El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
THOROUGHLY WHIPPED
Are the Natives, And Nego-
tiations Will Probably Be
Reopened In a
Short Time.

ference between Gen. Otis and tht
Filipino commissioners took place thi
morning ard lasted three hours. Ad
mir al Dewey and Prof. .Schurman of tht
Philippine commission were presen
during the parley.
MANILA, April 29.--Gen. Otis agair
refused to grant the armistice pro
posed by the Filipinos. The Filipino
ENJOYS, Col. Manuel Arguelles anG
Lieutenant .Bergal Bemslare, return
ed to the insur gent lines this after
noon.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-The fol
lowing dispatch from Gen. Otis was
received by the adjutant general this
morning.
MANILA, April 29.-The confer.
ence with the 1nsurgent representa-
tives terminated this morning. They
request q cessation of hostilities for
three weeks to enablethem to call their
congress to decide whether they will
continue the prosecution of the war or
propose terms of peace.
II believe the insurgents are tired
of the war, but seek to secure terms of
peace through what they denominate
their Representative congress-
"OT1s"
MANILA, April 29.-After a long
parley today's meeting broke up. The
commissioners returned to the Filipino
lines on the afternoon train.
While the two days negotiations 8
have thus far been barren .of results,
best opinion in Manila both ssmong
Americans and prominent natives is
that this incident is the beginning of
the end.
The Filipino ENJOYS practically ad-
mitted that their army is in desperate
straights and thoroughly " hipped. It
is believed the Filipinos will now ask
for further conferences and that they
will finally surrender on the best terms
possible to obtain.
Gen. Otis declares that the Filipinos'
appeals for cessation of hostilities
were probably only a.scheme to recover
their wind.
The Filipino ENJOYS told the general
that a peace secured by surrender
would not be permanent. The general
considered this in the nature of a
threat and so informed the ENJOYS.
WASHINGTON, April 29.-General
Otis acknowledges the receipt of mes
sages of con graduation received from
the president yesterday as follows:
"MANILA, April 29.-Adjutant Gen
eral, Wsshington: The congratula-
tions of his excellency, the president.
for which all are grateful, will be con-
veyed as directed.
"OTIs."
MADRID, April 29.-Senora Reies,
Manila correspondent of newspaper
surrender to the Americans ON condi-
tion that the independ ence of the
Filipinos is conceded.
WASHINGTON, April 20. -"They are |
just sparringsfor wind, :" is the way one |
of the war department. officials puts it |
when today's news from the Philip |
pines was received. He seems to ex-
press the general opinion.
The fact that the second conference |
of Otis and the Filipino ENJOYS was
barren of results seemed to discourage |
no one. It was not expected that the |
rebels would surrender without good |
deal of parleying.
This negotiation may delay the in
avitable result. it is believed, but they
cannot prevent final surrender. The
frank admission of one of the Filipinos'
that the rebels are whip
ped and they know it, is guaranty for
that.
No instructions have been issued to
Gen. Otis from here.
PARIS, April 29.-The Filipinos here
are in frenzy over the news OF the
Filipino negotiations toward peace.
The ENJOYS Arguelles and Bengal they
assert are European Spaniards who are
oribed by Otis to go through the act.
They say Luna only commands one