Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-10-19
WOULD SELL OUT
GENERAL Pillar OFFERS TO BE
TRAY AGIINALDo FOR s5OO.0OU.
SENDS A PRICE LIST TO OTIS
AGREES TO SURRENDER HIS OWN
ARMY FOR s2JO.OO0.
His Figure for Rcfraining From an
Attack on Manila Is n Paitry
$4,000 - seven Spaniards
Who Plot Treachery
Come TO Grief.

/ MANILA, oct. lS-Gonoral Otis has re
ccIVea a message purportuE 10 come from
the lasurgcHr General Pho del Pillar. offer
iaG 10 sell out his army ard to deliy er
AsuinaldO into the hands Of the Amcri-
cans. Although he is not satisfied that This
offer is authentic. it is not intriuiscaIly i'm
probable. The policy Of General Otis Is
firmly set against buying any SUrreHd.r-.
! ri" del Pillar offers. tor th" sum OF $Jpna.
( to refrain from attacking Manila with his
army for the sum oC z25n.uop he offers to
surrender his army after ii sham battle.
/ both sides firing ifto the air. and for the
sum q! %rN,Gnp hc sIyH he Will procure the
/ overthrow Of The iusu.rovtion and the cap
ture "f ASuInaido. Iatcruo and the Sther
leaders. In the course Of the communica-
tion. he refers to Asuinaldo in contemp-
tUous terms. indicating tha, strained re
/ lati"nS exist between them
/ Reports are being received from the dis-
/ trict occupied by The enemy MAT the Fill
( ipinos believe that Pia dci Piar has an
auaaciou= plan to break through the Amer
/ inaH lines into Manila and s.tzr General
! otis and the archbshop Possibly. these
rumors wcrc started with al idsa of help
i1G him To make a ieIl with tic Alnari-
cans
! Il is needless q, say that tie Americans
would welcome an attack OF mat sort
There has been much speculation of late
= Earding the whereabouts of Pho del Pillar
! The recent attack at La Iona is credited
To his mon. 1t is believed that he is now
! in the vicinity of san Mateo valley with
"a force Of from ! Sca to 80" men.
Ten former Spanish soldiers. who were
| captured by the FiliFInos and for a time
acted as officers and members of a Filipino
artillery regiment. located in the vicinity OF
Santa Rosa. I'm the La Guua de Bay dis
trict. determined to surrender the artillery
to the Americans. The plot was diScoy-
cred by the FiIpiuos, who killed seven OF
the conspiratorS, the other three escaping
to Manila
1t appears that when the surrender was
agreed on. the SpaniardS delegated one of
their number to proceed To Manila and to
propose to General Otis to surrender. after
u pre-arraugod mock battle. about twelve
pieces including krupp and Nordenfeldt
rapidt!rc guns. well supplied with ammuni-
tiou from the Lipa powder factory, in ex-
change for certain sums to be paid the
SpaniardS. who were to be pardoHed for
carrying arms az iiust The Americans and
to be transported to Spain.
The delegation left Santa Rosa and ac-
companied by three Filipinos, entered the
American liEeS at Caiamba. The Filipinos
did not proceed far, deciding to await his
return at a given time. As the delegate
was detained in Manila longer than they
had expected. they grew suspicious and re-
turned To Santa Rosa.
The plot Was then revealed and the re-
naming Spaniards were attacked. The
sunbeat Napidan. coasting near Santa
Rosa, perceived two men OH the beach
hurredly cmbarking in canoe and push
ing out toward them. She took them on
board and they reported that the FiIipinos
on discovering the plot to surrender th..
artillery. had cut the throats OF seven %
their Spanish companions and that they
themselves, had barely escaped with thei.
lives.
The three Spanards are now hiding in
Manila fearing Filipino vengeance Cen
cral OTIS had declined their offer through
the delegate 10 surrender the artillery for
money: but he promised To send the three
To Spain.
Batson's MacCabbee scouts encountered
the enemy at Stn Mat-u. near ARAFAT at
dawn to-day, and attacked them IN the