Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1899-06-01
NEED OF MORE NEN.
Present Force Inadequate to Garri-
son Towns Taken in Philippines.
AGAINST CCyCILIATORY METHODS.
Army Oncials Dissatisfied with the Way
the Commissioners Are Conducting
Peace NegotlatIons-JolO Is
Occupied by Americans.

Peace Experimentation Is
Occupied by Americans.
Manila, May S7.-The events of the
past week have emphasized the need OF
a much larger army here, without
which, according to the best authori-
ties in Manila, it would be attempting
the impossible TO expect TO establish
American supremacy in the Philippine
islands. The inadequacy of the Amer
lean forces is said TO be responsible for
the large total loss in the number of
small encounters, without material re-
suits MS compensation. Most of the
fighting had been in territory which
the Americans had swept, but had been
compelled to abandon because they
could not spare troops to hold it.
The forces commanded by Gen. Mac
Arthur and Lawton held two important
lines of communication and commerce,
the railroad to San Fernando and the
Rio Grande river. But much of the
country they have swept, including
scores of the smaller towns and some
of the larger ones, have been left UNI
covered, simply for want of men to
hold them and the insurgents have re-
turned and are occupying the towns
the Americans abandoned and are
camping in the jungles and woods out
side others, on the watch for chances
to harass the garrisons and attack
scouting parties or detached companies
with greater forces. This is the kind
of warfare they prefer to regular bat
ties.
1t appears that the Filipinos who at
tackled the Third regiment Letwcen
San Miguel and Baliuag were part of
Rio del Pillars army. They came from
the south across the mountains, pre-
sumably to meet wagon train which
Gen. Lawton expected along the road
They also planned to capture several
large detachments and were placed in
ambush at different points. They fired
from the jungle at at distance of 200
yards and gave the Americans one of
the hardest fights experienced in the
campaign. The Filipinos lost more
heavily than the Americans in all the
recent encounters. The insurgent gem
erals take the loss of arms more to
heart than they do the loss of men.
Foreigners who have arrived here
from the insurgents country, under
the recent order of expulsion, say the
cemeteries in all the towns are filed
with fresh graves A majority of the
Filipino wounded die because the in
surgent hospitals are inadequate, med
icines are scare and they have few sur
geons, except Spanish captives who
have been impressed.
AGAINST CoNCILIAToRY METHODS.
Cincinnati, May ~. 49, The Posts
Washington special says:
There Is feeling among the high officials OF
the war department against the action of the
Schurman Philippine commission, which has
taken hand In the peace negotiations The
concliutory methods proposed by Schurman
and his civilian colleagues do not meet their
approval. They stand by Gen. Otis in his de-
cision that unconditional surrender must pre-
cede all other propositions. This feeling pre-
walls not only in army circles, but men in
all walks Of life have taken up the
cry, and President Mckinley Is beginning to be-
lieve that his commission is running contrary
to public opinion la this matter. 1t has even
been suggested to him that It would be well to
recall the commission altogether and leave the
affairs solely in the hands Of the military uuthor-
ties He has been told that Dewey would not
have at this time left his pest at Manila had it
not been for the fact that he had become dis
Gusted with the actions Of the commissioners
who lionized the Filipino ENJOYS gave them u
wrong impression OF American courage and
rather encouraged them to continue the strug-
gle by their apparent desire to make peace
JOLO is OCCUPIED by AMERICANS.
Manila, May 27.-The Spanish steam
err Leo XIII. landed the Twenty-third
regiment on the island of Jolo and took
ON board the Spanish garrison, the
Americans paying the Spaniards the
usual honors. The steamer then pro-
ceeded to Zamboanga. The troops
there were put aboard the Leo MIL,
the Puerto Rico, the Uranos and Dos
Hermanos, and the three last named
sailed for Spain. The insurgents
agreed not to modest the Spaniaris
during the evacuation. The insur-
gents, it is reported, were in possession
of Zamboanga when the Spaniards
left, and it will be necessary for the
Americans to recapture the place.