New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-01

c.atss ana the action OF It's Congress must aaso
he secured before the Executive or tna1 s", noi
,oent can proclaim definite policy. ihae -, |
~. r,,,st Conform TO the will of the people Oh
the United States. expressed through rs the
sentatives in Congress-. Fof s. y, least. before
! PbilIppine people should walt. at ieas1
! ssverIng the existing friendly relations. ~ tn
am governed by desire to iurshe es, Jle CON
terests o. the Pni,,pp bs, p eos view There
shail be no conflict OF forces IL am 49,
avoid H. and still shall endeavor 10 .nai roau
position to meet all emergencies '''"'
psr,n,t me 10 subscribe myself, General with
/: the highest respect your most eoe OTIS SCI
: Mator-General U. s. Volunteers commanding
c;snersl Otis says the negotiations betweeni the
/. $50 commissions reached conclusions. as the
J ,rs,,rrent members could not submit any forfnu-
! lated abatement which they were able to main
I, tain They presented. as the desire OF the IN
3 sureents absolute independence under the pro-
! section of the United States, but the nature ana
! scope of the protection wished for They couid
+. not explain and the conferences, resulted IN
! failure.
INSURGENTS BECOME AGGRESSIVE.
8 In the latter part Of January the insurgents
4: became aggressive. interfering with the AIneri-
4 can troops, and finally General Otis addressed
1 another letter to Aguinado. calling Afternoon 70
!. the arrest by Filiplnos of some American SOL
dlers and newspaper correspondent ana re-
questing an explanation. General otiss ie''e'
! added
am doing everything possible to preserve the
4, peace and avoid all friction until the Phlip-
I. pine people can be made fully acquainted with
the sentiments and intentions OF the American
\ Government. when am conhdent .nai tteS
81 will appreciate the endeavors OF the Uniteo
a states and win again look upon that country
as their friend and protector. also faily be-
Iieve that the present unrest ~ the result vi
n eyil-0isDOSPd persons.
Aguinado replied that the men were arrested
inside of his lines for breach of a decree forbid
ding foreigners to approach the nsurgent lines.
III a vein of sarcasm he added
must state that in consideration OF the
friendship OF the Philippine people for the Amer
leans the said soldiers have not been imprisoned
but detained in accordance with the SPIRIT OF
the decree of October 20 last They nave peeH
lodged in the Gobierno militar. and have been
issned the daily ratfons of our officers III they
have been uncomfortable II rs due to the exces-
sive sohriety Of oar race and OF our soldiers,
who are accustomed to eat but little and to
sleep on the hard ground
with these explorations I believe. General
you win understand the motive OF the detention
OF Your soldiers to-day liberated. and who have
been treated with all due consideration
therefore hope that your determination may
be another motive on which TO base our friendly
,elationss with the great American Republic. and
in consideration Of this also decree the liberty
OF the correspondent referred TO.
General Otis explains that the Americans were
not outside his lines and says he quotes the cor
respordence merely to show the efforts Of the
American authorities 70 maintain peace.
FILIPINO ATTACK PREMEDITATED.
He next tells how the American soldiers were
openly insuted ard how the insurgents had con-
tnaaly latored TO strengthen their lines, threat
enir,g TO drive the Americans out OF the island
and how nraEy, on the night of February 4, the
demonstration was made. qs told by General
Macarthur which resulted in the killing of a
Filipino by an American sentry and the firing
on the Americans by the insursent troops. Cen
erai Otis closes his repor, as follows:
The insurgent army had thus succeeded In
drawing the fire of a small outpost which they
had evidently labored With al hneir ingenuity "
accomplish IN order to justify IN some way their
pregneditated attack 1t r. not believed that the
chief nsurgent leaders wished 10 open hosthlueS
at this time as they not completely pre-
pared 10 assume the Initiative They desired TWO
or three days more to perfect their arrange
-. inents. but the zeal Of their army orougn. on
the crisis which anticipated their action. lhey
could not have DELAYED long. however, for IL was
their object TO force issue before American
troops then route could arrive at Manila
The movements % tEoo9SE during the pro-
tizcted engag cement which followed, and their
success at every point. are described in the ac-
= COMPLAINING reports OF the commanding generals
: Of division. ] transmit herewith copies or the
most important telegraphic instructions sent
from these headquarters to the diaerent orgah-
cations Of the command from which the prog
ress OF events can be quite accurately traced. l
cannot speak too highly of the efficiency dis
played by the troops under the most trying or
deals. and where all organizations engaged con-
Quoted themselves so couraseously II would De
diffieut to undertake special mention. My ad-
jutant- general. my aids and other members Of
MY staff conveyed many verbal instructions
during the day TO points most holly contested,
and assisted materially in the repeated sue
cesses of the battle.
ATTEMPTED RISING IN MANILA.
During the night of February and the fol-
loving day the insurgents of the city were
greatly agtated. fearing for their personal safe
~. portion. TO the number of about eight
:, Thousand had been enrolled In a secret society
for the purpose OF attacking troops within
the city and performing incendary work while
N the insurgents pressed from without. This
purpose was wen kn@wn and an attack upon
N our forces both In frdnt and antici-
pated. So admirably. however. had General
Hughes. the provost marshal general. disposed
three thousand troops OF his command that the
rising was suppressed wherever attempted. His
action was quick and decisive.
Early on the morning of the 9Th the police
companies so effectively delivered their fire upon
these assembling organizations that they were
dispersed and discouraged Their loss in killed
and wounded could not have been above fifty or
sixty They made further very dangerous
demonstrations until the night of February %
when they suffered most severe punishment.
The movement Caloocan, February 10
was made with the intention OF placing our
northern liiie in better tactical condition. and
ocnsist.S IN swinging the left Of General Mac
+ Arthurs division to the front That ofHcer had
requested to do this shortly after the 9th inst.
but was informed that We would await an antic
pated concentration Of the enemy our left
where their activity was daily increasing II
Gas expected that II we remained quiet for q
short time the enemy would collect its routed
forces. which could not pursue and would
place them in position on our northern front
Our expectations were partially realized. ant
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