The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-05-05
PEACE PROSPECTS PLEASING
All Parties in the Philippines AnS-
iOus for th" End of the War
New Proposals EXPECTED.

iOus for th" End of the War
New Proposals EXPECTED.
Manila, MAY while it is the ger.
/, eral expectation among Americans that
| The Filipino emissaries will return
with revised proposals from Gen. An
| tCnio Luna. Maj j.-Gen. Otis is not let
! ting this prospect interfere with his
preparations for pushing the war. Sat
urday he ordered Maj.-Gen. Lawton tc
return to Angat, few miles north
west of Norzagaray, and not to all
vance aggressively while the negotia-
ticns are pending. Gen. Macarthur is
apparently acting on the same poll
| cy, but he is repairing bridges and
| Strengthening the lines of his force.
| which is stretched out with a four-nile
| frCnt and within quarter of a mile of
| the enemy.
| Gratifying Possibility.
The possibilities of peace are graft
| flying to a great majority of the army,
| who have regarded the war as an un-
pleasant duty that must be performed
according to American traditions.
| Manila is cheerful over the prospect
| VI d IcIuI IL W IOl Ill.,
are skeptics who remark that a truce
| would enable the insurgents to rest
until the rainy season, upon which
| they have been depending as an i'm
portant aid.
Seventy-Five Thousand Refugees.
The prisoners report that there are
$4,000 refugees north of San Fernando.
| This is not impossible, considering the
| thickly-settled populated region which
| the Americans have cleared. 1t seems
also that smallpox is spreading among
| them.
The so-called Filipino congress will
meet at San Fernando tomorrow.
The Filipino Dilemma.
When Dean c. Worcester, of the Unit
ell States Philippines commission, who
accompanied the Filipino emissaries
| from Calumpit, said to Col. Manuel
Arguelles that the Americans were I'M
der no obligations to refrain from
fighting, the Filipino officer replied:
would you fight while>we are dis
cussing terms of peace"
Mr.. Worcester responded with the
suggestion that an armistice would
give the Filipino leaders time to es-
cape.
My God where would we escape
tee" the Filipino exclaimed, referring
in this to the menacing hostile tribes
behind the Filipino lines.
Disappointed All Around.
Col. Arguelles told the press CORE
spOndent that he was much disnp-
pointed in the results of his mission.
He said, also, that AguinaldO expected
Caiumpit TO be the cemetery of the
American army.
In the Filipino Camp.
Lieut. Col. Wallace, of the First Mon
tana regiment, Maj. Adams and Maj.
Shields, who slept on Friday night in
Gen. Luna's camp, where they went
to inform the Filipinos that their en-
voys would return in safety, found the
Filipino commander cordial, the Fill
pine troops removing their hats as the
Americans passed. The Filipinos COM
planned to them that the Americans
used explosive bullets, which is not The
fact. The American officers retorted
that copper shells used by the Filipinos
are worse than explosive bullets. Gen.
LUNA SdlO llC I6SISlIOu DSlhS ODIiSINl
to kill Americans, but that was his
business.
Gen. Wheaton entertained Col. Ar
guelles and Lieut.. Jose Bernal, and
provided them with horses to return 10
their camp.
Inducements to Surrender.
In the course of the conference Sat
urday, Jacob c. Schurman, chairman
Of the United States Philippines com
mission, told Col. Arguelles that if the
insurgents would now lay down their
arms he and his colleagues of the COM
mission would consult them regarding
the plan of government to be submit
tee to President Mckinley. He said he
could not promise that all their sug-
gestiOns would be adopted, but lie
could assure them that there would
be presumption in favor of their sug-
gestions, adding that the commission
ers would be especially desirous of sat
isfying the legitimate aspirations of
the Filipinos.
No Humiliation Necessary.
When Col. Arguelles protested that
unconditional surrender would be bu-
L.
There would be no humiliation in
Gen. Otis treating our brother Fill
pinos as Gen. Grant treated our broth
er Americans at AppOmattOX."
Mr.. Schurman said to-day to the
press correspondent:
81 believe Col. Arguelles is personal
Iy sincere and honest, though | have
no means of ascertaining the senti- |
ments and aims of the authorities be-
hind him. The Filipino people, like
other Asiatics. have no trust in mere
words, without force behind them, put,
with force, | consider cOnciliatOry
spirit of the utmost Importance.
How the FiIipinOs Must be Governed.
81 believe that when peace has been
established, governing the Philippines
will not be a difficult matter, provided
we show them firmness, justice and |
kindliness. At the present time they |
distrust and dislike US, but these senti- |
ments, which are perhaps not unuIt- |
uraI, will soon be dispelled by the eG- |
fects of the good government we have
promised to establish here. 1t will be |
the foremost duty of American officials |
to understand and sympathize with the |
Filipinos themselves"
Fell Back Before the Americans.
Saturday, before Gen. Otis had is
to return TO Angat, the troops of his |
encountered the rebels II Il |
circle of hills outside San Rafael. about |