Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-08

FilfpinOs Endeavor TO Keep the In
s~urrectiOn Alive.


Manila, March 6.-Reports reach Ma
Mia from various sources, including
army officers and the heads Of com
mercial houses with agents throughout
the islands. OF continued activity
among the insurgents, who are en-
~deavorlng TO keep alive the armed op
position to the United States, and arc
planning to continue the Instruction
with guerrilla warfare or n larger
scale when the rainy season begins. A
person holding a position second only
10 that Of the governor general says he
is convinced that the insurgent organ
iZation has been remarkably Dill
tated during the last month, partlcu-
larry in the northern provinces. lie
says the insurgents have a secret or
ganiZatiOn patterned after the katl-
Il methods, even in the strongest
garrisOned towns, affOrding perfect
means Of communication, and thai the
machinery is
Managed From Manila.
some of the leaders being Filipinos pre-
tending TO be supporters of the Ameri-
can administration, many of the mu-
nicipal governments installed by the
army forming part Of the machinery
Two correspondents Of leading Amerl-
can weeklles who have Travelled for a
month in Benget and Ilocos with let
terS from insurgent chiefs, going alone
fifty miles from garrisons and being
everywhere Hospitality received. say
the pee pie make no secret or theli
sympathy with the instruction. Al
though admitting that the Filipino sol
diers abuse them, they still protec
these soldiers from the American
scouting parties. They claim TO hav'
communication with AguinaldO. Ia
ternO. in the northern mountains o
Manila, is full Of civil and military OF
ficialS of all ranks of Aguinaldos gov
ernment, who were captured or sur
rendered, and who were brought her
and released on promise TO retrall
from agitation.
Small Faith i'm Promises.
While many of the insurgent muniC
ipal o GERS we're continued in ONCE o.
taking the cath Of allegiance, resident
who are acquainted with them hav
little faith in their adherence to thel
promises. All the civil officials of TAI
lac. capital Of the province OF tina
name, numbering eleven persons, haV
been arrested and charged with plo'
. ting, and two insurgents have bee
/, captured at Malabon with incrimina'
, ing papers and $1,000 collected froI
the natives. Some Of the municip;
governments appear loyal and e.
ficient. On the other hand n Amer
can general declares he believes tha
the majority in his province are agen'
Of the instruction.
A fresh issue Of insurgent pamphlet
, is being circulated, asserting that I'll
, American promises of good COVER
ment are merely a mask for con
merc,al e]xpl0itation of the Philippine
quoting Senator B~everidge's speeC
and an editorial from a WashingtC
newspaper headed Let us Be HoheSt
: The trial IF the guerrilla charged WI,
murder is finished. and 1t is belleV'
the commissions verdict will be gullt
Indictments against others have pe'
9 prepared.
: No News From Bates.
; No report has been received tro
q Gen. Bates expedition. He has pro
a abIy moved inland, where commune
!, ton with him is impracticable. II
army throughout Luzon is workli
v hard, securing the country for insu
- gents and killing a few daily. The Sc
ton from Manila to Dagupan a De
thoroughly cleaned. Gen. Funston OIL
Col. KEENAN, took 200 men through {
mountains to Balor without meetl
, an ipsurgent. In the southern pro
'" inces the insurgents continue 10 nara
. the American gaTrisons by night ue