The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-19
That the Insurrecilon in the Philippines is
Now Near at Hand.
Believed That the Outcome of the
Conference of Commissioners OF
the Insurgent Cabinet and
Aguinaldo With General Otis,
Which is to Take Place at Ma
Mia To-Day, Will be That the
Rebels Succumb to the Inevita-
BILE and Surrender.

MANILA, May 10, 10 a. m.-Philip
pine Commissioners to confer with the
American Commissioners regarding
surrender arrived last night at San
Isidro, and are coming to Manila to-
day. The people of Manila are conf
dent that the instruction is ending.
END OF INSURRECTION NEAR AT
HAND.
WASHINGTON, May 1S-War De-
partment officials are firmly convinced
that the end of the insurrection in the
Philippines is at hand and that the in
surgent Cabinet and Aguinaldo Com
missioners who are to meet General
Otis tomorrow will succumb to the in
evitable and surrender. Their forces,
it is said at the department, are evil
IDENTIFY so demoraliZed by the persistent
advance of the Americans that they are
ready to accept peace on the best terms
they can obtain. Driven northward to
the foothills of the mountains, as they
have been, their fleeing and scattered
forces, disintegrated and dislheartened,
no longer can be made to face our vic
torious advance.
Less than week ago General Luna
was reported just north of San Fer
nando, where General MacArthur's
troops are concentrated and in the
neghborhood of Bacolor with about
5000 rebels. To-day General Otis re-
ports that the remnant of this force,
about 900 men, have withdrawn to
Tarlac, over twenty miles from San
Fernando 1t is probable that the re-
mainder of this force moved eastward
and joined the main body of the insur-
gents. which abandoned San Isidro and
fled northward TO the point from which
Aguinaldo is now sending his Commits
sioners to sue for peace If this is a
rrse to gain time, which none of the
officials at the War Department believe,
it will avail them nothing, as the Amer
leans will utilize the period during the
negotiations in accommodating the coun-
try ahead of them preparatory to the
resumption of operations the minute the
negotiations fail.
The dispatch of two battalions of the
Twenty third Infantry yesterday to
Jolo, the principal town in the Sulu
archipelago. is the fourth military ex-
petition detached from the main body
of our troops. The Sulu archipelago
is a group of small islands extending in
crescent, like the Aleutian Islands
south of the Philippines. There are no
insurgents as far as known in the Sulu
group. The population of the islands
consists of aborigines, Chinese traders
and negroes.
There is no absolute information at
the War Department concerning the
present strength of the American force
under Macarthur, Lawton and Kobbe,
which have been operating against the
insurgents north of Manila. The num-
Der of men if each organization were up
TO its maximum strength would be &c.
800 but it Is doubtful if their strength
totals II 600 men. MacArthur's troops
except one regiment, are volunteers. All
of Hobbies men are regulars, recently
arrived. Three of the six regiments
under Lawton are also regulars
There is one radical difference be-
tween the volunteer and regular organ
izations. Losses in the former are
permanent, while the gaps in the ranks
of the regulars are being constantly
filed by new recruits. 1t is estimated
that Macarthur now has about 1900
men for active service, Lawton about
5000 and Kobbe 1000
OTIS REPORTS FAVORABLE AS
PECT OF AFFAIRS.
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-General
Otis cabled the War Department to-day
as follows:
Manila. May 1S.-Adjutant General.
Washington: Representatives of in
surgent Cabinet and Aguinaldo in the
mountains twelve miles north of San
Isidro. which was abandoned 10Th inst.
They will send a commission tomorrow
to seek terms of peace. A majority of
the force confronting Macarthur at
San Fernando has retired to Tar.ac.
tearing up two miles of railway. This
force has decreased to about $500
Scouting parties and attachments are
moving to-day in various directions.
Kobbe and Columbia are on the Rio
Grande. great majority of the in
habitants of the provinces over which
troops have moved are anxious for
peace. They are supported by mem
bers of the insurgent Cabinet. The as
pect of affairs at present are favora BILE.
OTIS"
Great satisfaction was expressed by
War Department officials with the news
contained in the dispatch of General
Otis. The wisdom of refusing any
terms to the first commission and i'm
pressing the insurgents is everywhere
commended. On this account no doubt
is expressed that the new commiss on
which is on its way to Manila will be
ready to accept the favorable terms
which General Otis has been ready to
grant upon the actual surrender and
cessation of hostilities The dispatch
of General Otis was Immediately sent
to the President at Hot Springs, Va.
Secretary Alger said that the situat ton
was most encouraging. and that it was
apparent that the Filipinos realized the
strength of the United States, and saw
that resistance would mean extermina-
ton for them if they persisted in defy
ing authority.
Speaking of the part taken by the
volunteers in the Philippine campaign,
the Secretary says that instead Of wish
ing to be home, they would not have
missed it, as it was an event in their