The San Francisco call., 1899-11-25

close With AguinaldO n fugitive az
companied. perhaps By only a few faith
iuI Followers. with members OF his Cab
met ana the president Of his congress I'm
General Otis hands. and with the army
dispersed. II Is apparent that the admin
istration can shortly commence the peace-
ful pacifcation Of the island IL Is 20 be
expected that military operations will
nave 10 continue until the insurgenr
bands have been destroyed: that the dis
turoed condition will last for some
time; that military rule will be necessary:
out when the ill-feellng generated by the
present strife has disappeared n civil ad-
InlniStration Will be established and the
president Will show by his action that his
fair promises are to be carried out.
instead OF. Aguinaldo being IN the north
erh provinces Of LuzOn General Otis
states that he fed westward from Bay
ambong railway station. His flight I'm
this direction Is an evidence. the officials
believe. that he dared not trust the
northern tribes. but preferred 10 remain
among his own countrymen. IL f. un-
derstood that General Macarthur will de-
vote his attention 20 the section Of Luzon
in which Aguinaldo IS supposed 10 be in
hiding
1t will be very difficult matter 10 cap
ture Aguinaldo." said President schur-
man or the Philippine Commission to me
Tonight. Should he remove his gen
erals uniform and don the habiIiments OF
a peasant Filipino how many American
soldiers would be able 10 recognize him?
While II might be desirable TO capture
AguinaldO. yet the destruction OF his
army and of the bands formed as the re-
suit OF It's disintegration will end tho
lnsurrection. Aguinaldo without an army
Is helpless. The military Will naturally
have 20 continue their operations until the
insurgents have been entirely DESTROYED
The government Of the island f. a matter
under discussion by the commission. and
a report will be submitted probably in
January. IL remains with the President
10 determine whether this commission
will return TO Manila 10 assist in the es-
tahlishment of the civil administration.
II was very gratifying 10 me 10 note
that General Lawton. when he passed
the Tagalog belt. was able 10 live off the
country. That shows that the tribes ir,
Northern LuzOn are friendly disposed
toward the American troops. 7 cannot
say that they are openly hostile 10 Aguin
aldo. but under his instruction his troops
entered various provinces. seized the gov
ernments and established military depots.
and the feeling caused as n consequence
may have deferred him from attempting
To seek refuge among them"
Colonel DENLY. also OF the PhiIippfne
Commission, considers the capture OF
Aguinaldo as absolutely essential TO the
establishment OF peace throughout Luz
zon Island
General Otis latest dispatch Is very
gratifying" he said tonight "and shows
that the end is very near. but AguinaIdo
must be taken II there Is 10 be a perrna-
nent ending OF the insurrection. When II
comes 10 analyzing the influence Aguin-
aldo has over the TaEals II Is difficult
10 find reason for II. but there is no de-
nying that he has had n strong following.
and until he Is captured there Is always
bound 10 be more or less trouble among
his adherents. however few they may be-