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Manila Spaniards

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Day
15
Month
July
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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Hong Kong, July 9. - A dispatch from Manila says that Admiral Dewey will remain inactive until General Merritt arrivés. The rebels are practically doing r.othing, but the Spaniards are strengthening their position, destroying huts and woods and constructing intrenchments. The authorities have enacted a penalty of $1,000 against anybody who shall raise the prices of provisions. The Spaniards assert that, despite the loss of the waterworks, there will be no famine during the rainy season. They are confident that an ampie forcé from Cádiz will arrive soon and annihilate the Amerieans, and they still hope to conciliate the natives. In the meantime they declare that they will endure patiently whatever come and resist to the

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