The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-01-28
LATEST FROM MANILA.
Heag Kong Advioes vis MsafiA Bepressas
Americas Troubles - Increasing
in the PhilIppln0a.

Manila, Jan. 20. via Hong Kong, JAN
5.-The Independence to-day issued
a supplement containing a dispatch
purporting to come from Malolos, the
seat of the rebel government. 1t COM
ments upon disappointment Of the
commission. and says:
The Filipinos naturally suspect this
is a new attempt to humbug. Both
Dewey and Spencer Pratt promised us
independence if the Filipino republic
was stable. The Filipinos are disil-
lusioned. They believe the commits
sion is a ruse to gain time till they
have accumulated formidable forces,
when America, abusing her strength,
will begin a war to ratify her sover-
eighty.
The Independence then alleges that
all the commissioners are partisans
of colonial expansion and incidentally
asserts hat the archbishop also favors
annexation, with the sole object of
gaining the sympathies of the winning
side, immaterial which, in the inter-
ests of the religious corporations"
The Filipinos of the Caloocan and
Gegalangin, installing salutes ex-
changed between British and German
war ships OF January is, moved 5000
men to the front, in order of battle.
covering the adjacent country. but
they did not attack the American
lines.
Reports from the interior indicate
that Aguinaldo's authority is now gen.
orally recognized. Every available
male is being recruited, and arms
depots are being established at San
Bernardino. Union, Trinidad and other
large towns. The surrounding coun-
try is being levied on for supplies. and
the Filipino troops are living on the
fat of the land. while the native vii
layers, are compelled to subsist on
rice. There is some friction between
the Filipino civil and military authori-
ties, but they are united on the ques-
ton of independence. 1t is estimated
that there are fully 10000 Filipinos
under arms. and it is said that there
are nearly fifty maxim guns at Malo-
los, some of them having been recently
acquired. The Filipino military au-
thorities are convinced, they say. that
the Americans will be unable to work
effectively outside of Manila in the
event of hostilities; hence they feel
confident in the future.
The impartial to-day says:
"All the intelligence from the Phil
ippine islands shows that the Ameri-
cans recognize their inability to over
come the insurgents in the Island of
Luzon and the Viscayas. The Filipinos
understand that the Americans wish
to %tyrannize over them and exploit
them as the Spaniards never did. The
Americans intended to exercise their
power merely at the important ports,
butthey are already convinced that such
a domination would not be efficacious.
They would be constantly fighting the
insurgents and the latter would soon
put an end to the Americans. as the
Filipinos have on their side not only
bullets, but the climate and the
enormous expenditure the situation
will entail upon the Americans. This
explains Washington's desire to first
get the treaty of Paris voted, and then
open negotiations with the rebel chiefs
in order to see if Aguinaldo and his
colleagues will consent at least to ac-
cept an American protectorate with
self-poyernment."