The Portland daily press., 1899-12-13
Problem Not Easy of
Solution.
Proposition to Declare Them
Baudits.

Manila, December ID 80. 80 p. r.-CoL
Smith with detachment of t'e II In
fautry. surrounded and captured In VII
lags near Aaiasqui, party Of gusrillns
who had made their headquarters there.
The party Included the band which assas-
sinated ssven officials at Mslasqui for
frisndliness to the Americans.
All are insurgents who became bendi t.
when the diaintegration of the Filipino
army tegan. They kept the country
around Malasqui In q state Of terror for
5 ,veral weeks and committed twenty -fvs
murders In less than that number OF
days. When they we're caught they were
promptly ssnt to Gen. MscArthur's had
quarters at BayambAng BY train.
1t is expected thst tney will be speedily
tried and either shot or hung as an ak
ample.
The whole country north Of San Fer
nando and bstwssn San Fernando and
Msnila, except within the permanent line
Of troops, around the city and the closely
patroIled stretches VI railroad. swarms
with similar bands. These people, for the
most part succeeded In dodging General
Grants, Col. Belle and Col. Hood's
troopA who are securing the country for
than.
They devots their ensrg les to ambush
ing commissary wagons and to picking
up soldiers who leave their commands
Every day some wagon train Is fired up
on, or some soldier disappears. Gen.
wbseler's secretary. Mr.. Garrett. was dis-
armed and siashsd BY . boloman almost
within Sight Of hsadq uarters. his assail-
ant pursuing him almost into the hsnd-
quarters building.
The policy Of these rufiians ID to make
thu country uninhsbitable for Americans
and to frizhtsn natives into refrninine
from giving any assistance to the Amsri-
cans, as we'll as to compel the inhabit ants
to support ths insurreotion.
frequently they raid and loot towns.
The brother OF ths president Of linus
went outside the town the other day to
harvest some rios. He WAS captured by
his oompatriots. a,cused Of being spy
and executed.
Only a small proportion Of the insur-
gent arms have been surrendered and the
pr oblem OF suppressing this guerilla war
fare Is anything but easy of solution.
some Of the Americans favor the issu-
Anoe OF a proclamation declaring all
natives found with arms to be bandits
punishable as criminals. instead Of being
treated ~ prisoners Of war.
Information has been received at head :
quarters that i've hundred Spanish
prisoners have been shipped from Vigan
to Manila and that 15aa others have been
assem- bisd Ia Vigan including Gen. Pena.
Probably these are Spaniards released
by General Young's troops In the BeDguet
district, where thsy were concentrated by
ths insurgents.
HONG KONG JUNTA FICTIoNS.
London, Dscemter 12.-Rsuters Tele-
gram company has received the following
despatch from Hong Kong;
"Ths iusnrgsnt government tso-oailed)
of the Philippines, will be changed to
Dictatorship, TO continue hostilities
= ,ainss the Americans exclusively by the
methods of guerilla warfare.
"The Filipino army Is being split up
into small bands. the troops taking an
oath before separation that they Will light
until their country's rights are recog-
nixsd.
"a force of United States marines who
landed at Vigan, South llocos province
from the battleship Oregon, was defeated
by the Filipinos under General Finio
(Tino) on December 4.
"Ths Manila newspapers, despite the
csnsorship. admit that General Lawton Is
missing"
MORE SPANISH PRISONERS.
Washington, December i2-The War
Department has received the following
despatch:
Manila, December 1.-Two Thousand
additional Spanish prisoners secured In
Northern Luzon. making over 5000 re-
leased within month; 100 en- route from
vigan and transports will hs sent for re-
mainder.
(Signed) ons.