Evening star., 1900-11-19
WAR RENEWED ON FILIPlNOS
GEN. MACARTHUR PUSHING OPERA
TIONs WITH vIGOR.
Rebels Are Also. Recruiting for an Ac-
tive Campaign-Expedi
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Going to Snmar.

| An uncensored dispatch from Manila, dat
| ed November 1S says: Last week witnessed
| a very considerable increase in rebel and
| American activity in the field. Many skir-
mishes occurred and several small engage
ments In northern and southern Lu-
| zon The termination of the rains permits
a resumption of operations on both sides.
| The Americans are undertaking a series
! of aggressive movements against the insur-
! gents. notably upon the island of Samar,
against Gen. Lukban. whose forces hold the
entire island with the exception of three
coast towns each of which is garrisoned by
| two companies of the 10Th Infantry and a
platoon of artillery.
! The rebels continually shooting into
| the garriSoned towns and our forces have
| not been sufficient to retaliate effectively.
! Commerce in Samar has been at a stand
still, and most of the influential inha habitants
| have departed. ' Gen. Hare has arrived
there with 30 men. He will bring eight
| companies of the % Infantry from the Is
| land of Marinduque, as they may be needed.
and win proceed energeticaliy to crush Gen.
LukDan. Meanwhile United States gun
| boats will patrol the coast to prevent the
| escape of the insurgent leader. Lukban
still holds three members OF the i3d Regi-
| ment prisoners.
The rifles which the party of Capt Dew
| ereauX Shields of Company F, oath Nolun-
| teer Infantry. lost last September in Marin
! duque, at the time of the capture. have not
yet been recovered from the Filipinos All
| the MarinduQue garrlsons are being con-
| tiNued.
| The 14th Infantry. which recently arrived
| from China. will relieve the 2lst Infantry
! from duty in Manila. and the o1st Will re-
| heve the 3Sth Infantry III Southern LuzOn
the IS Infantry proceeding to the Island
| of Panay to re-enforce the troops there
| The 18th infantry VIII re-enfOrce the garri-
| sons i'll the Island of Mindanao, particularly
at kaSayan, where an armed truce between
| : rl,..tG A /
| for months past
| Gen. Wheaton, commanding In the de-
| partment of northern Luzon is sending re-
! endorsements to Gen. Young's provinces
| where the natives. under Gen Tinyo and
| Asipay, the excommunicated Filipino
| priest. are showing signs of restlessness,
| deserving the houses they have occupied
| during the rainy season, and joining, under
| compu!siOn of fear, the insurgents in the
| mountains.
| Notable among the weeks engagements
was Gen. Grants advance, with Macabebe
and american scouts, upon rebel strong
| hold thirty-flve miles north Of Manila,
| which was defended By 200 insurgents
armed with rifles. After skirmishing and
| fighting for the greater part of a day and
| night, the enemy was dislodged from the
| mountain fastness. and immense quantities
| Of rice and stores, with considerable am
| munition. were destroyed. Fifty F'ilip.nos
| insurgents carried off their dead lie
| American losses were eleven privates and
| one officer wounded and one Macabe be
| killed.
| Lieutenant Frederick w. Alstaetter of the
| engineers, who was captured by the insur-
\ gents In Luzon last September, has sent,
| with the permission of his captorS letter
! to Manila asking for food, money and cloth
| ing, which will be forwarded to him by a
| native runner His health is broken and
| his release problematical.
| General Macarthur has gone to Subig
| bay with Admiral Remey. on the United
| States cruiser Brooklyn for the purpose OF
| examining the locality. 1t is probable that
| 1,Sco marines, now in Philippine waters,
VIII be used to relieve certain army posts,
| rendering the relieved soldiers available for
| other and more urgent duties. 1t is un-
| derstood that General Macarthur is con-
siderng the question of establishing more
| marines in the vinic!ty of Subg. He is
| expected to return here tomorrow.
Although news and commercial messages
| between Manila and points in America and
Europe are not subject to censorship, all
| messages between the Philippines and the
| orient are censored, as heretofore.
For the purpose of maintaining the exist
! ing ratio of two Mexican silver dollars to
| one gold dollar arbitrarily fixed by Cen
| eral Macarthur last August to be main
| taned until such time as the Philippine
| commission should consider the date had
arrived for establishing a gold medium in
| the Philippines, Mr.. Henry c. Ide of the
commission introduced a bill. which has
| been passed by the commission, providing
| for charge of 10 per cent on all Mexican
| silver coin exported from the Philippines.
! The demand of China for Mexican cur
| rency has created expectations and threat
! ened a arrangement of business in the Phil
| ippines. The commission passed the bill
because. in view of existing circumstances,
| II seemed obligatory to provide, as far as
| possible by legislation, stable and ample
| currency for the protection of business.
| Capt. Bowman II. McCalla of the United
| States cruiser Newark is undergoing trial
by court-martal. convened by Admiral Re
| mey. He is charged with Irrational and
| bad management and lack of discipline
| ON the cruiser. The trial is the result of a
! letter written by Lieutenant Commander
| Cowel to Admiral Remey The witnesses
| are being examined on board the Newark,
| and the courts decision win be officially
| sent to Washington.