The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-27
THE CRISIS IS NEAR.
Aguinaldo PToclaims the Philippine
Republic at MalOlas.
TROUBLE EXPECTED By GEN. OTIS.
The Insurgents About TO Force an Issue
and a Hostile Collision PrObabIs-Ea-
tives Up In Arms-Ths Rupture
an Accomplished Fact.

Manila, Jan. s5-Aguinaldo pro-
claimed the Philippine republic at Ma
lOlas yesterday morning There was no
public demonstration in Manila The
civil Spanish prisoners viii be set
free by the insurgents Rival native
authorities at Cebu are reported to be
fighting and the town is endangered
Aguinaldo's government cannot main
tain order in the interior Of LuzOn
and the native authorities are often
murdered If AguinaldO commences
hOstilities against the Americans the
northern provinces viii probably
attempt to shake OF his yoke
Reports from the interior indicate
that AguinaldO's authority is now gen.
orally recognized. Every available
male is being recruited and arms de-
pots are being established at san Ber-
nardina, Union, Trinidad and other
large towns The surrounding coun-
try is being levied on for supplies and
the Filipino troops are living on the
fat Of the land, while the native vii
layers are compelled to subsist on rice.
There is some friction between the
Filipino civil and military authorities.
but they are united on the question Of
independence. 1t is estimated that
there are fully so, 600 FilipinOs under
arms, and it is said that there are
nearly so Maxim guns at Malolas,
some Of them having been recently &C
CURED The Filipino military author
tiles are convinced, they say, that the
Americans will be unable to work eff
fectively outside of Manila in the
event of hOstilities, hence they feel
confident in the future
GEN. OTIS EXPECTS TROUBLE
Washington, Jan. 25.-The reports
from Manila which have reached the
war department are far from reassur-
ing. It is understood that Gen. Otis
reports an expectation on his part that
the insurgents are about to force an
issue, and If this should be so the re-
suit cannot be fOreseen- Manila itself
and not uOilO, as might at first be sus-
pected, is regarded as the danger point
just now. While the instructions to
Gen. Otis have been to avoid any
hostile clash with the natives, so
far as that plan is consistent with
the maintenance Of his position,
il is realized here that il is within
the power Of any excited or intoxicated
person to precipitate a battle between
the two opposing forces For it must
be understood that there is nothing in
Gen. Otis instructions to prevent him
from most vigorously defending him
self and the interests cOnided to his
charge. Gen. Otis is so sure Of his
ground that the officials here
feel no doubt as TO the out
come Of a hostile collision between
the Americans and the insurgent
forces under AguinaldO, particularly
as Gen. Otis would have the enormous
advantage Of the full cooperation of
the American fleet under Dewey. But
it is particularly desirable that even a
battle ending IN victory be avoided
just now, for the president has by no
means surrendered his conviction that
the misguided FilipinOs can be brought
to an understanding Of the real objects
Of the United States and peacefully &C
cept the conditions sought to be i'm
posed