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ASK MACARTHUR
FOR MORE TROOPS
From All Parts Of the Philippines
Comes This Demand,
MOROS CLOUD THE HORIZON.
Serious Fighting Inevitable - a ~
Helena for Filipino Leaders sug-
gested by American Generals

Manila, June l2.-Correspondence OF
the Associated Press More soldiers
Is the demand which Is coming to Cen
eral Macarthur from every department
Of the islands. Recent events have
worked to yindicate General Lawton's
judgment that 100000 troops would be
needed TO establish American soyer-
eighty over the Philippines
Until they attempted TO hold PROV
inces OF 100000 or 100000 hostile people
with a regiment or two the American
commanders hardly realized the size
Of the Philippine islands. The present
force IS not large enough TO garrison
more than half the important towns
and in some most important islands,
among them Cebu, Panay samar,
Leyte and the great Mohammedan em-
pire Of Mindanao, only the commercial
ports are occupied
SERIOUS FIGHTING COMING.
The Moros are a cloud on the horl-
zon. The officers best acquainted with
conditions IN Mindanao and the sulu
islands tell the Associated Press corre-
sp0ndent that they consider serious
fighting there inevitable. II It comes.
the two regiments which are scattered
In small garrisons. some OF them hun
dreds OF miles apart along the coast
OF Mindanao an island nearly as large
as Luzon, may have serious work. The
MOros are fighters by nature do not
fear death. have many guns. though Of
Anticipated makes, but do the best eX-
ecution by lying IN the thick tungles
and cutting down soldiers who pass
through with their terrible krlses and
spears.
General Young, who Is holding seven
Of the most mountainous provinces Of
Luzon with four regiments, expects Sc
we're work during the rainy season. For
two months, after his bewlldering in
vasion Of the north In December, the
insurgents We're paralyzed. With few
OF the troops 10 keep an eye on the
villages and prevent recommendation,
the paralysis the general believes,
might have been made permanent
Finding ample opportunities 70 re-
organize. the insurgents have ayailed
themselves thereof.
YOUNG's TROOPS WORN OUT.
Young's troops have worn themselves
and their horses down 10 the limit Of
/ endurance IN marching about the noun
tain trails. striking the Filipinos wher-
ever they could get the track Of an
organized band. Hundreds have been
slain. but much OF the work has been
Ike brushing away mosquitoes, which
swarm down upon new spot
General Tinio has a nomadic COM
mand whose warriors can hide their
guns and become amigos II II suits
their interests AS few OF them wear
uniforms and the people combine to
shield them from detection the Amer
leans are greatly handicapped.
THE CHURCH A FACT
The church has become a trouble
some factor In Young's territory. Agli-
pay, the priest who has proclaimed
himself archbishop Of the Philippines
and excommunated Archbishop No
zaleda, Is in the field as a general, His
forces attacked Captain Dodd Of the
! Third cavalry az Batoc, when more
/ than 200 Fiipinos We're slain Aglipay
commanded In person ana there was
an unproyen report that he was among
/ the Killed. His followers fought with
/ the recklessness Of Mohammedan IA
natics.
They approached the Americans In
| three lines. an advance guard Of wo-
men. arranged with the expectation
/ that the Americans would not FIRE upon
them; after the women a line OF bolo-
men and others armed only with wood
ed swords no more dangerous than p0-
licemen's clubs; behind the bolomen
/ came the rifemen.
Happily the women threw themselves
| fat upon the ground and sought shell
/ ter at the first fire, so that few OF
/ them were injured, The soldiers
| thought they were men disguised In
women's clothes. The onslaught OF the
| bolomen was ike the descent Of the
] Mahidis fanatics upon Kitchener 8
square al Khartoum. They kept conf
ing on faster than the soldiers could
shoot them down, until they We're so
close that our cavalrymen had no time
| 70 fire and load. but went through
| them with dubbed guns.
General Young has evidence that the
/ priests OF the region have been send
| ing the church contributions % Aglipay.
| Two prominent priests are In jail
| charged with aiding the instruction,
] and viii be tried by a military commits
/ sion. Surveillance Is exercised over the
finances of some Of the larger parishes.
| Tinio and Aglipay are reported 10 be
enemies a condition which will benefit
the Americans.
WANT A ST. HALENA.
Some Of the American generals think
/ that the Instruction could be ma
terlally crippled by the establishment
| OF a ST. Helena for the Filipino leaders,
banishing them to some island where
| they could not give moral and financial
support 90 the rebellion. Guam Is adj
vocated as a possible and advantageous
residence for captured officers and civil
/ officers Archbishop Chappele is n
supporter Of the idea. Hebelleves that
/ the policy of lenioncy Is wasted upon
| Asiatics. ~ lenency is wasted upon
1 Aslatics. who fall 90 comprehend the
motives for g. To the American off,
| GERS with whom he has talked, the
/ archbishop has said that the heads OF
| the leaders should be cut of.
A CONSPIRACY PROBABLE.
There Is little doubt that the paroled
! officers IN Manila are IN communication
with their brethren In the field Those
/ who are released from prison, many Of
| them at least take up arms again.
| General Young shipped 20 Manila zoo
or 300 Of his prisoners whom he con-
/ sidered the most dangerous characters.
| General Otis reloaded them on the
steamer and cent them back northt
where they We're dlembarked 20 follow
their own Wills Most Of them soon
| arffsaa bagtr into fba fnQurgort "a INNS