The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-01-06
An Insugent ManeuVer F0Fsstals
General Miller.
SPANIARDS GIVE UP TO REBELS
Town and Port Of fIloiIo-Cen. Merritt
Says Treachery-NeW
Cabinet Formed.
FORESTALLED.

MANILA, Dec. 29.-The expedition
under Gen. Miller arrived at Iloilo
Tuesday and found the Spaniards had
evacuated the place on Saturday. The
steamer Churuca transferred the Span
ish forces to Mindanao.
In accordance with an agreement the
rebels entered the city and trenches on
Monday at noon. They Immediately es-
tablished municipal government.
Guards were placed over foreign prop
erty. Everything is quiet and orderly.
There was some looting during the
night, but five natives were shot and
this had an exemplary effect. The
the British cruiser Irene.
GEN. MERRITT.
CHICAGO, Dec 29-Maj. Gen. Wes-
ley Merritt, who is spending the holi-
days in this city, was very much sur
prised to hear of the surrender OF Ilo-
lilo by Gen. Rios to the insurgents. Gen.
Merritt believes the surrender may
have been an intentional move on the
part of the Spaniards. designed to
make it difficult for us to maintain con-
troll of the Philippine islands.
''The idea the insurgents have is that
the more territory they can assert that
they hold the better their claim to the
right of independence when the time
comes for them to treat with the
United States regarding the mode OF
government"
BRITISHER'S VIEW
LONDON, Dec. "a correspondent
of the Globe, writing from Hongkong
on Novem Der 26, says:
'It will be great misfortune, if.
through hasty action or ignorance OF
the actual state of affairs, the Filipino
natives rise against the Americans.
Hitherto, although the Americans have
often given great provocation, the
Filipinos have shown great forbear-
ance and strong dislike to come to
blows. They do not want to fight, and
if the Americans only meet them half
way all will go we'll. There is much
to be gained by just, stateSmanlike
settlement with the natives, while
there will undoubtedly be great losses
through a continuance of arbitrary
treatment. The just aspirations of the
people ought to be taken into consider
alton, and / believe they would be il
only the proper men are sent out by
the President to settle the question OF
the future government of the Islands
on the spot, after proper deliberation
and very careful investigation. Such
a commission would discover that the
Filipino leaders have been loyal to the
Americans.
FROM DEWEY
NEW YORK, Dec. "a dispatch to
the Herald from Manila says:
Admiral Dewey considers it abso-
lutely necessary that first class
statesman be sent to Manila to thor
oughly investigate the situation here
and to ascertain the aspirations of the
Filipino Republicans. He further states
! that the United States must accept the
responsibilities in the Philippines
which have been acquired by conquest.
| If the Americans should shirk this
| duty they would put themselves back
/ 200 years in the worlds history.
NEW CABINET.
I MANILA. Dec "a new Filipino
! Cabinet has been formed.
The present temporary Cabinet,
which VIII exercise power pending the
elections, is very anti-American. It
allows OF no American cooperation
| whatever, and wants to declare free
Republic and to consider Americans
as aliens.
1t is willing TO grant liberal CONNER
cial treaties, with a monopoly Of the
mines and railways, and to repay the
expenses of the American occupation
of Manila.