Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-08-24
IRECUPERATIVE POWER
OF THE INSURGENTS
IN Cavite, Where They Were.Sup-
posed to Be DemoraIized,
They Are RalIying.
RECENT OPERATIONS REVIEWED
An Uncensored Hong Kong Report
Declares They Were Not As s
Important as OHicial
Dispatches Clain.

Manila, Aug. d9.-(Via Hong Kong.)
The Filipino rebels appear to retain
more fighting spirit than was expected
after the recent San Fernando eNper-g
.ences and Lawton's drubbings in the
south. After giving up San Fernando
with feeble struggle they entrenched
themselves at Angeles, working for
several days, impressing non-combat>
ants into the work and saving the
armed men for fighting. They engaged
Colonel Smiths regiment and the ar
tillery warmly for four hours, making
Que of the most stubborn resistances
of the campaign. In the province OF
Cayite, where it was supposed the reb-
els had been scattered and demoralized
beyond recuperation, they have assem-
bled an army OF several thousand ill
important towns from the lake to the
bay. After the San Fernando engage
ment the rebels attempted menacing
railroad communications at Baliuag,
tiuingua and other places with small
American garrisons, while during Sum
day and Monday night small bands
tried to tear up the railway tracks at
several points between Rigua and Ma
lolos. Reinforcements of American
troops, however, were sent along the
railroad from Manila to San Fernando,
while the forces at Baliuag and Quin-
qua sailed out and the rebels We're
easily driven away. In these brushes,
during three days, the Americans lost
several men. The Filipino loss was
heavy. OF these operations the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent was per-
mitted to senttonly an inadequate dis
patch, dictated verbatim by Otis. The
censor writes stereotyped official
phrases into the dispatches, tending to
magnify the American operations and
minimize the opposition. Otis says
that newspapers are not public insti-
buttons, but private enterprises and
that correspondents are only here on
sufferance.
All reports from rebel territory
agree that the scarcity of food is in
creasing. The rebel commanders at
AparIi and other points refuse to obey
Aguinaldo's orders closing the ports
held by rebels against American ships.
They say any ship bringing stores will
be welcome to come. Several ships
from Manila are now at such ports.
Hundreds of people come into Manila
daily and return to the rebel lines with
| IOOQ anu OlllcI QaesAos'
stationed along one road reported that
5000 people passed through the lines
in three days and that forty-five tons
of rice We're carried out in small par
cells on the same road in ten days.
Much of this undoubtedly goes to aid
the rebels, but the authorities permit
this traffic from motives of charity
toward women and children, who un-
doubtedly are suffering.
Macarthur has established munich
pal governments in the villages north
of Manila. The mayor of Baliuag, sup
posed to be one of the most friendly
natives, has been placed in Jail charged
with arranging with the rebels for am
attack on the town. The American
troops were withdrawn from all theS
country half cleared of rebels in the
expedition of June. last. Rebels are
returning to Sammato, which they
abandoned for the third time after the
recent capture. 1t is alleged that more
than half of the howitzer ammunition
used during the fight at Angeles was
defective and failed to explode.