The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-06
10 be added 10 the great number OF excellent
chances to stop US which they have let slip.

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NuEyA CACEREs. Feb. 23.-We came into this
town yesterday afternoon and already prephia-
lions are making TO 20 out into the country
t aS,n m 1, and r SGs,ip 81 y ssInT thu mo eap aHT.' Of N,isva
Caoeres was IA thing Of beauty. That renlark-
able military stunt, the movement ot diiir'eht
forces ~ conjunction was worked 10 a ! rhe
fact which II worthy 70 be set down n ~ The an
mails. There was ono slight hitch, however.
but We are becoming used TO that Thc, III
surrectos had left before We got here. There
comes In that everlas ting II. They had gone
but If they had stayed, gee whiz, wouldn't
they have got a licking just 50 | ,hoHld have
had chicken for SUPP or Tonight IL IN" teast
had not flown from the top ~ the put Ju,t
before my stone got there. All this though,
hH, nothing t. do with the lncontroy"rthle
fact that the plan OF operations wa. II beauty,
the net spread was a fine large one OF erl.clauy
good weave and texture The only Difficulty
with ii was the same aS that mentioned u an
Client writ, IL was Ia siSht 81 the b,Id
News travels very rapidly among thee" REQ
pie. They knew here In Nueya tacerr~ early,
on Tue.day morning tha, oHr hip Lao entered
ment, Of the American, a tie Iuen wott n bore
IN the boats. our troops bad not lclt ihrlr
mud bath before the inhabitant,. Of this town
had begun. to leave it. They did jus, what
so MANY others had done before them, packed
up all their household plumber and " ont Tor
the hills and the inaccessible places where theN
fancy they will be- secure from the %l"lIluI"
Americans who come scvkinr what and whom
they may d'vour and ravi-h aud Gillace and
burn aud torture and destroy aud lay wa ie.
I We are "A fine lot of scolndrcls II we take me
Filipino estimate of ourselves. The wcal' bier
aud better classes Of the towns teoiI" On, bed
their silver and money and other ra,luahles,
got their ponies into their uuie-es and Carro-
mattas and went as fast a. they could ~ 70
! the south, toward Alhay province. Their poorer
friendG put their little bundle. on ne heGdt
and thu rice fields Old Isaroe. the big noun
tain, with It's wild rough sides covered, with
impenetrable Jungle, furni.hed a sa'e haven
| for t,a - nf tho trt.ykt,pnl sin rt,lNt IONS Enough
| good energy and time has been wasted hr tho
| Filipinos in running cut of towns ahead Of
| oar troops this year and then getting their
| plumber back again to work the whole hemp crop
OF the islands for a year.
Ihk COWARD ".ENAhA
| By Tuesday afternoon, when the news came
| that the Americans were advancing from
Calabanga and Barceloneta. on each side,
I Nnera Caceres was pretty Well deserted " all
| who intended 10 yet ont, There were Iell u"
fow who meant to risk themselves 10 the mer-
ces Of the despollers. mostly chinese, with a
yery lew Spaniards,, the PauiIst iaihtrS N
Their seminary, The sisters ni tharnv IN lh'f
more fun than he had had since The row began
ana Two or three, ('-rnlals' Bes d's li'se
there were The fghtlns men. Antohio nur-
vara was IN command lie Is d braEgafl coward,
VINO was one OF ne most active Ir''Itsil'
Whips III the carry days OF 0rgariIatI"h ~ w.
