The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-03-10
AFFAIRS N THE PHILIPPINES
ruHnOs PLAN A WARFARE.
PlOt I'm sssFssy-Nativs OmSsrs BE-
usvSd 20 he Agents Of the lnsHr-
rsetiOn-AmsFIeaA ArmAss nWsy-
section FroM Manila 20 DaSuDAA
HAS Been Cleared.

Manila, March 6-RspOrts reach the
Associated Press from various sources. in
GLIDING army officers and the heads Of
commercial houses with agents throughout
the islands, Of continued activity among
the insurgents, who are endeaVoring to
keep alive the armed opposition to the
United States, and are planning to con
tinue the insnrectiOn with guerrilla war
fare on a larger scale when the rainy sea
son beginA A person holding a position
second only to that OF the governor gen
eral, tells the Associated Press he il con
WINGED the insurgent organization has been
remarkably rehabilitAted during the past
month, particularly in the northern prov
inees- He says the insurgents have a Sc
cret organization even in the strongest
garrisOned towns. atIOrdfng perfect means
Of communication, and that the maehin.
cry il managed from Manila, some Ot
the leaders being ElPinOs pretending to
be supporters Of the American admins
tratiOn, many Of the municipal govern
ments installed by the army forming part
Of the machinery.
Two correspondents Of leading American
weeklies who have been travelling for q
month in Bengutt and IlOcOs, with letters
to insurgent chiefs, going alone 50 mile.
from garrisOAs, and being everywhere hos
Pitably resolved, Say the people make NJ
secret OF their sympathy with tho insur'
gents. Though admitting that the Filipino
soldiers abuse them, they still protect
these soldiers from the American scouting
parties, They claim TO have cOmmuniea
ton with AguinaldO. Palermo, IN thS
northern mountains Of LuZon, is full VI
civil and military officials Of all ranks d
Aguinaldo's government, who were cap
tured or surrendered, and who vert
brought here and released on promise;
to refrain from agitation.
While many OF the insurgent munieipa
, officers were continued in Office on taxing
the oath OF allegiance, resIdents who Arr
acquainted with them have little faith ii
their adherence to their PromlseA All th'
leading citizens Of Tarlac, capital vi tn,
province OF that name, numbering IL per
sons, have been arrested and charged will
plotting, and two insurgents have beef
captured at Malabon with incriminatin,
papers and $1,000 collected from the M
tiveA Some Of the municipal government
seem loyal and efficient On the othe
hand, an American general declares b
: believes the majority in his province ar
agents OF the Instruction.
! A fresh issue OF Insurgent pamphlet
is being circulated asserting that tn
American promises Of good government
are merely a mAAk for commercial sx
PloitAtion Of the Philippines, quoting Sen
ator BeVeridge's speech and an editoria
from a Washington newspaper headed
"Let Us Be Honest"
The trial Of the guerrilla charged will
murder is finished and it is believed tn
commissions verdict will DO guilty. In
dictments against otherS have been pre-
pared.
No report has been received from Gen
eral Bates expedition He haA probabl,
moved inland, where communication will
him Is imprAetieable.
The army throughout the island Of Lu
ron is working hard, securing the eountr,
for insurgents and killing a few daily
The section from Manila To Dagupan hA
been thoroughly cleared, the scouting par
ties being unable to find any insurgents
| General Funston and Colonel Keenai
took 200 men through the mountains /
Baler, on the eastern coast, without meet
ing any insurgents But they are activ
along the northern coast from Dagupal
To Apart. Occasional reports come Of a
American soldier being killed or diSaT
pearing. In the southern provinces tn
insurgents continue to hArASs the Amer
can RArrisons by night demonstrations.