The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
THE INSURGENTS
ARE UNWHIPPED.
Aqmnaldo's Followers Determined
Not to Give Up Fight.
MANY TRAITORS FOUND.
American Officers Know Not
Whom to Trust.

Reports reacn 'ho aeeo0'" -.
from various sources, including army
officers and the heads Of commercaai
houses with agents throughout the IS.
laads, of continued activity among the
insurgents who are endeavoring g
keep alive the armed opposition 70 the
United States and are planning TO con-
tinue the insurrection with gusrriiia
warfare on a larger scale wher tne
rainy season begins.
A person holding position second
only to that of the governor general
tells the Associated Press he 10 con-
vinced that the insurgent orgsnizatioa
has been remarkably rehabilitated dur
ing the past month, particularly ,nS
the northern provinces. He says thes
insurgents have a secret organizatlon
patterned after the Katipunsn meth
DDS, even in the strongest garrisoned
towns, affording perfect means o. com
munication, and that the mach3nsry e
managed from Manila, some o. the
leaders being Filipinos pretending e.
be supporters of the American admiH
istration, and many of the municipal
governments installed by the army
forming part of the machinery.
Two correspondents Of leadsDg
American weeklies who have tTsyeiea.
for month in Benguel and Hocog
with letters to insurgent chiefs, going
alone fifty miles from garrisons ana
being everywhere Hospitality receiveds
say the people make no secret Of theix
sympathy with the insurrection. AZ
though admitting that the Filipino sOt-'
diers abuse them, they still protess|
these soldiers from the American scouts
ing parties. They claim to hsye com:
munication with aguinaldo. Pstssnos
| in the northern mountains OF Man1ta
| is full OF civil and military officials -
all ranks of Aguinaldo's gcvernmenf
who were captured or surrendered ana:
who were brought here and released,
on promises to refraia from agitation.
While many of the insurgent mum
ciyal officers were continued in once
| on taking the oath of allegiance, rem
dents who are acquainted with them
have little faith in their adherence 81
their promises. ALI the civil ofiicislD
of Tarlac, capital Of the province ok
that name, numbering eleven persons
have been arrested and charged wath
| plotting, and two insurgents have becu
captured at Malabon with incriminatr
ing papers and 81, 900 collected rom
the natives.
Some of the municipal governments
appea, loyal and efficient. On the
other hand, one American general de-
clares that he believes the majority y
his province are agents OF the insuf-
rection.
A fresh issue of insurgent pamphlets
is being circulated, asserting that the
American promises Of good govern
ment are merely q mask for comma
cial exploitation of the Philippians,
quoting Senator Beveridge's speech
and an editorial from Washingtou
newspaper headed 'Let 0s Be Hon;
est" 8.
The trial of the guerrilla charged
with murder is finished and it is be-
lieved the commissions verdict VIII Be
guilty. Indictments against Others
have been prepared.
No report has been received from
General Bates's expedition. he has
probably moved inland, where com
munication with him is imprscticable,
The army throughout the island @
Luzon is working, securing the couns
try for insurgents and killing tew
daily. The section from Maniia q
Dagupan has been thoroughly cleared,
the scouting parties being unable g
find any insurgents. General Fun:
ston and Colonel Kennan took 2Qo
men through the mountains TO Bsler,
on the eastern coast, without meeting
an insurgent. But they are active
along the northern coast from Dag1'
pan to Aparri. Occasional reports
come of an American soldier being
killed or disappearing. In the south
ern provinces the insurgents continus
to harrass the American garrisons ps
NIGHT demonstrations. e