The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-28
WHAT FILIPINos ARE BONG.
Spanish Prisoners Treatment of Amer
icans-Aguinaldo' Measures.

Manila, Sept. 27.-9:55 a. m.-The
American authorities iiave declined the
request of General Jaramillo, the Span
ish officer who is settling Spain's mill
tary affairs in the Philippine Islands, to
send vessel under the Spanish flag 10
collect the Spanish prisoners at insllr-
gent ports, as stipulated by the Eflipi-
nos, ON the ground that the ports are
closed, that such a step, therefore, would
be unlawful, and because they decline
to accept the Filipinos' dictation. The
authorities are ready to send an Ameri-
can vessel The Spanish commission,
therefore will return to the insurgent
Zines and endeavor to effect an arrange
ment for the delivery of She prisoners
on board an American vessel
Aguinaldo has issued a statement say
ing the warlike activity of the Americans
has prevented the concentration of the
prisoners as intended, but that they will
be delivered up October 10Th.
The Tagals of the Island of Mindanao
have expressed their readiness to accept
American sovereignty in exchange 70"
protection against the harrassing Mocos.
A native officer has offered Major
General Otis one thousand AIaccaI ebe
tribesmen to fight the Tagals of the La
guna de Bay District.
The insurgents are trying to incite the
natives of Malabon, city of 10000
inhabitants, five miles from Manila. to
rise against the American garrison. Cap
tain Allen has been holding the place
with two companies of the Sixteenth
infantry; but, on account of the need
eff all the available men at the front,
his force has been reduced to 40 men.
4hey now remain near the big church,
where they are quartered. being too few
in number to attempt to patrol the town.
Armed, uniformed parties of the insur-
gents recently discnbarked from cascoes
during the night, collected mooney for
the insurrection and preached revolt.
Two mayors have been elected. but both
OF them have declined to serve.
Malabon has been made the shipping
point where provision and other stuff are
brought from Manila by trains and
shipped into the hostile territory. The
Insurgents seem to be trying to make
their treatment of the Americans pTiS-
oners card by which to gain outside
sympathy. Two Englishnnen who have
arrived here from Tarlac report that the
Americans are treated more like guests
than prisoners They are fed ON the
best that the country affords and every
thing is done to gain their favor.
a Filipino paper says that ON the o"z
casion of recent fete at Vittoria. in
celebration of a mythical Filipino vic
tory, the American prisoners We're given
the freedom of the town and FIVE pesos
each with which to celebrate the ''vic-
tory"
The American officers north OFF Manila
tell the correspondent of The Associated
Press that Aguinaldo attempting to en-
force good governments, after the AmeTi-
can fashion, ordered his soldiers to sup
press a band of robbers, three of whom
were executed at Mariquita. He has
also prohibited gambling in the villages
under his control. Paterno, the Presi-
dent of the so-called Filipino Cabinet,
has fallen into disfayor among the Fiji
pinos ON account of his peace proclivities.
They suspect him of planning to- repeat
his treachery of the former insurrection,
when he went over to the Spaniards, and
they may eXpel him.
Ia Agalinaldo has ISSUED a decree invit-
ing Filipino deserters to return within
month, i'll which case they viii be par
doned.