Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-12-14
REIGN OF TERROR
IN NORTHERN luzON
Rebel Army Has Broken Up Into
Small Bands, Who Rob
and Murder.
SUPPRESSION WILL BE DIFFICULTY
Some Oaicers Favor outlawine All
Natives Found With Arms... z
More Spanish Prisons
crs Freed.

detachment of the Seventeenth I'M
fantry, surrounded and captured in a
village near Malasqui a party of guer-
rillas who had made their headquar-
tiers there. The party included the
band which assassinated seven officials
at Malasqui for friendliness to the
Americans.
All are insurgents who became ban
dts when the disintegration of the
Filipino army began. They kept the
country around Malasqui in state of
terror for several weeks and commit
ted twenty-five murders in less than
that number of days. When they were
caught they We're promptly sent to
General MacArthur's. headquarters Mt
Bayambang by train. 1t is expected
that they will be speedily tried aud
either shot or hanged as AN example.
The whole country north of San
Fernando and Manila, except within
the permanent line of troops around
the city and the closely patrolled
stretches of railroad, swarlns with
similar bands. Probably they will be
increased by men from Pillars army,
many of whom are making their way
south to Join the insurgent force in
Cavite province.
These people, for the most part,
succeeded in lodging General Grants,
Colonel Bells and Colonel Hoods
troops, who are securing the country
for them. They devote their energies
to ambushing commissary wagons and
to picking up soldiers who leave their
column. Every day some wagon train
is fired upon or some soldier disap-
pears. General Wheeler's secretary,
Mr.. Garrett, was disarmed and slashed
by a boloman almost within sight of
headquarters, his assailant pursuing
him nearly into the headquarters
building. The policy of these ruf1ians
is to make the country uninhabitable
for Americans and to brighten natives
into refraining from giving assistance
to the Americans, as we'll as to COM
pei the inhabitants to support the in
surrection.
Frequently they raid and loot towns-
The brother of the president of linus
went outside the town the other day
to harvest some rice. He was cap
tured by his compatriots, accused of
being spy and executed. Only u
small proportion OF the insurgent
arms have been surrendered, and the
problem of suppressng this guerrilla
warfare is anything but easy of solu-
tion. Some of the. American officers
think it worse than fighting Indians,
owing to the difficulties of the country
in locating the natives, who resort.
when hard pressed, to the amigo dodge
and hide Their guns.
Some OF the Americans favor the is
suing of proclamation declaring all
natives found with arms to be bandits
and punishable as criminals, instead
Of being treated as prisoners of war.
Information has been received at
headquarters that 500 Spanish prison.
ars have been shipped from Vigan to-
Manila, and that 1.5O0 others have been
assembled in Nigan, including General
Pena. Probably these are Spaniards
released by General Young's troops in
The Benguet district. where they were
concentrated by the insurgents.
Washington, Dec. 14-GeneraI Otis
cables as follows:
I'm Bulucan province the insur-
gents have been scattered and driven
east to the mountains. Our casualties
in that section the last few days were
ten; insurgents casualties, killed,
wounded and prisoners, 100 Consid-
cradle insurgent property, with rec
ords, arms and ammunition, has been
captured. Our troops are now i'll the
mountains in pursuit. Insurgents
have been driven from Subig buy and
marines now occupy the naval station
there. Our column is moving west
from Tarlac, and is now on the west
coast of Luzon, where it has been sup
piled. 1t has encountered little re-
sistance. The column is now moving
west and south from Dagupan along
the coast. There is no concentrated
insurgent force of inn ortance in Lu.
ION north of Manila. South of Luzop
will not offer any serious resistance to
troops operating in that section. Or
ganized rebellion no longer exists and
our troops are actively pursuing the
robber bands. All important and
threatened centers of population in
the north have been occupied