New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-05-03
American Commander at Ma
Mia Busy While Negotia-
~-~.tions Are Pending.
Preparing to Assume the Ag-
gressive Should Propos-
ais Be Rejected.
AGUINALD0 Is SURPRISED
Had ExCcc' { = Ca: .;nc pit Would
Be the Graveyard of the
American Army.
Suggestion That Natives Are
Playing for Time Given
Little CredenCe.

MANILA, May 2.-While it is the gen.
eral expectation among Americans that
the Filipino emissaries will return with
revised proposals from General Antonio
Luna, Major General Otis is not letting
this prospect interfere with his prepar-
ations for pushing the war. He has or
dered Major General Lawton to return
to Angat, a few miles northwest of Nor
zagaray, and not to advance aggressively
while the negotiations are pending.
Macarthur is apparently acting on the
same policy, but he is repairing bridges
and strengthening the line of his force,
which is stretched out with a 4-mile
front and within quarter of mile of
the enemy.
Manila is cheerful over the prospect
of return to normal life, though there
are skeptics who remark that a truce
would enable the insurgents to rest
until the rainy season upon which they
have been depending as an important
ally.
When Dean c. Worcester of the
United States Philippine commission,
who accompanied the Filipino ennis
saries from Calumpit, said to Colonel
Manuel Argueles that the Americans
were under no obligations to refrain
from fighting, the Filipino officer re-
piled:
Would you fight while we are
negotiating terms of peace?'
Mr.. Worcester responded with the
suggestion that an armistice would
give the Filipino leaders time to es-
cape.
MY God! Where would we escape
to-" the Filipino exclaimed, referring
in this to the menacing hostile tribes
behind the Filipino lines.
Colonel Argueles told the CORE
pondendent Of the Associated Press that
he was much disappointed in the results
of his mission. He said also that
Aguinaldo expected Calumpit to be the
cemetery of the American army.
schurman's Promise to Filipinos.
In the course Of the conference Jacob
G. Schurman, chairman of the United
States Philippine commission, told
Colonel Argueles that if the insurgents
would lay down their arms he and his
colleagues of the commission would con-
suit them regarding the plan of gov
eminent to be submitted to President
Mckinley. He said he could not prom
Use that all their suggestions would be
adopted but he could assure them that
there would be presumption in favor
of their suggestions, adding that the
commissioners would be especially de-
sirious of satisfying the legitimate as
pirations of the Filipinos. When Colo
mel Argueles protested that uncondi-
tional surrender would be humiliation,
Mr.. Schurman replied,
''There would be no humiliation in
General Otis treating our brother Fill
pinos as General Grant treated our
brother Americans at Appomattox
An Hours Fight on Saturday.
Saturday before General Otis had is
sued the order directing General Law.
ton to return to Angat, the troops of
his command encountered the rebels in
circle of hills outside of San Raefel,
about five miles southwest Of Angat,
dislodging them after an hours fight
ing. The Americans had three wound
ed. A thousand armed Filipinos fell
back as the Americans advanced.
The villagers met General Lawton,
offering him provisions. They dare not
flee into the mountain country on the
east because of the robber tribes and on
the west are the troops of General
Macarthur.
Messrs. Carrick and Holmes, Ameri.
cans, who had been running a sugar
mill at Calumpit and whose fate had
caused some anxiety, have sent word tc
Manila that they are safe with Mr..
Higgins, manager Of the Manila-Dagu.
pan railroad, at Beyonbang.