Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-04-20
GEN. LANION GOES BACK
His Expedition Returns to Manila
from Laguna Bay by Com
mand of Gen. Otis.
CAPTURED TOWNS BEING ABANDONED.
900 Men Are Needed-Insurgents -
COncentrating-Otis Regards the
Situation as Encougraging.

Manila, April 17.-Gen. LaWtons ex--
petition returns to Manila from La de
Guna province by the express command
of Gen. Otis. Santa Cruz and the other
villages taken by the expedition under
the old Indian fighter are being com
pletely evacuated. There is decided,
difference of opinion between Gen.
Otis and Gen. Lawton over the evacua-
ton of these villages. Gen. LaWton
claims Santa Cruz at least should be
held with an American garrison. In his
judgment the possession Of Santa Cruz
is most important strategically, as it
commands the entire La de Guna dis
trict. With the Americans in control
of Santa Cruz, he says, they would be
in position easily and effectually to
intercept any communication between
the insurgents of the northern and
southern portions of the island of
LuZon.
Gen. Otis defends his order for the
evacuation of the captured villages by
declaring he considers it unpracticable
at present to spare a sufficient number
of troops to garrison Santa Cruz. He
says the plan of campaign he has
adopted contemplates a continuation of
the fighting in the northern portion of
the island, and that every man of the
available force will be needed in that
locality.
Says 100000 Men Will BE Needed.
Gen. Lawton made statement Sun
day, the publication of which he au-
thorized. He said that in his opinion
it would be necessary for the United
States to send 100000 troops to the
Philippine islands if the natives con-
tinued hostile. He said that it was es-,
sential to garrison all the cities cap
tured or that are to be captured in the
future operations if the instruction
was to be put down.
Insurgents Concentrating.
Manila, April 17.-During the alb
sence of Maj. Gen. Lawton's expedition
to the Santa Cruz district, on the south
eastern side of Laguna de Bay, the in
surgents have been concentrating at
the northern end of the lake, near Pasig
and the American scouts report that
several thousand are already there.
Gen. Lawton's expedition is now on its
way back. Two hundred and fifty
Cinnamon from Santa Cruz have ar
rived here. They left the town owing
to their fear that the rebels, on Renter
ing it, would wreak vengeance upon
them for favoring the Americans.
Otis Is Cheerful.
| Manila, April 17.-Gen. Otis regards
the situation here cheerfully, and feels
that with the work already done and
that which he expects certainly to ac-
complish, the rebels will eventually be
subdued forever. He said:
1.-The insurgents are moving eastward.
and will soon be in the mountains. There
they will become merely bands of robbers
and will fight among themselves. They
have no united army anywhere, yet they
will be troublesome, and we need strong
force to dea. with the robber groups. We
shall not stop our operations because of the
rainy season. The rebels are counting upon
| a cessation of hostiities on our part, but
we intend to keep right on. We shall wedge
| the army between them and the north as
we'll cutting the island in two here by
our forces. The problem the government
is now facing is that of destroying the pow
erful bands of robbers that are scattered
in all directions. We have smashed the
insurgent government, but l believe that
it will be long time before we pacify the
whole of Luzon.'
Gen. Otis said that he could not dis
cuss his plans in detail, but it is known
that a large force will soon go by sea
and disembark north of Aguinaldo's
forces. Then Aguinaldo will be be-
tween the two lines and will find him
self in a most unpleasant and dangerous