The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-11
PURSUING THE INSURGENTS.
FILIPINOs ARE DIVIDING INTO
SMALL. BANDS.

IA sgo.s -ts.e 'r ,gevs rhey R~-.es@ es
Fight-NoznIcda'S Claims in De-
hnIf OF the Catholic Church-Holds
That II should Retain All Its For-
mer Privileges, Including Control
Of the Pnvnshops-PeOple of Leyta
and Samnr Suffering for Food.
Manila, Jan l0.-Reports Of the move-
ments Of the American commanders SOUTH
Of Manila show that Gen Bates and Gem
Wheaton are at Perez das Marnas and
Gen schWan at SLANG, all awaiting the
arrival of provision wagons
Reconnaissance have shown that 900
armed insurgents have retired to tha
mountains from The district between In-
dang and Maig. ana that others have re-
treated along the coast from Noveleta toe
ward Batangas.
Last night Nolan's squadron Of the Elev-
enth Cavalry drove a body OF insurgents
from Aiais. one American was killed ana
two were wounded. Thirteen dead Fills
pinos were found.
The movement largely resembles Gene
schwans experience in the same country
except that the towns are now being gar4
to fight, retreating southward and dlvId-
ing into small bands with the apparent in
| tention OF reassembling later. The plan
of catching a large number between two
brigades has failed. About a hundred in.
| surgents have been killed, but compara~
| lively few arms have been taken.
The region is fun of amigos. who doubts
less have been bearing arms which they
| have hidden. The women and children re-
main In their homes, and the insurgents.
as they fan back. release all prisoners
| they have captured.
PIen for the Church.
It IS asserted on high authority thae
| Archbishop Nozaleda contends ia his in
terviews with Mgr. Chappelle. the papaI
delegate on behalf of the Roman Church
| and the brotherhoods, that the titles To-
| all property held by the church and the
| brotherhOOds in the Philippines should be-
| recognized; that the Roman catechisn
| should be taught in the primary schools:
| that the existing religious orders should
| continue 10 administer the parishes; thaG
| other parishes should be established un-
der the same control and that the paro-
| chial control Of cemeteries should con-
| tinue.
He also lays stress in his contentious,
upon the Importance Of allowing the
| church 10 administer its own affairs with
| out state Interference, upon the necessity
| Of a regime that will guarantee the lib
| erty of tho church, upon the desirability
| of European clergy, the establishment OF
n new college for the instruction OF ma
| tive priests and the continuation Of indi-
] rect contrihutiors 90 fhe n98}nfar2a noe. -
| churches and clergy, and upon the expedi-
! ency OF maintaining the system of pa
| rochial fees, including revenues from
| births, marriages. funerals, dispensations
and apostolic fudulgences.
In addition Archbishop Nozaleda adj
vises the continuation OF the church'5
| control OF pawnshOps and certain desig-
| mated hospitals and schools, together with
| the establishment OF a special form OF
! par0chial administration exacted by the
| actual conditions in the Philippines. Fin
| ally he makes plea for the continuation
| OF the present missionary work OF tho
church
Islanders Are Starving.
The inhabitants OF the islands Of Leyte
| and Samar suffering FROM lack OF
| food, resulting from the long blockade.
the arbitrary conhscaton Of property and
the levying of tribute by the so-called gov
ernment Of the Filiplnos. The governors
Of both islands are Tagalos, who were
appointed by Aguinaldo. and they hold tha
territories completely in their power, adj
ministeriug local affairs according 90 their
own whims and are accountab bic to no one.
They have armed forces which terroriza
the peaceful inhabitants.
The rebel forces, on the other hand,
have never lacked food or money. The
inhabitants, driven to desperation by the
necessity Of having to pay four times the
normal price for foodstuffs, organized
against insurgent depredations, but hav-
ing no arms they were unable TO resist
their oppressors.