The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-01
MANILA CAMPAIGN.
No New Engagements Have Taken
Place Since CaIumpit Fell.
PREPARATIONS ARE CONTINUED
American Forces Strengthening Their
Lines in Case Of Trouble.
FILIPlNOS HEMMED IN COMPLETELY.
Americans in Front and Hostile Native
Tribes in Their Rear.
CALCULATIONS MISSED FIRE
lie Expected Calumpit to Prove n
Cemetery for tho United states
Troops-suiI Parleying.
FILlPlNOS HEMMED IN COMPLETELY.
Americans in Front and Hostile Native
Tribes in Their Rear.
AGUINALDO's CALCULATIONS MISSED FIRE
lie Expected Calumpit to Prove n
Cemetery for the United states
Troops-sUil Par1eying.

Manila, April 80, $40 p. m-Whiie 1t
Americans that the Filipino emssaries
! will return with revised proposal from
General Antonio Luna, Major General Otis
1 is not letting this prospect interfere with
his preparations for pushing the war.
Yesterday he ordered Major General Law
ton TO return to Angat, few miles north
east of Norzagaray and not to advance
aggressiyely while the negotiations are
pending. General Macarthur is appar-
emily acting on the same policy, but he Is
preparing bridges and strengthening tho
!, lines of his forces. which is stretched
out with four-mle front aud within
a quarter of mile Of the enemy
The possibilities of peace are gratifying
to great majority of the army who have
regarded the war as an unpleasant duty
that must be performed according to Amer
lean traditions
Manila is cheerful over the prospect of
q 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 depend as
am important aid. The prisoners say there
are 5000 refugees north of San Fernando
This Is not impossible, considering the
thickly populated region which the Amerl-
cans have cleared. II seems also that
smallpox Is spreading among them
The so-called Filipino congress will meet
at San Fernando tomorrow
When Dean c. Worster, OF the United
States commission, who accompanied the
Filipino emissares from Calumpit. said to
Colonel Manuel Argueleses thar tine Amer
leans were under no obligations TO refrain
from fighting, the Filipino officer replied
Would you fight while we are discussing
terms of peace a.
Mr. Worster responded with the sugges-
ton that an armistce would give the
Filipinos time TO escape. Where would we
escape tor the Filipino exclaimed. refer
ring in this to the hostile tribes behind the
Filipino lines. Colonel Argueleses told tho
correspondent of the Associated Press that
he was much disappointed in the results o.
his mission He said also that Asuinaldo
expected Calumpit to be the cemetery of
the American army,
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace. of the First
Montana regiment, Major Adams and
Major Shields, who slept on Friday night
in General Luna's camp, where they went
TO inform the Filpinos that their ENJOYS
would return in safety found the Filipino
removing their hats as the Americans pass |
ed The Filipinos complained to them
that the Americans used explosive bullets. |
which Is not the fact The American Of
hcers retorted that the copper shells used
by the Filipinos are worse than explosive |
bullets General Luna said he regretted
being obliged to kill Americans. but that
was his business.
General Wheaton entertained Colonel
Argueleses and Lieutenant Jose Bernal
and provided them with horses TO return |
10 their camp.
In the course of the conference yester-
day Jacob G. Shurman. chairman OF the |
United States Philippine commission told |
Colonel Argueleses that II the insurgents |
would Law down their arms he and his col
leagues of the commission would consult |
them regarding the plan OF government
TO be submitted to President Mckinley |
He said he could not promise that all their
suggestions would be adopted. but he
could assure them that there would be |
in favor OF their suggestions, |
adding, that the commissioners would be |
especially DESTROYS of satisfying the legiti- |
mate aspirations of the Fllipinos.
When Colonel Argueleses protested that |
surrender would be humili- /
ating Mr. Shurman replied: There |
would be no humiliation in General Otis I
treating our brother Filipinos as General |
Grant treated our brother Americans at
Appomattox."
Mr. Shurman said today to the corre-
snondent Of the Associated Press: II be- |
lieve Colonel ArgueIeses fs personally sin
cere and honest. though have no means
Of ascertaining the sentiments and aims OF <
the authorities behind him. The Filipino
people. like other Asiatio peoples. have no
trust In mere words. without force be- |
hind them but with force: / consider a |
spirit Of the utmost inn
5ortance. |
II believe that when peace has been
established, governing the Filiplnos VIII /
not be difficalt matter provided we
show them frmness, Justice and Kindness.
At the present time they may distrust and
dislike us. but these sentiments. which
are perhaps not unnatural. will soon be dis