ne travelled pretty inuch az over the suuI''r"
| provinces urging The people 10 rise ava GO
lend themselves ana Their homes aralns, lnr
uir Ish'eous invaders, lie stimulated Io'at
NaIor WIN tales 81 the wonderiul proves 81
the fllplno ana the CraNenh"aftedhetS 81 nc
A'uerlcal, But when he heard the olhcr Gay
that lile uaslards htd actlauf STRUCK az ,'ll
sides OF ms town at once he threw h'ill.cI lace
gown ia tht dust IN lhe street N iron! 'l WV
tnslishfnants house ana Neut aloud. lhis lltu
va At 4Ionel. or had been. BHt When we Nehi 10
Albav he promoted himself 10 General ana
6elched forth tr" aud slaughter ana
divers dreadful things, HIS crown, was
T.ihtrea lsap'' now. however Ihu hm%J
dldnt choose II any longer, ~" n"u
between ~ ana 400 men armed WIN r,,rS
ana about LOU others armed WIN ool'3' n"Ws
ahd arrows ana lanots mace " paiii"o VA"
IRON heads, Gucvara is "A lagi. ana ms RIVE
men, were Of his own tribe. The other poor
devils Mere Bi'9lS. Sonhe oi Them hau nt't
mnnItssea mo thr army ana srrN"n aH',iIt
ana such Wa ihrr ld,'h III lh'r i'nu.I7 ,ini
theE a'lually ntI.rNeu my rn,iu MHt1u,n"
we hrae rue I'm theH lo"Iish WEAPONS 81 '"he
S' Hsx, 'i in cnmn,ord 70 Groyaro was pebo. an
lhtfahsl2eant scounuiei VINO iluS Coh!nl'tol
70 many atrocities 10 dar" I" submit himself
70 lte Aihtflrah9' 'RGutA ne W".,u ne WY
nnch 10 be ON 81 ms ,r'7en.t ~ Il'' Lie
MS chlei had PROJECTED hlliS'T a'te' 'o' REM
haIls 81 me once Ntlhrutg'lu government
had beer shatteredl IN the nor,h last tan once hr
ne who'll" South tainhrine" pr";In'e Is iui 81
me ta!n~ OF VI" bloody 'uhhN nc mas uuh' l'
nnas kaied SpalnltuS aha Nine, az hr"h,iy
tor me mere sport OF the kIiins WIN me 'a'-
age JOY 81 ar Nna'he or a l1uie hH'r ."'i'
scores Of letters from HIM 10 different , hines"
demanding money ~ sums raitlns an u" way
| 20 sO'h II" j. a latai ana d'A"tI'I'i villa
nun - Young bdharo" k"hlr~, ah"lh"r ifal,
ana smoot,-Iat"d a ,ccui1drrl a. ever Heduced
a woman or cheated u hdlGilhn
Well hheNa'h was oul OF II a. soon a. "'r
men "rrr ON SHlu Sio'hd IN'iIl 'il'7 80
| n~Iy2inv irgL, LEFT him 50 that he recovered The
use of his legs he GOT lion a>traddlr Of a rorr
and ran the beast ior iuTlT mile HE "th""
coward lEollr'' ran VIVA MN ahu 'i' a'honra
me,tilo, AdoIio SAM, who rcJ"iced II Vie 'ltte
of eu'enant-r"lon" and was military sr"-
retary for Gu"vara, ~ olcaGinou- ami vilo.
laced a rutiian a. any lraiIc who. ever violated
!h- vows, went also. That left Penn IN CON-
nRud In spite of Gen Nhedtou'~ contempt
uOus dasSihca'iun Of the Iagals a. hounds,
| because they wont stand Mp 10 be slot, there
al" some II them who have some courage
Peh} seems. to have thought himself tu be -"
of these Al any rat" lie stayed IN NucNa
| Caccres that night when all the rest ot thu
| high Officers ran. away. lie Lad thousand
| bolOrnen and iechcrOS-trcu armed with bows
and arrows drawn MP IN the street IN lruut 81
| the house Ishere flew the huge flag Of the one
fuglistman IN IA" place, and ai intervals at
niEht long h" .aIang,ed item .n Their lradl-
tionql valor and ilcr ancestral fighting ability
and how they wonId RID the fertile earth ol itS
American lncnmhranc", ami q few other choice
ontim"ut Of similar pUrpurt lie spent
| some time rocKottlng about the town and visit
Ing his forces q! rifcmen. To one not used to
| them 1t would have LOOKED very Warlikc, bat
| the .tngliShlnau knew them and how fast and
| easily they cnn run Also he knew that they
| have no outpost OF their own - look cut for
| Tho u~narlned ainlgo the n"0o'ill Nheln who
hangs ont IN lhc field and rre"t~ ylu with 4
| grin, then looks for n chance 10 holo YOU IN
the back looks oGt lor, that sort OF thlng III"
gives, the alarm when the time comes and then
| trundieS out 70 meet the Americans and saves
| his skin by being an amigo.
cALABAycA crrpIrn