The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-03-06
WILL FIGHT WITH
RENEWED FORCE
fiIipinos Planning For the
Rainy Season.
A GUERILLA WARFARE
THEIR ORGANIZATION LAIEL1
STRENGTHENED.
OTIS is ON A sLUMBERlNG VOLCANO
A Secret Hostile Organization, With Headquar-
tiers at Manila, H%oneycombs With its
Powerful Ramifcatiors the Fab
rio Of Government.

Manila. March 3.-t9:.o ?. m.)-Ke-
ports reach the Associated Press from
various sources including army officers
and the heads of commercial houses "iuii
agents throughout the islands, or con
tinued activity among the insurgents, VINO
are e~ndeayoring 10 keep alive the armed
opposition to the United States II are
planning to continue the nlsurreciion
with guerrilla warfare ON q larger scale
when the rainy season begins.
A person holding a position second only
to that of the Governor General tells The
Associated Press that he is convinced
that the insurgert organization has been
remarkably rehabilitated during the past
month, particularly III the northern pro
vinces. He says the insurgents. have a
secret organization patterned after the
Katipunan methods, even in the strong
est garrisoned towns afording perfect
means of communication, and that he
machinery is managed from Manila.
some of the leaders being Filipinos pre-
tending to be supporters of the Alneri-
can Administer ton, many of the munici-
pal governments installed by the arlny
forming part Of the machinery.
Two correspondents of leading Ameri-
can weeklies who AVE travelled for a
month in Benguet and 1locos, with let
tiers from insurgent chiefs, going alone 90
miles from garrisons and being every
where hospitality received, say the people
make no secret of their sympathy with
the insurrection. Though admitting that
the Filipino soldiers abuse them, they
still protect these soldiers from the Ann
erican scouting parties. They claim to
lave communication with AguinaldO.
Palermo, in the northern mountains of
Manila, is full of civil and military ofh-
cials of all ranks, Of -Aguinaldo's govern
anent, who We're captured or surrendered
and who We're brought here AMID released
on promises to refrain from agitation.
While many of the insurgent municipal
officers were continued In office on taking
the oath of allegiance, residents who are
acquainted with them have little faith in
their adherence to their promises. All
the civil officials of Tarlac, capital of
the province of that name, numbering
II persons, have been arrested and
charged with plotting, and two insllrgent
agents have been captured at Malabon
with discriminating papers and $1,000 col
lected from the natives.
Some of the municipal governments APP
pear loyal and efficient. On the other
hand one American general declares he
believes that the majority in his no
vince are agents Of the insurrection.
RETERIDGE GAVE IT AWAY.
In d fresh issue Of msurgent pamphlets
it is asserted that the American promises
of good government are merely Il mask
for commercial exploitation of the Philip
pines. quoting Senator Beveridge's
speech and an. editorial from Il Wash
ington newspaper, headed Let us be
Honest"
The trial of the guerilla charged with
murder is finished and it is believed the
commissions verdict will be guilty. In
dictments against others have been pre-
pared.
No report has been received from Cen
eral Bates expedition. He has probably
moved inland, where communication with
him is impracticable.
The army throughout the island OF
Luzon is working hard, securing the coun-
try and killing Il few insurgents daily.
The section from Mani TO Dagupan
has been thoroughly cleared, the
scouting parties being unable to find any
insurgents. General Funston and Colo
ned ken1ran took 200 men through the
mountains to Baaar, on the eastern coast.
without meeting any insurgents. But
they are active along the northern coast
from Drgupan to APART. Occasional
reports come of an American soldier be
ing killed on disappearing. In the south
ern provinces the insurgents continue
to harrass the Sarrisons by night de
monstrations.