The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-04-01
Says EilipanOs Will
Re Easily handled

wneenng, W. va, Marcn oI.-Leut.
William Braumersereuther, executive Of
fcer Of the Charleston who's exploit
in making the boo less capture OF the
Ladrone Islands summer. was told
by himself in the associated Press dis
patch. writes an interesting letter from
Manila to Hon. Augustus Pollock OF tbs
city He is now captain OF the port OF
Manila, and has under him ec-ue 500 ma
tive Fuipinos whom he hnds q easy to
control.
Speaking of the natives he says.
"The native himself, LETT TO his own in
tentions will never prove troublesome.
They will be only too willing to earn a
meagre living and get a lew dollars. They
are not hard to nanole at all
Heretofore, when fighting with Span
iards. the rebe.s have 4een badly orga-
nized and much worse armed Since that
time they have been better drilled, bet
ter armed and better organized and they
naturally concluded they could easily sue
ceed in exterminaung the Americans.
They tried IL two weeks ago yesterday at
D. m. Oh, my, what a surprise. Thous-
ands Of them are dead (cremated and buri-
eO) ana me NJ .ltais are lhed with
their wounded, many OF whom will never
recover. They have lost In and about hero
over 10000 men. our loss has been less
than 100. to be exact, 6S officers and men
killed. and 275 wounded. our wounded
people have a much better chance 20 re-
cover than theirs for this reason, the
Mauser ball makes a clean ard smaller
wound than do our Remingtons ana Spring
fields.
ION the night OF the 4th instant, when
the rebels started firing quite n number
of American ladies were at the hotel ORR
entes. sent up for them and placed them
on a transport i'm the bay. My two girls
refused to go and stayed through It ALL"
Washington. March 3l-A copy of the
Japanese Times Of Feb. l2 published at
Toxic, has been received here. 1t con-
tains an interview with an American nam
ed Crocker, VINO may be Prof. Crocker OF
Columbia college, who was an eye wit
ness of. the first two days Of fighting
about Manila which began February ..
He indicates that the FNnpnos in the
| city undoubtedly contemplated rising en-
! masse but failed to carry out the plan OF
| cooperation with those arms OUTSIDE OF
! the city.
| During he fighting, Agunalod," says
| MIR. Crocker " VINO is supposed TO be al
Malolos, communicated with Dewey. Ht
sent him a message I'm which he said FOL
| Gods sake stop the firing, and disclaim
ing and responsibility in connection witt
| the starting of the trouble. Dewey now
ever, refused compliance and / think Ag
unaldo is now accepting the situation
There was some talk Of Aguinalod re-
signing but | do not china he Will do So
The opinion is that Il was not Aguinaloo
who precipitated this Ing, but his foi-
| lowers whom he could not control.
The press reports made no mention at
the time of Aguinalods appea' to Dewey
| to stop the firing Mr.. Crocker left Ma
! nila while the fighting was still in pro-
| gress and his estimates Of the casualties
are very wild. He says there we're from
| 900 to 10000 Fihpnos killed and wound
! ed and tells Of the terrific destruction
wrought by the shells from our warships
The shells killed 90 80 sometimes so ma
| tives at a time.