The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-06-08
A POLICY OF
CONCEALMENT.
Government Decides to Keep
the People In Ignorance
Regarding the Situation In the
Philippines.
STRICT CENSORSHIP
Is Adopted at Both Ends of the
Line.
Lists of Casualties, Even, Are
Held Back.
STRICT CENSORSHIP

New York, June S.-A World special
from Washington says: 1.-The end of
the war is long way Off" writes Brig.
Gen. Hall now on duty in the Philip
pines in letter to a friend in this city
The letter is dated early in May about
the time AguinaIdo was making his
overtures for peace and shows that our
army officers had little faith in the
sincerity of the request for peace
negotiations.
The war department declines to make
public any dispatch from Gen. Otis re-
garding the situation. He has been
instructed to strictly censor all news
and to be consistent the war depart
ment since the departure of Secretary
Alger has declined to make public any
thing received from the Philippines.
Even casualty lists are held a day or
two before being posted on the bulletin
board. The department is pursuing the
same policy that for the month or
six weeks prior to the attack of the
Filipinos upon the Americans.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
stated that while some advices had
been received from Gen. Otis he was not
at liberty to make them public. The
same reticence is displayed by Adjutant
General Corbin.
No dispatch has been posted from
Gen. Otis detailing the situation for
more than a week. The indications are
that the department will now endeavo-
to conceal every thing.
No credence is attached to the Lon
den report that Aguinaldo defeated
Generals Macarthur and Lawton.
THIS MUCH GIVEN OUT.
Washington, June S.-The situation
in the Philippines is described by Gen.
Otis in the following cablegram:
Manila, June S-Adjutant General,
Washington: = Results. movements.
Morong province was to drive insur-
gents into the mountains, capturing
AntipoIe and other towns in that sec
ton with point of land projecting into
the bay. They retreated and scattered
before our advance, leaving % dead on
the field; cur loss tour Killed and few
wounded, mostly slight. City Of Morong
only on land route on bay, garrisoned
all other troops withdrawn. Inhabi-
tants of provinces profess friendship.
ask protection. Large numbers wish to
enter Manila, refuse as city population
increasing too rapidly. Leading ma
tives throughout island including ac-
tive insurgent leaders seek permission
to send families to Manila; considered
only place of personal security.
RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS
Washington. June S-C1en. Otis cables
as follows regarding the return of VOL
unteers:
Manila, June S-Ad1utant General.
WashingtOn:-OregOn request to defer
time of departure until 18th; viii leave
for Portland in transports Ohio and
Newport. Sixth infantry upon arrival
will relieve Californians at Negroes
Hancock sails in few days with Ne
braska and other troops.
BOSTON LEAVES FOR HOME.
Manila, June S.-The United States
cruiser Boston, Captain w. H. Whiting.
has sailed for San Francisco by way OF
Nagasaki, Japan, with long service Off
GERS and men from the various Ameri-
can warships.
The battleship Oregon will soon be
stationed off Dagupan in the Gulf OF
Lingayen on blockade duty.
The Z. S. gunboat Albany, one of the
vessels purchased from the Spaniards
and commanded by Ensign w. H. Stand
ley, has captured three sailing vessels
and one steamer off the island of
Negros Nine of these boats (of the
Albany class) are now in commission
and are doing good service in the shall
low water of the southern islands.
Favorable reports are still being re-
ceived from the party of fifteen Ameri-
cans belonging to the gunboat York
town headed by Lieut. J. c. Gilmore of
that vessel captured on April II by the
FilipinOs not far from Baler The pris-
oners are all well and are receiving fair
treatment.