Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-11
Spaniards Complain OF Bad
Faith on Our Part,
WILL ASK FOR DAMAGES
Say That They Surrendered to the
Americans But Were Turned over
to the Rebels Band of Insurgents
Defeated by Major Spence.

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dition, headed by the battleship Oregon,
left Manila for Subig bay last night. 1t
is reported that tho Filipino ~com1nander,
General A~leXandrino, and his staff has
surrendered TO General Macarthur.
Major Spence, with a company of the
Thirty-second regiment, captured a new
insurgent camp and an uncompleted
stronghold in the Tasan district. He
left Dinalupan at daybreak yesterday
and marched ten miles along mountain
trails, finally encountering a large a
of insurgents, who reiterated after a
brief skirmish. The Americans had no
losses. The records of the treasury of
the so-called Filipino government, to-
gether with a quantity of paper money
and a Nordenfeldt, nave been found at
M~angatarem.
Three Americans, who, with a COM
missary sergeant of the Twelfth infan-
try. We're travelling from San Fernando
to Angeles, left their escort for a momen
and went into the bushes AS they did
not return speedily, a search was made
for them, but they could not be found.
They We're probably captured BY the
rebels.
a mail orderly disappeared between
Angeles n Bambah. Tie also is sup
posed to have been captured.
Colonel Julio del Rio. who is among
the released Spaniards that have Just
arrived here, gives an interesting YER
sion Of the famous Irene incident in
Subig bay in July of last year. RE was
formerly in command Of the Spanish
troops in the Olingapo district. His mar
Tative is cOrrOborated by Senior Rafael
Roseollo, a wealthy Spanish merchant,
who also fell into the hands of the insur-
gents. Both declare that the Spanish
to Captain Coghlan Of the
United States cruiser Raleigh, on an ex-
pressed agreement that they were not
to be given up to the Filipinos, and they
assert that the Spanish government has
promised to press their claims against
the United States for their long impris-
onmen Ef 'it ~" n
According to their story, a thousand
insurgents We're besieging O%lingapo.
where there were two companies of
marines and a battalion of artillery, to-
gether with many civilians. The Ger
man cruiser Irene entered the harbor to
take the women and children on board.
At this %juncture the insurgent steamer
Filipinas ran out of the harbor flying
the Filipino flag.
The Irene fired a shot across her bow.
claiming the right to stop her, as Ger
many had not recognized the insurgent
flag. The Filipinas then raised a white
nag n departed. When she returned
she was flying the insurgent flag and
was accompanied by the United States
Warships Concord and Raleigh. The
Irene was then leaving the harbor with
non-combatants.
without the least Warming a v Col
onel del Rio and Senior Roseollo, the
American Warships began to us.
firing about 25 shots. Seeing that re-
SlStance was useless, as our guns had
never been mounted, we raised the White
flag. Captain Coghlan came ashore with
several officers, n it was expressly
stipulated that the surrender was to the
Americans alone. Captain Coghlan was
asked to promise that the Spaniards
should not be delivered to the insurgents,
when he had given his pledge the
entire garrison surrendered.
The Americans sailed away on the
evening or the It'll, leaving the garrison
practically unarmed. They returned on
the Sth. Meanwhile the insurgents had
repeatedly fired upon the town. Captain
CoShlan Immediately ordered the Span
iards to embark on the F%ilipinas. When
they protested, he said that although in
the hands OF the insurgents, they would
be treated as American prisoners. Nine
civilians, all merchants. We're placed on
board the Filipinas, and, despite their
protests, were kept imprisoned on the
vessel at Olinginap until their recent re-
lease"
Senior Roseollo, who is chiefly respon-
sible for the foregoing statement, admits
that, except for n attempt to rob the
merchants, for which Aguinaldo pun
shed the officers of the Filipinas by re-
ducing them. all We're we'll treated.
Colonel del Rio, in a separate state
ment, SAYS:
Captain Coghlan gave his word that
our c~apitulation would be accepted as it
was made: hat is, to the Americans.
He promised that we should no be given
into the hands of the insurgents, and I
believe he was sincere. Later, the Con-
cord went to Cavite for instructions, re-
turning with an order from Admiral