Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-02-17
|BDSHNHACk|NG TACTICS.
Every Bush and C1ump of Trees
Furnishing Cover for the Fill
Pine Sharpshooters.
AG0NcILLo WAS AIDED BY AMERICANS.

Many OF the Protests and Appeals OF the
FIlioino Junta Said Be Inspired and
Framed by AmericaBs-Gen. Otis Cables
Deaths Not Included In List of Those liz
| Action.
Manila, Feb. 14.-Pursu1ng their Gus
tomary tactics. the insurgents on the
extreme left of the line BRIG. Gen.
| Otis brigade) opened fire at long
range on the American troops last
night. maintaining their fire for a
| few minutes before settling down.
| None of their shots took effect, how
| ever, and the Americans did not reply.
ALI was quiet along the rest of the line.
| In Manila the inha bitants have gener-
| ally recovered from the alarm occa-
| stoned by the fear of native uprising
and are resuming their ordinary bust
ness The shipping interests are nat
| orally suffering, since there have been
40 clearances for Philippine ports for
| = week, but, on the other hand, for
| sign shipping has increased, especially
for Hong Kong, every steamer bound
thither being crowded with refugees.
Despite this quietude, however. many
are asking whether the problem is not
still far from solution. A week ago
dicted that the terrible lesson just ad-
| ministered to the ebels would settle
the question of Filipino independence.
But this prediction has not been full
| filed. As matter of fact, the
| rebels are scattered throughout
the country bushwhacking. except
| at Malabon, where they are
| gathering in force. Even there
their methods SAVIOR more of guerrilla
than of civilized warfare, every bush,
clump of trees and stone furnishing
| cover for sharpshooters. Unfortu-
nately, for miles around the land is
studded with bamboo jungle and open
| spaces are few and far between. This
affords the natives. who fight better
under cover. a distinct advantage.
| Under such conditions it is remarka-
| BILE that the American casualties
should be SO few, while the number of
dead natives found in the brush after
every skirmish testifies to the pre-
cision of our fire. Last week there
was not single day without fighting.
but the Americans steadily advanced,
carrying everything before them.
| 1t is now known that the Filipino
loss is fully ,, 800 killed, with wounded
| vastly in excess of that number and
| thousands are held prisoners. ALI this
| has been achieved at the cost of 65
Americans killed and 276 wounded.
| There were 20 Americans missing and
| unaccoun ted for.
| Americans Aid AeonciIlO.
Washington, Feb. i4.-Agoncillo's
| secret work in America for the Fill
| pinos has been much more extensive
than is generally known. The Amer
| lean branch of the Philippine junta
| irf ,.1y;, I'D
treaty was signed at Paris. 1t had
! its surface and its secret methods.
From the beginning the govern
ment has been in receipt OF
| confidential information about these
| methods. The information goes
| to show that much more than moral
support and encouragement has been
| given to the insurgents They have
| been advised. Their successive steps
at Washington have been taken after
counsel with American sympathizers.
Proclamations, protests, appeals and
| ultimatums have been put out in quick
succession. The sole purpose of them
has been to influence public sentiment
in this country against the United
States government. The composition
of them has been skillful. On the face
these productions have purported to be
the output of the Filipino government
at Malolos. or of the Filipino junta at
Washington. In reality they have
been inspired and some of them have
been framed by Americans. Agui
naldo's name has been signed to pa
| pers of which he never heard. Agon
| clio has played the role of an artful
diplomat; he has put forth documents
| artfully contrived to excite American
| sympathy for Filipino independ.
ence." As matter of fact, he has
been simply the puppet, it is said, OF
men of wealth aud high official posi-
ton in this country. The share OF
these men in the Filipino propaganda
Is known to the government. 1t was
their purpose to defeat the peace treaty
| IN the senate
| Two More Kanssns Dead.
Washington, Feb. 14-Gen Otis
cabled the war department a list OF
deaths of soldiers at Manila, not in
! Guiding those killed in action. Among
them were Sergt. Joy Sheldon, com.
| pany /, Twentieth Kansas, and Private
/. j. Howard, company B. same regi-
ment- The general said everything
was quiet this morning and business
Manila was resuming its former &C
tivity.
Additional Casualties.
WASHING Ion, Ecu a. ne doJuLant
| general to-day received the following
casualty list from Gen. Otis: "Addi-
tional casualties of the engagement at
! Caloocan February 10: Twentieth
| Kansas: Wounded, Capt Charles NJ.
Christy, company Z; Privates James
| kersherer, company A. and Charles
Bennett, company NJ
| Tennessee Experiences seismic Shock.
Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. An earth
| unaIxe shoclx af from five IN fen Seconds: