The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-05-29
gEBELS MORE AGGRESSIVE.
,u,,IpPINE INsURRECTION TAKING
ON NEW VIGOR.

,uitcd states Troops Have to Sleep
with Their Clothing on in Order
90 Re Ready for an Attaci<-Rniny
spason Is Likely to Cause Much
e,,oering-Natives May Have to BE
rod--uuriaI of Spanish Gen. Mon
| terO.
Manila. May 2s.-The approach of the
,,ot season finds the insurrection seeming
" taking new. lease of life.
Ar along the American lines the rebels
are showing more aggressive activity, in
their guerilla style, than at any time
since the fall of Malolos.
They keep the United States troops in
the trenches, sleeping in their clothing and
constantly on the alert against dashes
uoon our outposts, and they make life
warm for the American garrisons in the
towns
The bands of Gen. Luna and Gen. Mas
cardo. which retreated toward Tarlac
when they feared they would be caught
between Gen. Macarthur and Gen. Law
ION have returned in force to their old
4 trenches around San Fernando, where
there are daily collisions.
Opposite our lines on the south, protect
n inc Manila, al the way around to San
Il Pedro Macau, the Filipinos have three
rows of trenches most of the distance.
81 Reports from prisoners indicate that the
q Insurgents construe the peace negotiations
"A 10 mean that the Americans have had
II enough of fighting.
The Filipinos are also encouraged by the
n belief that the Americans are preparing
n for an interval of inactivity during the
wet season.
VIII Be Much Suffering.
Fl This period is sure TO be followed by
much suffering. Thousands of acres that
were under cultivation last year have not
II been plowed this year, and the govern
mant will probably be obliged to feed
thousands, just as it fed the Cubans.
Friendly natives, Amigos, continue to
Ia pour into the American lines by land and
IA river routes, coming from the territory OF
"A insurrecuon into the country where the
a passage of the two armies has left nc
food, and practically throwing themselves
upon the charity of their conquerors.
SuCu h1t-DOui6u men as are tAOl III
the Filipino ranks have been kept by the
insurgent leaders to dig trenches, and
old men, women and children form ths
mass Of refugees These are doing somt
E plowing, but they will be confronted with
M hunger before they can realize any sub
E sistence from their crops.
The United States army has organized
4 system of distributing rice at Malolos
and some of the smaller towns where Fill
pno stores were captured, but the lattel
Will soon be exhausted.
The United States transport Morgan
A City which arrived here from San Fran
M cisco with six hundred recruits for vari
N Gus regiments, sailed to-day for Iloilo will
n the troops.
MOnterO Buried at Manila.
81 AS it was impossible to take to Spain tn
remains of the the Spanish general, Mon
ter0, who was fatally wounded in a recen
eDgasement with the Filipinos in the is
land Of Mindanao, and who died while be
lug brought here from Zamboanga on tn
transport Leon XIII, it was decided tha
the interment should take place in Ma
Mia. The funeral took place to-day, hun
dreds of Spanish soldiers and civilians at
tending the services in the Cathedral, an
following the cortege TO the grave wit
wrtaths and flags.
The Spanish papers declare that Monter
was victim of the Spanish government
ne=,ert