The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-08-16

by Gen. Luna at the orders of Gen. Pantheon
Well. We all thought that the enemy could not
take the Malolos road with such case, but that
unhaDpily has happened.
This misfortune is due to several causes,
the most important Of which is that the enemy
brought M 10000 men 10 crush our reduced
army, causing our troops To lose heart conSld-
ernbly. and this was the reason the enemy could
advance on Malolos In the short space OF six
DAYS.
with n scarcity Of arms, Is WORTHY of admiration
Of fellow cou1trymen and foreigners Tor lis
heroism and valor. aud II is evident Americans
or any one else IN such n state tempting to
crush vs. would be- very badly of.
In This titHni" Strurgi. "" have suffered
ErhHa, iasrHS Of R Hrr p y; h c rnG ba ti''L bg0
deliver themselves To IN, Americans. They
abandoned their towns aud, homes. some burn
Ing with their own hands tho houses thcv lott,
There bus been also som" falling buck. above
all when Il was seen that "" wora short OF am
m%unition 20 sustain the struggle, this is the
smallest cause.
But to-day. our luck has changed dc Don
Emilio himself since the 18th of this month
directs operations, and he has reoccupied the
position To- Bdliwdg and tdlImpit.
We struggle now with Il great scarcity Of
resources and for that reason we recommend
YOU to hurry the EXPEDITIONS even II they dre
for tho meantime only oi cannon and dmlnu-
nition. with these o~lanIentS We could
l certify that I believe this trdnsl4tion 10 be
Cartain Fourteenth Infantry, in charge Of
Insirgent Records
MANILA. L. l., May Is. 1900.
II COLUMNS voLANTEs" LIPA. 2ND IAN
UARY 1900.
MAGDALENA. LAGUNA. Dec. rs, 1907,
The painful news received from the north
during the early part Of this month was not
confirmed in its melancholy details. for neither
the mother nor the son Of the honorable Presi-
dent are. prisoners In Manila. Some, people
say that II Ruencamino, Rianzares and Others
are prisoners II Is because they have been
worn out and went to Manila In order to re-
cuperate. But in order to obtain complete
separation, 80 naturalists say, between two
elements. gases for example. II i necessary
10 maintain a layer Of water between them.
and thus good hearted and far-seeing Otis
ordered Buencamino TO Honolulu TO spend his
holidays there. in. order that he might have q
complete rest and with respect to limtap and
Chuidian he freed them from the troublesome
work of attending to their property, Of which
he himself took charge on the. preteXt. that
tho former had TO answer for the railroad cars
which were burnt owing 10 the war.
The retreat Of our Honorable President
was not so disastrous as was at first supposed,
but II vas only the execution of his plans,
and these he carried out only nttcr having made
a considerable number, Of Yankees bite the
dust. His plan was to force the enemy TO eN-
tend over n large territory, aud so offer them
selves as an easy target, to our attack and 10
the disadvantage caused by the climate, while
ne. hidden in the mountains, would attack
them when. how and where il was most suit
able for him, with the advantage that he never
na1 "a nNHu lNlll III NllliH IL QUIZ Nv dN'bihNu
and which advantage i, a considerable one,
The change executed in our Government,
passing from republican 10 that Of n Dictator
ship. Is also logical, and something We have
expected from the beginning, due 10 the de-
sertion and prejudice Of some men OF high
rank, il WINS necessary for the good Of the
mother country TO have n person Of the stamp
Of ACuinaldo. a true Dictator, because in his
policy. in his bearing, his mod" Of living. all
have secn his true adherence to the cause he
From all Of this the people here are ready
10 give the invader the reception he deserves;
they comment often On the numerous deaths
In the encmy's ranks. among which, accord
ing To rumOTs that circulate here, are 10 be
found those of several Colonies and Gen Law
ton. In the meantime a circular i being passed
from hand 10 hand containing n summary Of
statements Of what the Tapers and some leading
men in the United States said during the month
Of September in favor Of our cause.
There j. also another circular IN. which Il
contradicted the statement made by FL Nottciero
Of Manila that the Quadruple alliance had broken
IN. and II states, on the contrary. that the ALI
ance has been TN established fact since Oct. rs.
For our mart. we do not hope for much from
with the Yankee Of McKinlcy's party, we
will then hear of interference. favoring, per.
hans. those that are in favor OF llsurpatiOn and
Punishment. and no one can take from us the
fear or SUSPICION that the same hinR viii happen
10 us which did TO Christ, whose clothes were
between two thieves. With our own force
we have enough TO put an end to the imposi-
lions Of the Yankee lmperialists' party, which.
with Ia last struggles. IA even now endeavoring
To save It's Inflated policy. II will never sue
coed in deceiyinc the American people, who
are convinced that the war will come to the
beginning Of the end only after a long time has
elansed and many sacrifices have been made.
both OF blood and money.
Gen. Cuilles is very enthusiastic and may
be seen on all sides supervising the construc-
ton Of defences. ne. Is not ignorant OF the
the words of the Generalissimo We may
perhaps lose hope Of Conquerlng. but what
we will never lose Is the hope OF dying worthy
OF the independence Of our mother country.
In order not TO. forget their Traditional Gus:
their patron suint on the 18th Of this month In
spite OF the state OF the country. They adorned
their houses. as customary. very beautifully
and deliberately TO receive strangers.
NorE-RemHinder Of article Of no interest
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correct, joins X. VI. TAYLOR,
Captain Fourteenth Infantry, in charge OF
Insurgent Records.
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