The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-05-05
|. CEN LANTOI'S MEN FIGHT
Battle With Filipinos Neal
Balinag Reported-Agui-
naldo Wants to Quit.
GENERAL OTIS DECLINED
Told Colonel Arguelles That it Wa:
USeleSsfor FilipinoS to Return Uu-
less They Accept Our Terms.

The Natives Must Lay Down Their Arm,
and surrender Before Any Condition.
Except That of Amnesty Can he
Granted-Major Bell Takes Possession
of Macabebe.
Manila, May 4.-Heavy fighting by
Gen, LaWtons troops was reported l.
be IN progress near Balinag. The wires
4were cut and no further news is OBJ
stanable.
II Gen. LaWton encountered strong re-
distances from the enemy near San
#RaIael, losing one man killed and five
wounded A accommodating party OBJ.
4served several hundred refugees near
4San Simon, four miles north of Apalit.
MANY of them We're suffering from
NemallpoX and fevCrS, and all were in
5wretched condition. A large body of
soldiers are reported to be marching
west from Balina9 across the marsh
road toward San Luis seven miles
nOrth Of Calumpit. More Maccabebes
continue to arrive at Calumpit. They
express great fear of he Tagalogs and
ask to be supplied with arms with
which to fight them.
81 Foreigners arriving from APART. at
the northern extremity of the island of
lu2on, report that the natives are CON
ccntrating and preparing to resist the
americans.
Gen. Macarthur has received a list
of the prisoners in the hands of the
enemy, which includes one English
pan. The list is verified by Lieut..
Gilmore. which indicates that the
prisoners are near Calumpit
The DIST Iowa Infantry has Joined
Gen Hale's brigade, which crossed
the Rio Chico at dawn and marched
eastward, expecting to connect its cav
airy with Gen. Lawton's command
Col. ArguelleS and his fellow COM
missioner said that the Filipinos desire
tle same form of government for the
philippines as existed in the South
american republics.
Col. Arguelles said that since his last
conference with Gen. Otis he had con-
suited with AguinaldO at San Isidro.
Aguinaldo, he said. wishes to surrend-
or, but persists in his request to have
an opportunity to submit the question
to the native Congress. He further
said that Aguinaldo had stated that
he had used only one third of his army
against. the Americans thus far.
Manila, May a. Aguinaldo the Fill
pino chief, has himself made overtures
Tor peace whit the Americans.
MCol. Manuel ArgueleS, one of the en-
yOys sent into the American lines by
General Luna, revised General Otis
and presented proposition which
game directly from Aguinaldo.
-
1t was in effect the same proposition
heretofore made by General Luna. that
Ne Americans grant an armistice I'M
~ the Filipino Congress met and de-
clded whether or not the Filipino
army should surrender.
General Otis declined the proposition
and told Colonel Arguelles that il was
Useless for the Filipinos to return I'M
leSS they came prepared to accede to
DC American demands.
The FilipinOs, he said, must Law
Down their arms and surrender before
any conditions, eXcep that of amnesty,
We're granted them.
81 The Filipino army is known to be
n bad shape. 1t is believed the next
gtep taken by its leaders will be total
surrender.
Major Shields and Lieutenant Hayne
nave been sent by General Otis to Gen
va Luna's headquarters under a flag
q truce to bear money and provisions
q the American prisoners held by the
Insurgents and to learn their names.
The ENJOYS will also asl, FOR an ey-
aange of prisoners, it being reported
lhat General Luna has two officers and
nXteen others. Lieutenant Gilmore
And eleven men of the Yorktown's
grew are supposed to he among this
lumber.
a guard with supplies has pushed a
Paded hand car from Apalit to Gen
Gal Luna's headquarters at Santo
Tomas, five miles north.
IN response to the request of party
q residents of Maccabebe, Major Bell,
with squad of scouts, entered the
own and took possession.
The inhabitants received the Ameri-
ems with cheers and bells ringing.
They besought Major Bell to garrison
ge town to protect them from the
Iagalos.
General Lawton has organized
pand of 40 scouts, led by W. NJ. Young,
"a old Indian fighter, to act as van
guard to his column, and he is advanc-
h..
Young is dead shot and holds a
fecord of killing five Filipinos last
week Among the scouts are Diamond,
harrington, Murphy and Somerfield,
u the Second Oregon Volunteers.
---------------------