Serious trouble threatened between our forces.

Try and prevent it.

Your troops should not force themselves in the city until we have received the full surrender then we will negotiate with you.
"_Anderson_, commanding." [156] It appears that the Insurgent troops took the suburb of Santa Ana, and captured Spanish and Filipino officers and men.

[157] In view of the known facts, how absurd becomes the following contention of Aguinaldo, advanced in his "Resena Veridica:-- "Our own forces could see the American forces land on the beach of the Luneta and of the Paseo de Santa Lucia.

The Spanish soldiers, who were on the walls of the city, drew the attention of every one because they did not fire on the former, a mystery which was explained at nightfall of that day, by the news of the capitulation of the place by General Senor Jaudenes [158] to the American General, Mr.Merritt, a capitulation which the American Generals claimed for themselves, an infraction of what had been agreed upon with Admiral Dewey, in regard to the formation of plans for the attack and taking of Manila by the two armies, American and Filipino, together and in combination.
"This inexplicable line of conduct on the part of the American officers was made clearer by the telegrams, which General Anderson addressed to me, from Maytubig on the said 13th day, requesting that I should order our troops not to enter Manila, which request was refused, inasmuch as it was contrary to what was agreed upon, and to the high ends of the Revolutionary Government, which, on taking upon itself the immense work of besieging Manila, during the two months and a half, sacrificing thousands of lives and millions in material interests, could not surely have done so with any object other than that of capturing Manila and the Spanish garrison which with firmness and tenacity defended that place." [159] On August 14 Aguinaldo telegraphed General Anderson as follows:-- "My troops, who have been for so long besieging Manila, have always been promised that they could appear in it, as you know and cannot deny, and for this reason, and on account of the many sacrifices made of money, and lives, I do not consider it prudent to issue orders to the contrary, as they might be disobeyed against my authority.