The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-05-01
ENJOYS OF
FIhIpINOSI
Return to General Luna With Gen.
eral Otis Terms.
EXPECTED AT MANILA AGAIN.
1t Is Believed They WIN Bo sent
Back with Revised Peace Proposals.
Meantime General Otis Il Preparing
TO push tho War II Necessarv.


Meantime General Otis Is Preparing
TO Push tho War If Necessary.
Manila, May 1.-The Filipino ennis
saries returned to their lines Saturday,
their conference with General Otis hav-
ing proved fraitless. They were given
the American terms of peace. uncon-
ditional surrender, and went to report
to General Luna.
While It is the general expectation
among Americans that the Filipinos
will return with revised proposals from
General Luna, Major General Otis is
not letting this prospect interfere with
his preparations for pushing the war.
On Saturday he ordered Major General
Lawton to return to Angat a few miles
northwest of Norzagaray, and not to
advance aggressively while negotia-
tions are pending. General Macarthur
is apparently acting on the same policy,
but he is repairing bridges and
strengthening the lines of his forces,
which is stretched out with four mile
front and within quarter of mile of
the enemy.
The possibilities of peace are gratify-
ing to a great majority of the army.
Manila is cheerful over the prospect of
return to normal life, though there
are sceptics who remark that a truce
would enable the insurgents to rest
until the rainy season, upon which
they have been depending as an inn
portant aid.
The prisoners report that there are
$4,000 refugees north of San Fernando.
This is not impossible, considering the
thickly populated region which the
Americans have cleared. 1t seems also
that smallpox is spreading among
them.
The so-called Filipino congress meets
at San Fernando this afternoon.
When Dean c. Worcester, of the
United States Philippines commission,
who accompanied the Filipino ennis
safies from Calumpit, said to Colonel
Manuel Arguelles that the Americans
were under no obligations to refrain
from fighting, the Filipino officer re-
piled:
Would you fight while we are dis
cussing terms of peace?"
Mr.. Worcester responded with the
suggestion that an armistice would
give the Filipino leaders time to es-
cane.
my God, where would we escape
to?" the Filipino exclaimed, referring
in this to he menacing hostile tribes
behind the Filipino lines,
Colonel Arguelles told the press cor
respondent that he was much disap-
pointed In the results of his mission.
He said also that Aguinaldo expected
Calumpit to be the cemetery of the
American army.
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace, of the
First Montana regiment, Major Adams
and Major Shields, who slept on Friday
night in General Luna's camp, where
they went to inform the Filipinos that
their ENJOYS would return in safety,
| found the Filipino commander cordial,
! the Filipino troops removing their
hats as the Americans passed. The
| Filipinos complained to them that the
| Americans used explosive bullets,
which is not the fact The American
officers retorted that the copper shells
used by the Filipinos are worse than
explosive bullets. General Luna said
he regretted being obliged to kill
Americans, but that was his business.
| General Wheaton entertained Colonel
Arguelles and Lieutenant Jose Bernal
and provided them with horses to re-
turn to their camp.
In the course of the conference Jacob
| G. Schurman, chairman of the United
States Philippines commission, told
Colonel Arguelles that If the insurg-
ents would lay down their arms he and
his colleagues of the commission
would consult them regarding the plan
of government to be submitted to
President Mckinley. He said he could
not promise that all their suggestions
would be adopted, but he could as
sure them that there would be a pre-
sumption In favor of their suggestions.
adding that the commissioners would
be especially desirous of satisfying the
legitimate aspirations Of the Filipinos,
When Colonel ATguelles protested
that unconditional surrender would
be humiliation, Mr.. Schurman replied:
"There would be no humiliation in
General Otis treating our brother Fill
pinos as General Grant treated our
brother Americans at Appomattox.
Mr.. Schurman said yesterday to the
correspondent: "I believe Colonel
Arguelles is personally sincere and
honest, though / have no means of as
certaining the sentiments and aims OF
the authorities behind him. The Fill
pino people, like other Asiatic peoples,
have no trust in mere words, without
force behind them, but, with force,
consider a conoilatory spirit OF the
utmost Importance.
II believe that, when peace has been
established, governing the Filiplnos
will not be a difficult matter, provided
we show them firmness, justice and
kindness. At the present they distrust
and dislike us, but these sentiments
which are perhaps not unnatural, will
soon be dispelled by the effects Of th'
good government we have promised 70
establish here 1t will be the foremost
duty of American officials to under
stand and sympathize with the Fill
pinos themselves"
Before General Otis had issued the
order directing General Lawton to re.
turn to Angat the troops of his com.
mand encountered the rebels In a circle
of hills ouside San Rafael, about five
miles northwest of Angat, dislodgine
them after an hours fighting. The
Americans had three wounded. A
thousand armed Filipinos fell back al
the Americans advanced.
The villagers met General Lawton
offering him provisions. They dare no
fee into the mountain country on tn,
east, because of the robber tribes there
and on the west are the troops of Gen
! eral Macarthur.
Messrs. CarTick and Holmes, Ameri
cans, who had been running a suga