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FlliplnoS Farley for Peace, Blt
Fighting Is Still On.
ACUINALD0 is NOW WEARY
Sends Emissaries TO General Otis
Unconditional Surrender" the
Demand Reb bells Killed.

MANILA, May 4.-San Tomas was
occupied by Gen. Macarthur this morn
ing after fierce resistance, and Hale's
Brigade is now pressing on toward San
Fernando The rebels made their long
est stand at the bridge south of the
city and only gave up after fierce en-
counter They fought their way
through the town, which they fired as
they fell back.
Col. Summers has left Lawton's col
umn with his brigade and is marching
to Maasin. The move is designed to
| pocket part of the rebels. The losses
are not yet known. 1t is the intention
| to press on to San Fernando. The
troops are fresh and viii be kept NOV
| ing.
! MANILA, May at Balibog last
evening there was running fight dur
ling which one soldier was killed and
three were wounded. The rebels scat
tered before Gen. LawtOn and Gen.
Hale. Yesterday while Capt. Wheeler,
with a detachment Of the Fourth Cav
Ialry. was covering Gen. Hale's adj
vance. he discovered a large body OF
lrebels at Pulilan. The cavalry opened
fire. but there was no response. mink
ling that the rebels wanted to surrend-
er, Lieut. Bell went forward to parley
with them The Filipinos replied that
they did not wish to surrender, but
that they had been ordered to refrain
from fighting during the negotiations
They asked what Lieut.. Bell wanted
and in response were given half an
hour in which to retire, which they i'm
proved.
A Spanish prisoner who escaped into
the American lines reports that after
Gen. Hale's advance ON Qulngan 2OO
Filipinos were buried, thirty-five in
one trench. and twenty-seven in anotn-
er. This is the largest number OF reb-
els that have been killed in any en-
Igagement for several months.
MANILA, May 3, 8 p. m.-The Fiji
Ipino ENJOYS, Maj. Manuel Arguelezs
land Lieut.. Jose Bernal, have aband-
Ioned the pretense under which they
lcame to Cen Otis, that they represent
led Gen. Antonio Luna, and today they
announced that they came as repre-
lsentatives of Aguinaldo himself. The
two emissaries used all their wlles tc
lsecure a reply from Gen. Otis to the let
tier from Senior Mabini, Agulnaldo's
lprime minister and minister OF foreign
Iaffairs in the dictator's cabinet, which
they presented to Gen. Otis yesterday
but Gen. Otis refused to make any re
ply on the ground that to do so woult
be equivalent to a recognition OF thf
so-called government of the FilipinoS
Arguelezs said that Aguinaldo knew
he would be overpowered in time, bu
that he would be able to continue tn
| fight for months and that he would d.
so unless he was given what MAJ. Ar
gueleZs termed peace with dignity.
Mr.. Schurman, the president of tn
United States Philippine Commission
Expresses the opinion that the inter
! views accorded by Gen. Otis to th
|. Filipino representatives will have
good moral effect as tending to con
vince Aguinaldo's representatives tina
the American authorities mean to Civ
the Filipinos a good government, an
not one of the Spanish sort. Certainl
lit has had a civiliZing influence in liz
ducing them to observe the amenitie
lof war and consent to the American
y furnishing food for American prison
erS.
The exodus of natives from the ir
Isurgent lines continues.
By filling in the roads where it wa
/ required, putting canoes on the river
and blowing fields south Of Malolo
, the army is in a fine position for tn
Expected decisive blow. Gen. MAJ
Arthur has moved his headquarters
San Vicente, across the Rio Grand
|. Gen. Wheaton's brigade has advance
beyond Alapit Gen. Hale has return
ed to cooperate with Gen. Lawton.