Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-11-05
CAMPAIGN IN LUzON
The Fighting Now TO Be Done
in Mountain Districts.
The Remainder of the Manila and
Dbqupa1 Raj l-osd TO Be Seized
inSurgen- are Ant Cipatiag faat
noveme"f by Tearing Up Track.

Chicago, Nov. 4.-The Tribune today
prints a summary of the situation in
the Philippine Islands from its special
correspondent there. Richard H. Little.
The letter, which is dated Manila, Sept
II, says:
Here are some figures made seven
month and a half after our campaign
against the Filipinos began. Say it is
five miles to Angeles. We hold posses
sion of the railroad up to that point.
We can fairly claim possession of the
land a half mile on each side of the
track. We have possession of the wag-
on road, and, let US say. half-mile on
each side from San Fernando, through
Bacolor to Santa Rita, eight miles, with
four miles to Guaga. We have a road
from Mololos to Baliauag, eleven miles
northeast. We can claim eleven square
miles there.
I'VE have Manila, out as far as the
waterworks, five miles away. That
gives us, say, twenty-five miles around
the city.
I'VE have the road and a half-mile
on each side down, eighteen miles to
linus. Then we have Calamba and some
other points on the lake that Gen. Law
ton captafed before he was ordered
back. Those towns are not approached
by road, but by boat across the Laguna
de Bay, and we control only the land
they stand on.
Adding up our total possessions, we
find we have III square miles. The
island of Luzon contains 1900 square
miles.
Outside of Luzon the insurrection
seems to be growing. The insurgents
hold ports in Nindanao, the next larg-
est island to Luzon in the PHILIPPINES,
and said to be incalculably rich in gold
and silver mines, iron and copper ores,
and other minerals. besides possessing
wonderful forests of hard wood. No
Americans have dared venture there as
yet, as Gen. Otis has sent no troops to
the island. Englishmen and Germans
all the concessions they can. It is said
several prospecting parties are at work.
The next campaign is going to be
different from the last one. We will
mountainous, thickIy wooded country.
If we do not end the war there we will
have to carry it into the high, rock
ribbed mountains of LuZon. 1t will be
no violation of a state secret to say
that the first object of the next cam
paign will be to take the rest of the
railroad from the hands of the insur-
gents. The insurgents ought to be
firmly convinced by this time that we
want the Manila and Dagupan Rail
road, as we have fought along that line
seven months. They know we want it,
and they also know that we are going
to get it. for they are already tearing
up the track, burning the ties, and
burying the rails north of Angeles.
"The country east of the railroad and
north of Angeles to Dagupan, is much
like it is south of Manila, except that
it is higher and broken. West of the
railroad are high mountains, that will
offer the insurgents better opportunity
of retreat and escape than they had in
the low country. With the taking of
the railroad we will have cut off the
provinces of Zambales, Paggasinan,
Tarlac, Panpanga, and Bataan from
the main part of the island, and can
lay claim to a good deal more country
than the precise amount of real estate
on which our army is now camping.
From the railroad Aguinaldo's army
can hardly retreat anywhere but north
ward across the mountains to the fer
tile valley of the Rio Grande de Cagay-
ary.''