The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-17

~ ~ Aeuinalao wlih Oh u ,hs esiefiiy
psssibs The strength - the lard for
e.s lr che philippines ~ ihe diis ~
l,he las report. ON December io'h ras
la els iroops. and of ihia numb "
lkiG men we're present iof du'y ihefe
. are on tnslr 'say ,o loin oenerni ous
lrolnfofcemenis approSimaiihE e""o
men. IN four cxpeiiiions. non" OF
which. however. IL .xpecied To reach
Manila before three weeks or month.
! They are the Fourth and four com
/ NAMES of the Seventeenth Infantry,
! li72s. men under General l.awion.
which passed Gibraltar on February
! ith. the Twentieth Infantry "Ompris-
ing thIrty-seven officers and !Gs men.
which left this city under General
Wheaton, on January 27th, the Twenty
second Infantry, In command OF Colo
mel Egbert. that sailed from here re-
lcently. and 1000 officers and men OF the
Third and Seventeenth Infantry which
left New York on February 4th on the
sherman In addition the transport
sheridan will depart from New York
not later than the l4th inst. having
on board I 500 men Of the Twelfth In
fsntry and a battalion Of the Seven
teenth Infantry, all regulars.
To prevent any suggestion of a re-
cognition OF the Filipino republic the
United States Government intends TO
concentrate a powerful naval force in
the Philippine waters. With the yes-
sells which he now has and those that
are soon to Join him Admiral Dewey
will have twenty-one ships OF various
kinds. or full nedged war shlrs ne
now has nine as follows: The flagship
Olympia, Boston, Baltimore, Charles
ton. Concord. MUuadnJck, Monterey,
Petrel and Buffalo. He also has three
armed supply ships which are as effec-
tive as a wsrship almost in attacking
troops outside of fortifcations and in
maintaining the blockade. They are
the Culgoa. the Nanshan and the Ia
fro. The vessels on the way to join
dewey are the gunboat Helena, now at
colombo; the Castine, AT Gibraltar; the
Princeton, due at Port Said Tuesday;
the Bennington, the Brutus and York
town, probably at Guam, on their way
to Manila: the battleship Oregon and
the water-boat Iris at Honolulu, The
Solace is about to start any moment
from Norfolk for Manila. This leaves
out of account the army transports un-
der Otis command which could be
made of great service.
: Apart from the disastrous defeat en-
tailed upon them the attack by the
, Filipinos on the American lines was
p most illadvsel from political stand
- lpOint The treaty Of peace with Spain
had not yet been acted upon. Whether
\ they recognized the fact or not they
were still subjects of Spain. The rati-
, ticatlon of the treaty Of Paris was more
= than doubtful, without a resolution OF
the Senate placing them on the same
footing as the Cubans. No one will
deny them the right to aspire to inde-
pendenee, but neither the American
government nor the American army
had committed any overt act in denial
; of such aspirations. As 1t was they
; forced the United States to impose its
authority, and for the present at least
+ have destroyed all hopes of national
Independence. There Is a suspicion In
e the United States that the Filipinos
) acted on suggestions from Madrid or
Berlin or from both, and as a conse-
quence feeling against the Kaiser,
, which has been more or less latent for
many months, has been revived. II is
not lessened at this conjuncture by the
: fact that a schooner with arms for the
Insurgents has been captured which the
German consul at Hongkong Is suspect
ed to have aided in fitting out
Aguinaldos proclamation OF Monday
says the outbreak of hostiities was
"unjustly and Unexpectedly provoked
by the Americans"
He refers to the enormous losses OF
the Filipinos, but says slavery is Bit
ter" and calls upon them TO "sacri-
fee all upon the altar OF honor and
national integrity"
, Aguinaldo concludes with saying BE
not discouraged"
WASHINGTON, Feb. Tt Is under
stood that the campaign against the
/, Phippne Islands insurgents is to bs
1 prosecuted with vigor. The question
Q was fully discussed at to-day's Cabi'
o net meeting and the conclusion wa:
reached that before permanent peace OF
n security to life and property could bt
: secured. Agulnaldo's forces must lay
y down their arms. 1t Is understood tha
= General Otis, in cooperation with Ad
s miral Dewey, will push forward at onc'
4 and give the insurgents no chance 4
e recover from the defeat OF last Sunday
SO far as can be learned no positive In
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