The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-06
NEWS OF new WAR
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doubt Of Gen. Otis ability to hold his
position indefinitely and the cause for
apprehension is the fear that by TAX
ing to the interior and the approach
or the rainy season, a prolonged fight
ing style or campaign may follow
DEWEY AT HAND.
Besides his soldiers, Gen. Otis has at
his back. in Manila bay command.ng
the city a veritable rock of Gibraltar
in Deweg's fleet. With the vessels he
now has and those about to join him,
Dewey will have twenty-one ships Of
various types. OF full-fedged war
ships, he now has nine, as follows:
The flagship Olympia. the Boston, Bal
timore, Charleston. Concord, Monad-
mock, Monterey, Petrol and Buffalo.
He also has threei armed supply ships
which are almost as effective as war
ship In attacking troops outside of for
tlf1cations and in maintaining the
blockade. -:
They are the Colgas the Nanshan and
the Zafiro. The vessels on the way to
join Dewey are the gunboat Helena,
now at Colombo; the Castine, at Glib
raltar; the Princeton, due at Port Said
Tuesday; the Bennington, the eBrutus
and the Yorktown, probably at Guam,
on their way to Manila; the battleship
Oregon and the water boat Iris, at
Honolulu. The Solace is about to start
at any moment from Norfolk for Ma
Mia. This leaves out of account the
army. Of transports under Gen. Otis
command, which could be made of
great service. sss>5
The fleet cannot operate against
troops in the interior, but undoubtedly
Dewey Immediately will draw tight
Gordon Of blockading vessels around
the island of Luzon and will make a
special effort absolutely to cut off the
insurgents from the supplies and am
munition which they must have to
carry on the war.
= AGoNCILLO'S STATUS.
One of the first steps of the admin
istration upon hearing of the outbreak
at Manila was to give attention to the
presence in Washington Of Agoncillo,
| the accredited representation here of
the Philippine insurgents. They would
not say whether or not any steps had
| been taken toward his expulsion from
| the United States or his arrest, but
| his status it can be stated, has already
| been the subject of careful study. The
| officials have been loath to disturb him.
| first because they did not care to
martryize him unnecessarily, and sec
ondly. because they did not care to
expose themselves to the criticism that
| they were interfering improperly with
the supply Of information and argu-
ments respecting the Philippine ques-
ton While the treaty was pending be-
fore the senate. 1t is possible, how
ever. that their patience is now ex-
hausted. believing. as they do, that
he has in some fashion been connect
ed with this outbreak, and they may
be aroused to the: point of action 1t
was said at thes state department that
Agoncillo was either traitor or a spy.
Ii the Philippines are regarded as
American territory. then he is the rep.
| resentative and active agent Of an in
surrection against the United States,
ard as such isfa traitor. If the Phil
tppines are still in nominal Spanish
control. then, as a state OF war nomi-
| nally exists. he can be regarded as
spy.
In any case his presence is highly
obnoxious and there is said to be an
urgent demand for his expulsion by
presidential orders. 1t was impossible
today to secure any communication
with the Philippine junta,~ which has
its Headquarters at the Arlington
hotel. The REPRESENTATIVES steadily re-
fused to receive cards and Kept close
to their apartments. Agoncillo, it was
stated, had left-fo the East last night.
Thus far the hotel had no notice that