The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1900-09-03
ENGLAND SUSPICIOUS
OF RUSS|A'S ACTION
Believed That the Disruption of European Concert
Has Been Accomplished By Chinese Situation.

require and widespread vengeance is
wreaked in the vicinity of garrisoned
towns. For example, the insurgent Gem
eral Cailles in the province of Laguna,
put to death the president and office hold
ers of the town of Bay, on La Guna de
Bay, officials who had been installed by
the Americans, and gave orders that a
similar fate should be meted out to other
adherents of the American cause. He al
ordered that all Filipino soldiers who
sold their rifles to the Americans should
be killed.
Any change of policy involving the with
drawai of the United States troops, SUBJ
stituting for them an adequate defensive
force is certain to result in fearful retalia-
ton at the expense of the friendlies. The
approaching patriation of the volunteers
tends to influence the situation unfavor-
ably.
Quiet In uzon
In northern LuZon the status quo is fairly
we'll maintained and the people in that
quarter are quiet and engaged in planting,
except in the Provinces of Neuva Ecija
and Buacan, where there has been re-
cent outburst of rebel and Ladrone act
are far from satisfactory. Life there is not
safe outside the garrisoned towns. TRAY
elers are subject to ambush by guerillas.
Rarely does a day pass without an en-
counter between the United States troops
and the insurgents or Ladrones resulting
in casualties. There are 1900 troops in
that district, General Bates commanding,
and in three regiments over third of the
men are sick. The activity of the enemy
increased last month. There is evidence
that the insurgents have come into pos
session OF new rifles and that they wish to
annihilate some small American garrison.
Conditions in the Viscayan continue un-
changed. The lack of troops in Samar
prevents aggression. Negros, Romblon,
Masbate, Sibuyan, Tablas and Bohol are
tranquil, all desiring civil governments.
Mindanao is also tranquil, excepting the
districts of Teagayan and Surigam, where
occasional encounters with the Filipinos
occur. The enemy's fighting force there is
limited, but 1t has number of rifles. The
surrenders, although they have noticeably
decreased since May, continue
Tends 10 facitication
that the American occupation of any local.
ity tends to Its pacifica tion and we'll being
An unsettled American policy retards the
investment of capital. Nevertheless the i'm
ports for the last quarter and half were
greater than during any equal period of
the Spanish regime. No doubt the needs of
the army of occupation are responsible for
a very considerable fraction of the pres
ent commerce. The internal revenue colec-
tons are a third greater than those made
by Spain. This is token of an honest sys-
tenn of accounts to a lack of favoritism
and to impartial enforcement of the law.
The military authorities will turn over $6,
600 coo Mexican to the commission, and this
will probably be expended in public i'm
provements, notably In harbor develop
hampering the shipping industry.
The commission will first organize mu-
inequalities in the PROVING IS, notably In
Pampanga province. Subsequently 1t will
turn its attention to needed reforms in all
the criminal and civil codes, passing In
due time to other features of Its instruc-
tions, with the Idea of establishing a CEN
tral civil government during the next IS
months.
Twelve Americans, including two captains
and two lieutenants, have been killed the
past two weeks. The official reports of the
encounters in which these casualties oc-
Cured are meagre.