The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-19
KEEPING UP THE REBELLION.
MONEY For GUERILLA WARFARE
is COLLECTED IN MANILA.

lnSuFSeht Juhtu III Munlfa Cooper
ates With That in Hong Kong.
Travelling Between GarrisOned
Towns Is Dangerous on Account of
Numerous Ambuscades-TreasO
And Perfidy of Filipino Officials.
twenty Ports Opened.
Manila, March IS, $3.50 p. m.-Gen. OTIS
considers Manila the most troublesome
center in the situation to-day.
The insurgent junta here, in conjunction
with that of Hong Kong, is growing ac-
tive The military authorities have been
forced to put a stop to Mabini's course
with the public. The local and foreign
press considers his recent utterances cal
culated to inclte the Fiipinos TO a CON
tinued revolt. and prejudicial TO American
control.
Flores, who has just arrived here, says
he comes trusting to American leniency,
and that he would not have dared come
10 Manila if Spain were yet in control He
chershes the hopes and aspirations which
actuated him when in the field, and desires
to watch congressional action upon the
question of the Philippines. The insur-
the Americans, but are maintaining a re-
sistance with the idea of forcing Congress
10 accord them the best possible terms.
A number of representative insurgent
leaders from different parts of Luzon have
recently been in conference in Manila.
Some have been placed under arrest, but
Torres thus far has not been interfered
with.
StiII Sending in Arms.
Louis Spitzel head of the firm of Louis
spitzel & Co., contractors to the Chinese
government, and himself a suspected fill
buster, came from Hong Kong to Manila
last week and was temporarily detained
in custody on suspicion 1t is asserted
upon good authority that three loads of
arms and ammunition have recently been
landed on the east coast of LuZon. Capt
Taylor of the Thirty-ninth Regiment re-
Gently captured twelve new Mausers near
Calamba.
Reports are current here of active rebel
reorganization in the province of Morong,
where the inSurgent leaders are said to be
assisted by prominent Spanish residents.
Inhabitants of this province who are now
in Manila have been advised not to re-
turn to their homes, but to remain under
the protection of the Americans.
1t is also reported that the rebels are
reorganizing in the province of Zambales,
under Mascardo. Brigands are commit
ting atrocities in the province of Nueva
Eciga, where they have murdered twenty
natives and Cinnamon. Eight other muir
ders have been committed near Tarlac.
The Nueva Eciga insurgents are heavily
taxing local traders and farmers, with the
result that business is paralyzed and
there is a general scarcity of food.
Funds for Guerilla Warfare.
The funds for maintaining this guerilla
warfare are collected from the various
towns of the island, whether occupied by
the Americans or not, even including Ma
Mia.
In the province of Albay, the insurgents
have ceased harassing the Americans, ow-
ing, it is reported, to a lack of ammuni-
zion, but they continue ravaging the coun-
Gryside, burning and footing. The natives
are firing of this sort of thing and threat
en- to turn against the marauders AL
ready the townspeople of Legaspi. Albay
and Donsol are slowly returning to their
homes
Maj. Allen Of the Forty-third Regiment
has been appointed military governor of
the Island of Samar, where Lukban. the
former leader of the rebels inlthat local
ty. is still in the mountains.
Gen. Kobbe has opened twenty ports in
the southern part of LGzon and in ihe
islands of Samar and Leyte, the result of
which is to stimulate trade there, al
though, only temporarily as the country
opened is non-productve and apparently
non-consuming. Owing to the political
conditions of the last twelve months,
products accumulated during the block
ade. These will be shipped TO Manila and
then the ports will be empty
PcrGdy of FiIipinOs.
Evidence accumulates of the treason an1
perfidy of the municipal presidents in the
provinces of Gen. MacArthur's district.
The presidents of several towns in Le-
panto and Union provinces have decln
TO continue in their positions, saying hat
they do not desire any further identiica-
ton with the Americans.
Travel between the towns garrisoned by
the Americans is becoming more danger
Gus. All wagon trains must be escorted
10y heavy guards in order to insure their
eafety.
Two ambushes were narrowly averted
recently; small travelling parties were at
tackled; single travellers frequently dis
appear or are found dead.
Spanards and Filipinos who are con-
versant with the Tagalo character, units
u asserting that Aguinoldos capture
would terminate the revolution. Three
months have passed since he was actively
pursuea
Tomorrow will sail the expedition to
garrison the ports Of Northern Mlndanao.
II viii be accompanied by the gunboals
Manila and Yorktown.
The expedition win take the Fortieth
volunteer Regiment from the Camarines.
II more troops are needed the Thirty-first
hes'menl now in Southern Mindanao,
ana the Twenty-thlrd Regiment, now IN