish Incredulity-
Returning Under aite Flags.

Returning Under Haite Flags.
Manila, April 2, $3.50 p. m.-Ths
American troops under Gen. MacAr-
thur, are still resting at Malolos, where
everything has been q~uietto-day. Hos
t~;lities elSewhere-SO far as officlally
reportcd-have heen limited during
the last 81 hours to an occasional cS-
change of shots between the lnsur-
gents and the troops forming the lines
of Gen. Lawton and Gen. Hall, extend
inp from the w~aterworks to La Lonia.
But this shooting is just active enough
10 make the lives of the soldiers 4
burden and to compel the officers to
sleep in trenches. clothed and in readi-
ness to repel possible attacks.
backbone of Rebellion Broken.
Most of the Americans are becoming
convinced that the backbone of the in
surgent opposition is broken. Their"
are numerous rumOrs pointing TO an
early collapse of the instruction. One
of these is that Gen. Pho del Pillar. the
best fighter among the Filipino officers,
will desert A~@uinaldo, and give his sup
rort 10 the Americans.
The Burnt Child breads the Fire.
Til Suaniards. reasoning from their
eyncripucc of the mattress, refuse TO
believe that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down. They declare that the
F,lipinoS will not take their defeat at
MaloloS. with the loss Of the city II
- -I.,,. rn -nnlIAI FrnNnrI-
trent. seriously TO heart. On the con-
trarv. the Spaniards predict that the
Insurgents will hover near the .NlnerI-
can lines. bothcring them as much as
pCsSible, and when attacked in force,
dissolve. only TO reappcar at other
points. This sort of tactics-thc Span
ish sav-wiIl be followed until the wet
| season compels the Americans TO be
housed in barracks, and then the Fill
p;nos will return and occupy such
towns as the United States troops dc
not garrison. With the next dry sea
sen a repetition of the present opera
tons will begin.
Not Fighting Spaniards Now.
Time alone will show how much
there is in this theory. But as against
il. must be borne in mind that the
Spaniards in all their domination of
the Philippines, never gave the inhab-
itants Il demonstration of power com
parable in effectiveness TO that given
them by the United States.
Anxious to Give Up Fighting.
\ priest and two members of the So
called Filipino congress. who hid them
selves in the woods during the fighting
which preceded the capture of Malolos.
returned there this morning, and de-
clarcd 1000 Of the Filipino soldiers
were anxious to give up fighting. and
would do so but for their officers, who
keep them under arms.
Returning Carrying White Flags.
The whole country between MalolOS
and Caloocan is now full of fricndlies,
women children ard old people, who
are returning to their homes, carrying
white flags. Th" Americans are tryin"
3 to gain the confidence of the inhabi
tants by proving to them that if they
will return and attend to their crdi-
nary NoTh. pta'tiuliN' no h"iih IA
hcfall them. Two hundred and fifty
civilians came back TO their homes in
Malolos last evening. Two thousand
women and children, with Il sprinkling
of unarmed men. supposed TO be war
riors. came to the outskirts of HaloloS
on the sea side of the city, and after
wards sneaked away. carrying all the
goods they could.
Who Raised the First Flag.
There has been nolittle good-natured
rivalry as to which regiment-the First
Montana or the Twentieth Kansas-is
entitled to the honor of having raised
its flag first in Malolos. Col. Funston
and 20 men of Co. T., Kansas volunteers,
H. Al. I:..:nu;Dn nn tho nro,,nd