The San Francisco call., 1901-12-23
REBELS ACTIVE
AROUND MANILA
Governor Refuses to Ex-
tend Military Rule to
Provinces.
Soldiers and Scouts Engage
Insurgents and Kill
Twenty-Eight.

MANILA, Dec. 22-General Chaffee has
requested that the province of Tayabas
be again placed under military rule ow-
ing TO the concentration there of insur-
gents from the provinces Of Laguna and
6atangas, who are fleeing from the Amer
lcans under General Bell. Acting Cover
aor Wright has refused the request. be-
ieNing that the constabulary operating
with the garrison will be sufficient to pre-
serve order in Tayabas
General Davis, with the concurrence of
General Wade, the department comman-
Ger, has made a similar request for the
establishment Of military rule at Misa-
mis-, island Of Mindanao, in order to IA
c1htate the suppression Of the aggravat-
ing disamectiOn prevailing there.
IL is reasonable to expect minor dis
IurDances during the approaching dry
season after the harvest is gathered, as
me people OF the provinces will then be
Two native priests and two Presidentes
nave been arrested for aiding the inSur-
gents In addition to this a charge Of
counterfeiung is made against them, an
OUtnt Tor making bogus money having
been found concealed behind the altar OF
q church where the priests Ofhciated.
Commissioner Ide, who has been sick
for week, is going to the hospital. His
Sickness is the result OF OYerWOrk. All
The Commissioners are working very
hsro. The absence Of Governor TAFT Grip
pies the efficiency Of the government.
The newspapers are agltating the ap-
pointment Of an additional lawyer on the
commission.
The transport Meade reports having en-
cOuntereo a typhOOn, during which three
OF her boats and matches were smashed
ana ner cargo damaged. There were sew
eral accidents TO her engines and ice plant
during the passage.
Troops Defeat the Insurgents.
a Captain John S. Park Jr., with thirty
? men OF the Iwenty-hrst Infantry, encoun-
tered sixty insurgents last week at Ala
mlnos, IN Laguna Province. -Four of the
enemy were killed, several guns were cap
tured and their barracks were destroyed
General Bell, who is in command or thS
American forces in Batangas Province
Luzon, has praised Lieutenant James ID
1tlfopo, who while scouting with Troop L
Of the First Cavalry routed an insurgeni
force IN that province.
Lieutenant Tilford located q rebel
stronghold on top Of a hill near the town
OF Batangas. He surrounded the enemy
under cover Of night and attacked them
at daylight Their surprise was complete
Nineteen insurgents were killed while at
tempting TO escape. Lieutenant Ill5orc
rounds Of ammunition.
A detachment of scouts Of the Second
Infantry also had small engage7m1Ieen! 7L1IeI
with the insurgents, in which they killed
nine men and captured four.
Lieutenant John d. Hartman Of the
First Cavalry during an expedition en-
cOuntered the enemy six separate time:
without losing one of his men. He de
strOYed several barracks.
Army Expenses Are Still Heavy.
Every effort TO decrease the expense
Of the American army in the Philippine
Is having little effect owing to the in
crease Of army stations, due partly to tn
activity OF the insurgents on the ISLAM
OF Samar in Batangas and Tayabas prov
inces and IN other places. and also to tn
establishment Of municipal government
IN many towns which has necessitated tn
sending Of troops there to preserve order
General Chahee, speaking on the situa
ton IN the islands, said he cOnsidere
the conditions in the Philippines to b
hopeful, and that by the end of Februar
all the turbulent provinces will have bee
pacifed. General Chaffee eXcepts the Isl
and Of Ssmar, however, which viii prot
ably require some months longer. Their
the situation demands a policy Of rigi
starvation and the giving of food only [
those who surrender or stay in the town:
The closing Of the port in Laguna an
Batangas provinces, in LuzOn, has had
most salutary effect, as the measure ha
resulted in touching the pockets Of tn
Manila FilipinOs who have been aidin
the insurgents.
The former are anxious now for peac'
and are working TO that end. In order
hasten matters these Filipinos will co-oI
crate with the forces under General Be
IN Batangas and Laguna.