The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-05
h n ANILA, April "A reconnois-
sance in force was made to-day

sance in force was made to-day
and was unopposed.
MacArUhur's division is likely to
continue the advance begun to-day
to Calumpit. The place is more i'm
portant, strategically, than Malolos,
Calumpit River being navigable to
Manila Bay and besides affording
needed water supply superior to that
at Malolos.
Copies of the proclamation issued
by the Philippine Commission are be-
ing distributed.
The Montana regiment, with two
guns and detachment of cavalry, all
under command of Lieutenant Colonel
Wallace. made a reconnaissance in
force to-day in the direction of Calum-
pit The country was thoroughly
secured, with the result that a body of
the enemy, numbering upward of a
thousand, was found few miles from
Calumpit. Our troops attacked the
Filipinos, who made a brief defense and
scattered, 1t was useless to pursue
them, so the Americans returned to
Malolos.
In the skirmish we lost one man killed
and four wounded.
In searching through a building in
Malolos, formerly occupied by the
treasury department of the insurgents,
but which is now the American head
quarters, three safes We're found In
one was 5000, which had been aban-
doned by the rebel government in it's
precipitate flight from town on the ap-
proach of the American army. The
contents of the other two safes are not
known, they not having been opened
yet.
The belief is spreading among the
residents here that the effect of the
capture of Malolos, the former rebel
capital, followed by the proclamation
OF the Philippine Commission, will be
to convince the natives that Aguinal-
dos bubble has burst DR.. Schurman,
president of the commission, said:
The Filipinos have been asking I'M
ceaSlngly, What do you propose to do
for u.s. The proclamation answers the
question and it should satisfy them"
Colonel Charles DENLY, a member of
the commission and former Minister to
China, remarked:
1T is the most important proclama-
ton since the declaration of independ-
ence. Spanish, Tagallo and English
versions have been printed and it is
proposed to circulate them about Malo-
los and at all the seaports. They will
be sent to the lake towns by gun
boats.'
The committee of Spaniards under
the leadership of Senior Antonio Fusa,
president OF the Spanish Club, has had
little success with the expedition or
ganized to deliver money and stores
to the Spanish prisoners. The members
Of the expedition were obliged to give
the goods to the Filipino officers at
Batangas. The boat had a letter from
Aguinaldo directing the Filipino Off
Gals to aid the mission. but General
Trias,. commanding the Filipino forces
in the southern provinces, and his sub
ordinates declined to recognize Agui-
naldos authority The Spaniards re-
fused to accept the invitations to land,
having been warned that they would be
held for ransom.
Major Rafael Morales, the former
Spanish Governor of the island OF Min
doro, was brought on board the ship
for an interview. He was so weak that
he tainted and at parting he said:
II shall never see you again
The Filipinos thought the Red Cross
flag was the American flag.
A committee, whose members are of
all the nationalities in Manila, headed
by John Mcleod, an Englishman, has
been organized for the purpose of in
terviewing the Filipino leaders and pc
titioning for the release of the prison.
eYs in the name of humaOity