The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-29
H[|P|N)S AGA|N
BECOME Aggressive
Peace 0vertures Have En-
couraged Them Much.
THINK AMERICANS TIRED
Are Now More Active Than at ANY
Time Since Malolos Fell.
The hands of Generals Lana ~
Aascardo Have ReturneA In Foeoo
- TAeas Ola Trenches ARoana
San FeRnAnAo. where TAey Raro
On American TpseDs-TAey TAanR
the Peace Negotiationa Mean thn
Americans Are Auxious e Onaf.
Ana Believe the RAaay season
Wtll Brang Aheut = Cessa&ion.

MANILA. May N.--g .. m.l-The N.
proach OF the wet season hnds the inagDe
rection seemingly taking q new lease q
life. All along the American lines tho
rebels are showing more aggressive activls
~ In their guerrilla etyls than any time
before or ance the fall Of Malolosl They
keep the United States troops on the alert
against daShes on our outposts and theo
make hfe warm for the American garrae
sons Ia the towns.
The bands Of Gen. Luna and Gen. Naa-
cardo which setreatsd toward Tariac, wAeu.
they feared they would b caught between
Gen. Macarthur and Gen. LAwton. have
returned In force 20 their old trenchao
around San Fernando where there are
daily collalonA
Opposite our lines on the south. protects
Pedro Aacati, the FIiipinos have thrss row
Of trenches most Of the distance
Reports from prisoner indicate that tn
insurgents ccnstrus the peace negotiatloni
70 mean that the Americans have had
enough OF ashting. The F1lipinos are en-
couraged BY the belief that tho Americans
are preparing for IN interval Of inactivity
during the vet season.
This pefiod II sure to be followed ~
much suffering. Thousands Of acres a.
land that ware under cultivation last year
have not bsen plowsd this year. ana IN
government wtll probably b obliged y
feed thousands jost - 4 led ths Cuhans.
F3mdly natives eentlnuo @ poue
into the Amsricaa iinsa ~ watef And lard
routes. comine from ths tssr4tory az ~
insurrection into the country whsre the
passage OF the two armies has teet NO food
and practically throwing thsmsalves upon
the charity of their conqusfsrs. Such abls-
bottled men ~ are not In the rllipino9
ranks have been kept By the insurgsue
leaders to dig trenches. and old men, wo-
men and children form the mas Of refs,.
gees. These are doing some blowing. but
they will bs confronted BY hunger before
they can realize any sIsbsistsncs from theie
crops The United States army has or.
gan,zed 4 system Of Distributing rice a
Malolos and some OF the smaller towns
where Filipino stores were captured. but
the latter win soon be exhausted.
The United States transport Mcr9an
city. which arrived hero from Ban FraA.
cisco with coo recruits for various reGl.
ments. sailed today for Iioilo with the
troops.
A. It was impossible to take 70 spain the
remains Of the Spanish general. Montero
Rios. who was fatally wounded In IN ess.
xagement with the Fli!pinos In the island
Of Mindanao. and who died while bsino
brought here from zamboanga on the
transport Leo XIII. II Was decided that
the tnssrment should take place IN Manila.
The funeral took place today. hundreds
Of Spanish soldiers and cavilians attending
the services In the cathedral and foIlovine
the cortese TO the grave with wreaths and
haxs-
The Spanish papers declare that MonterO
was a victim Of the spanish gcvernmsntsa
neglect.