The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-03-04
VIII be Carried On Larger Scale
at0pening Of Rainy Season.
HAVE A SECRET ORGANIZATION
Anortiing Perfect Communication the
Machinery OF Which is Man
aged from ni;,niIa-Thc Pco-
pie Make No Secret of
Their Sympathy With
the lnsurrcttion.

MANILA, March 3.-9:55 p. .M.-Reports
sources, including army officers and
the heads of commercial houses with
agents throughout the islands, Of con-
tinued activNy among the insurgents,
who are endeavorinG to keep alive the
armed opposition ito the United States,
and are planning to continue the insur-
reotion with guerilla warfare on larger
scale when the rainy season begins.
A person holding a position second only
to that of the Governor-General. tells
the Associated Press that he Is convinced
The insurgent organization has been re-
markably inhabilitated during the last
month, particularly in the northern pro-
yinces He says the insurgents have a
secret organization patterned after the
kat.punan methods, even in the strong
est garrison towns, atfordinS perfect
means of communication, and that the
machinery is managed from Manila. some
Of the leaders being Fi!ipinos pretending
TO be supporters of the Aerican admins
tra,tion, many OF the municipal EoVern-
merits Installed by the army forming
part of the machinery.
IN. SYMPATHY WITH INSURRECTION.
Two correspondents of leading Ameri-
can weeklies who have travelled for L
month in Benguet and Iiocos. with letters
from insurgent chiefs, going alone fifty
miles from garrisons and being every
where Hospitality received. say the peo-
Pile make no secret of their sympathy
with the insurrection. Though admitting
that the FGlipino soldiers abuse tneln.
they still protect these soldiers from the
10 have conn:unicat ton with AsuiDaldo.
paterno in the northern mountains OF
Manila, is full of civil and military off
Gals of ali ranks of Agunaldo's govern
merit who We're captured OF surrendered
and who were brought here and released
on promises to refrain from agitation
While many of the insrrgent munich
raj officers were continued in office on
taking the oath cf allegiance, residents
who are acquainted with them have little
faith in their adherence to their promises
All the civil officials Of Tarlac. capital
of the province OF that name, numbering
eleven persons have been arrested ana
charged with plotting, and two lnsurseht
agents have been captured az Md,"poii
with ircrilninating papers ana Ss'VoV eoi-
lectcd from the natives.
Some of the municipal governments ap
near loval and efficient. On the otner
hand one American general declares he
believes that the majority in his province
are agents of the instructions.
MBRDLY MASKS.
fresh issue of insurgent pamphie's
is being issued, asserting that the Amer
tcan promises of good government are
merely masks for commercial eAp!oil>i-
ton of the Philippines. and reproducing
an editorial from a Washington neWspa-
per. headed Let us be honest
Trial of the guerrilla charged with mur-
der is finished. and it is believed the
Commissions verdict will be guilty. In
dictments against others have been pre-
pared
No report has been received from Gene
raj Bates expedition. He has probably
moved inward where communication with
him is; impracticable. The army through
ont the island of Luzon is working hard,
securing the country and killing few
insurgents daily. The section from Ma
Mia to .Dagupan has been thoroughly
cleared, the scouting parties being una
BILE to find any Insurgents. General
Funston and Colonel Kennan took two
hundred men through the mountains to
Baler, on the eastern coast. without
meeting any insurgents. but they are
active along the northern coast from
Dagupan to Apardi.
Occasional reports come of an American
soldier being killed or disappearing. In
the southern part of Luzon the garrisons
make nightly, demonstrations.