Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-19
REBELS ARE ACTIVE AGAIN
Juntas at Manila and Hong Kong Making
Plots.
Revolt Has Practically Become q Wa
of BriEandage Treason
Among Appointees.

dispatch from Manila yesterday says:
Gen. Otis considers Manila the most
troublesome center in the situation today.
The insurgent junta here. in conjunction
with that in Hong Kong, is growing active.
The military authorities have been forced
to put a stop to Mabinis intercourse with
the public. The local and foreign press
considers his recent utterances calculated
to incite the Filipinos to continued re-
volt and prejudiciaI to American control.
Flores. who has just arrived here, says
he comes trusting to American leniency.
and that he would not have dared come
to Manila If Spain were yet in control.
He cherishes the hopes and aspiration
which actuated him when in the field, and
desires to watch congressional action
upon the question of the Philippines. The
vanquish the Americans, but are main
tanning a resistance with the idea of fore
ing Congress to accord them the best pos
sible terms.
A number of representative insurScnt lead
ers from different parts of Luzon have
recently been in conference in Manila.
Some have been placed under arrest. but
the others thus far have not been inter-
fered with.
Suspected of Filibustering.
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 Goth Regiment recently cap
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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 resi-
dents. Inhabitants of this province, who
are now in Manila, have been advised not
to return to their homes, but to remain
under the protection of the Americans.
1t Is also reported that the rebels are
recognizing 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 q
general scarcity of food.
Natives Tire of War Taxes.
The funds for maintaining this guerrilla
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 insurg ents
have ceased harassing the Americans. ow-
ing, it is reported to lack of ammunition
but they continue ravaging the countryside.
burning and looting The natives are firing
of this sort of thing and threaten to turn
against the marauders. Already the towns
people of Legaspi, Albay and Lonzol are
slowly returning to their homes.
T1i,, r,ft Ia ID arrI,,,
appointed military governor of the Island
of Samar, where General Lukban. the for
mer leader of the rebels in that locality. is
still in the mountains
General kobbe has opened twenty ports
in the southern part of Luzon and in thu
Islands of Samar and Leyte, the result of
which is to stimulate trade there, although
only temporarily. as the country opened IS
non-productive and apparently non-consum-
ing. Owing to the political conditions OF
the last twelve months products accumu-
la ed during the blockade These will he
sh pped TO Manila and then the ports will
be empty.
Resort to Banlit Tactics.
Evidence accumulates of the treason
and perfidy of the municipal presidents in
the provinces of General MacArthurs dis
trict- The presidents Of several towns in
Lepanto and Union provinces have declined
to continue in their positions. saying that
they do not desire any f,.rthsI identi!icl-
ton with the Americans.
Travel between the towns garrisoned by
the Americans is becoming more dangerous
All wagon trains must be escorted ~ heavy
guards in ordar to insure their sa fety Two
ambushes were narrowly averted re entity
small travelling parties are attacked single
travellers frequently disappear or are found
dead.
Spanlards and Filipinos who are CONVEX
SAINT with the Tagalo character unite i'll as
sorting that Aguinaldo's capture would scr-
inmate the revolution. Three months have
passed since he was actively pursued.
Tomorrow will sail the expedition to gar
rison the ports of northern Mind4nIo. 1t
will be accompanied by the gunboats Ma
Mia and Yorktown.
The expedition will take the 40th Volur-
teer Regiment from the Camari If
more troops are needed the 31st Regiment,
now in southern Mndanao, and the I'D
Regiment, now in Jolo, are available
y military commission at Bayambang has
sentenced to be hanged on March 80 two
natives who have been found guilty of mur-
dering their countrymen.