The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-03

Manila, April 2.-The American troops
under General Macarthur are still rest
ing at Malolos, where everything has
been quiet today. Hostilities elsewhere
SO far as officially reported-have been
limited during the last twenty-four
hours to an occasional exchange OF
shots between the Insurgents and troops
forming the lines of General Lawton
and General Hall, extending from the
WaterWOrks to La Lonia. But this
shooting has been just active enough TO
make the lives Of the soldiers a burden
and TO compel The officers to sleep in
trenches clothed and in readiness to
repel possible attacks.
Most of the Americans are becoming
convinced that the backbone of the in
surSent opposition is broken. There are
numerous rumors pointing to an early
collapse of the insurrecIion. One of
these is that General Pho del Pillar. the
best fighter among the Filipino officers,
Will desert Aguinaldo and give his sup
port to the Americans.
The Spaniards, reasoning from their
experience Of the natives refuse to be-
lieVe that the rebellion is anywhere
near put down. They declare that the
Filipinos Viii not take their defeat at
Malol0s, with the loss Of the city and
the removal Of their so-called govern
ment, seriously to heart. on the con-
trary, the Spaniards predict that the
insurgents will hover near the Amer
lean lines, bothering them as much as
possible, and when attacked in force,
dissolve, only TO reappear at other
points. This sort of tactics, the Span
iardS say, viii be followed until the wet
season compeis the Americans to be
housed in balrcades. and then the
FIlipinos VIII return and reoccupy such
towns as the United States troops do
not garrison. With the next dry sea-
son a repetition of the present opera
tions will begin.
Time alone viii show how much there
is in this theory, but, as against it, ii
must be borne in mind that the Span
1ards, in all their domination of the
Philippines, never gave the inhabitants
demonstration of power comparable
in effectiveness to that given them by
the United States
priest and two members of the So
called Filipino congress, who hid them
selves in the woods during the fighting
which preceded the capture of Malolos.
returned there this morning and de-
ciareG that 1900 OF the Filipino soldiers
were anxious to give up fighting and
would do so but for their officers, who
keep them under arms.
The whole country between Malolos
and Caloocan is now full OF friendIess
women, children and old people, who
are returning to their homes, carrying
white flags. The Americans are try
ing 10 gain the confidence of the in
habitants by proving to them that if
they return and attend to their ordinary
work. peacefully no harm Will befall
them. Two hundred and fifty civilians
came back to their homes in Malolos
last evening. Two thousand women
and children, with a sprinkling of un-
armed men, supposed to be warriors
came to the outskirts Of Malolos. ou.-
side of the city, and afterwards sneaked
away carrying all the goods they
could.
There has been no little good-natured
rivalry as TO which regiment-the First
Montana or the Twentieth Kansas-is
entitled to the honor of having raised
its flag first in AIalolos. Colonel Funston
and twenty men Of company E, Kan
sas volunteers. claim the distinction. or
the ground. as already cabled. of hav-
ing entered the town at double-ouick
and raised the company's flag. but the
first flag TO be recognized Officially was
that of company G of the Montana in
fantry.