New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-04
OTIS WILL NOT YIELD.
THE FILIPINO ENJOYS vAINLY SEEK
OFFICIAL RECOGNITION.
ADMITTING THAT THEY SPEAK FOR AGul-
NALpo-MovEMENTs OF AMERICAN
FORCES IN THE FIELD.

FORCES IN THE FIELD.
Manila, May 3. SIP. m.-Therc was conieren'e
lasting two hours to-day between Ma)or-"e"-
erai f. s. Otis and the ENJOYS who came hei.
from General Antonio Luna bearing proposal
FOR a cessation Of hostilities. General ous au
heed 10 mis- refusal 10 recognize the so'o""e'
government Of the insurgents
The Filipinos now ask for truce OF 'hlee
months to enable Agu'naldo 10 summon '"7
Congress and consult with the insurgeh' Ieaue''
sr other CT the islands. The ENJOYS acm'tted
A.. ..,,.r,,or n, General Otis that Agunaldo
ba. little control over affairs outside OF 'ne
island OF Luzon. -,.
TIL. ,,ss,,on Of the release Of Spanish pris-
orers IN the hands OF the Filipinos being men
t,oc.d Major Manuel Arguees the chief mem
her NJ the deputaton. said that he consioeTeu
,,.rr az beirg in the same category Win 'he
Americans the United States being the successor
~ Strain IN dominion over the isano' anu AZ
curing by treaty all Spanish rights ana ooi'sa-
tions ,. co,o.o,
After the close OF the conference with Genera
o,,s ,hs rn,nno envovs had q consultation with
the United States Philippine Commissioners
REPRESENTING AGUINALDo ALSO
tn. ru,nno envoys have abandoned the pre-
tence under which they first came 10 uehei
Ct,s that they represented General Antonio
Lima. and to-day they announced that they
caus az representatives OF Aguinaldo himself
The two emissaries used all their wiles 10 Sc
cpre reply from General Otis TO the letter from
Senior Mabini. Aguinaldos Prime Minister ana
Minister Of Foreign Affairs In the Dictator
Cabinet which they presented TO General Ot''
Yesterday. but General Otis refused to make
any reply. on the ground that to DO so wou'u
be equivalent to recognition OF the so-oaiieu
government OF the Filfpinos
Major Argrelles said that Aguinaioo kne" he
would be overpowered in time. but that ne
,,ou,a he able 10 continue the fight for months.
and that he would do so unless he were gwen
what Major Arguelles termed peace with dignity.
Mr.. schurman. The president OF the United
States Philippine Commission. expresses the
on,pion that the interviews accorded by General
Otis 10 the Filipino ENJOYS will have good
moral effect as tending TO convince Aguinaldos
CONSERVATIVES that the American authorities
mean 20 give the Filipinos a good government
and not one OF the Spanish sort Certainly II
has had a civilizinS influence in inducing them
10 observe the amenities of war and consent
10 the Americans furnishing food for American
prisoners. aaoo D.
The exodus OF natives from the insurgent lines
continues. sr.-
II AMERICAN TROOPS ADVANCING.
II By filing in the roads where 1t was required,
puttinr canoes on the rivers and clearing fields
south OF Malolos the American Army is In a
fine position for the expected decisive blow.
General Macarthur has moved his headquar-
ters to San Vicente. the Rio Grande.
General whsaton's brigade has advanced be-
You'd Apalit General Hale has returned 10 CO.
operate with General Lawton.
At Balibag last evening there running
fight. in the course OF which one American SOL
der was killed and three were wounded. The
rebels scattered before General Lawton and
General Hale
Yesterday while Captain Wheeler, with de-
tachment of the 4th Cavalry was covering Cen
eral Hales advance. he discovered large body
OF rebels at Puiilan. The cavalry opened fire.
but there was no response. Thinking that the
rebels wanted TO surrender. Lieutenant Bell
went forward to parley with them. The Fill
pinos replied that they did not wish TO sur
render but that they had been ordered to re-
frain from fighting during the negotiations
They asked what Lieutenant Bell wanted. and
in reply were told they had half an hour In
which to retire which they improved.
A Spanish prisoner who escaped into the
American lines reports that after General Hae's
advance on Qungap two hundred Filipinos
we're buried, thirty-nve in one trench and TWEEN
ty-seven in another This is the largest number
OF rebels that have been killed in any engage
ment for several months.