The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-03-24
TROUBLE AT MANILA
OTIS CONSIDERS 1T THE STORM
CENTER OF The SITUATION.
InsurKent Junta Ii Growing Active
Mabini Choked On-Arms and Am
munition Recently Landed ON the
Coast of LuxOn-Activc Rebel Re.
organization in the Province of
Neuva EciEa-ARulnnldO's Cap
ture Would Terminate. the Revo-
luton. e.

Manila. March 20. - Gen. Otis con-
siders Manila the most troublesome
center IN the situation to-day. The in
surgent junta here, in conjunction with
that in Hongkong, is growing active.
Military authorities have been forced
to put a stop to Mabini's intercourse
with the public. Local and foreign
press considers his recent utterances
calculated to incite the Filipinos to act
in revolt and prejudicial to American
interests. Flores. who has just ar
rived here. says he comes, trusting to
American leniency. and that he would
not have dared come to. Manila il Spain
were yet in control. He cherishes the
hopes and aspirations which actuated
watch congressional action upon the
question of the Philippines. The in
surgents, he says, do not expect to
vanquish the Americans, but are
maintaining a resistance with the idea
Of forcing congress to 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 the
others thus far have not been inter-
fered with. Louis Spitzel. head Of the
firm Of Louis Spitzel & Co., contract
DIS to the Chinese government, and
himself a suspected filibuster, came
from Hongkong to Manila last week
and a temporarily
Detained in Custody
on suspicion. 1t is asserted upon good
authority that, three loads of arms and
have recently been landed
on the east coast of Luzon. Capt.
Taylor, of the Thirty-ninth' regiment,
near Calambo. Reports are. current
here Of active rebel reorganization in
the province of Morong, where the in
surgent leaders are said to be assisted
by prominent Spanish residents. In
habitants 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 Fam
bales, under Mascardo. Brigands are
atrocities in the province
Of Neuva Eciga, where they have MUIR
dered twenty natives and. Cinnamon.
Eight other murders have been COM
mitted near Tarlac. The Nueva Eciga
insurgents are heavily taxing local
traders and farmers, with the result
that business is paralyzed and there is
n general scarcity of food. The funds
for maintaining this guerrilla warfare
are collected from the various towns
Of the island whether occupied by the
Americans. or not, including Manila.
In the province of Aljay the insur-
gents have ceased %harrassing the
Americans, owing, it is reported, to o
lack of ammunition, but they continue
ravaging the country by burning or
looting. The natives are firing of this
sort Of thing and
Threaten to Turn
against the m%arauders. Already the
townspeople of Legaspi, Albay and
Dobsol are slowly returning to their
homes. Maj. Allen, of the Forty-third
regiment, has been appointed military
governor Of the island of Sama1',, where
Lukban, the former leader of the in
surgents in that locality, is still in the
Gen. Kobbe has opened
two ports in the southern part of Lu-
zon and in the islands Of Samar and
Leyte, the result of which is to stimu-
late trade there only temporarily. as
the country opened is non-productive
and apparently non-consuming. Ow-
ing to the political conditions Of the
last twelve months products accumu-
lated during the blockade. These will
be shipped to Manila and then the
ports will be empty. Evidence accumu-
lates of the treason and perfidy Of the
officials in Gen. MacArthur's
district. Officials of several towns OF
Lepan and Lupto provinces have de-
clined to continue in Office, saying they
do not desire any further connection
with the Americans. Travel between
the towns is becoming more dangerous.
All wagon trains must be escorted by
heavy guard in order to insure their
safety. Two American disasters were
narrowly avoided recently; small trav.
cling parties are attacked; single trav-
elers frequently disappear and are
found dead. Spaniards and Filipinos.
who are c%onversant with the Tagal0
character, unite in asserting that
Aguinaldo's capture would terminate
the revolution. Three months have
elapsed since he was actively pursued.
FILIPINOs WILL ENLIST.