The Atlanta constitution., 1901-12-16
REIGN OF TERROR ON
IN THE PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS.
Natives Are Fighting To Prevent
Being Concentrated in Camps.
General Bell Anticipates
Speedy determination
of Irreconcilables.

Manila. December 50.-Thousands OF
people are leaving Bataugas province
| for places of safety.
General James NJ. Bell reports an en-
gagement between a force of Insurgents
| at Labo. province of Camarines. ana q
detachment of the Twentieth infantry
Three Americans were killed. Inc loss
of the enemy is believed to have oeei'
heavy.
General Bell anticipates a speedy eA-
termination of irreconcilables.
A large force of insurgents recehuy at
tackled the town of Lipa. province Oh ba-
tangas. killing one soldier and severai
Americanistas Troop j.. OF the fltS'
cavalry. killed ten of them pelorc 'Ho
Insurgents force escaped. Ihe hdUNeS
are stirred up by the closing of the ports
and bitterly object to recommendation u, oo
A Filipino force of 200 riiiemen ana foo
bolomen recently attacked Nagpar'
province of north llocos. Company ~
Eighth infantry. drove OIL inc e"'i'S
killing eleven OF them.
The supreme court today dismissed
the writ of habeas corpus in the case Oh
Patterson. the Engiishman, private sec
retary to Sixto Lopez, whose deportation
is sought by the authorizes, as ne reluSeo
to take the oath of allegiance 10 the
United States when he landed al Mallla.
Justice Cooper dissented Patterson VIII
be deported on the first steamer pound
for Hong Kong.
Cannibalism Charged To FilipinoS.
Washington. December n.-ln his an
nual report General Chatfce assigned as
one Of the principal factors in the pro-
longaticn of the affarc in the Fhllp-
mines To terrible vengeance visited on any
native who is even suspected OF irlehu-
linoss to the American cause. In pass
ing upon the ease of Filipino recently
tried by courtmartial for such crime,
General Chaffee said:
AS gueri la ard all other bandit
chiefs have no shadow OF lawful author
itv 10 take the lives OF the Inhabitants
of these Islands, and it is the duty ot the
United States to protect all in the on
joyment of their lives and property, the
warning. often given, Will be repeated
until an shall heed it. that both the
chiefs who order and the followers who
obey their orders to dc murder, must.
upon conviction thereof. expect To Suiier
the extreme penalties OF the law.
Cannibalism has appeared among the
crimes changed against Filipinos by
American military courts. According to
the record of cuurtmartiai in the de-
partment Of the Niscayas. p. J., Ray
mun0p FOnte. a native, found his work
ing companion. Liberato Berllro, sleep
ing IN his (Fontes) boat
Fonte became cnragcC and killed the
slumbcring man with a blow Of an oar,
cut off his nose auj caIs. and, accord
ing to his owa confession, cCoked and
ate pat OF the body.
lie was sentenced to be hanged at Ca
pz Panay, IN the 18th inst.
\ military commission ieaded by Major
Henry 5. Turril surgeon, sentenced Juan
{ liVar. a Filipino. to be hanged. Olivdr
was the leader of a band OF LadroGes
which made an attack upon the house OF
/ Tcodoro Labrador. prcsidente of Minea,
Pauay. and capture him. his brother,
daughter ana a policeman. The grand
mother, sodmothe1 and daughter We're
shot To death IN the vicinity ct the caD-
turc; Labrador, his wife and the poll ,a-
BilleC with bolOs. The brother made his
escape. incidentally Olivar and his Band
robbed Labrador Of sevc nty-elght carls,
$40 pesos and other articles.
Murdered Entire Family.
a band of Tulisaucs armed with bolos
rifles and dlggers killed eleven members
of the Echevarria family at Naro, Mas
bate. on August H. l9Oo for the sole rea-
son that the victims were Spaniards
Two members of the band were brought
To trial and were sentenced to be hang
ed. but in view of the fact that the
more responsible participants in this
crime already had paid the death penal
tY. the sentences Were cOmmutcd 10y Gen
{ oral Chaffee To life Imprisonment.
Ygnecio SiaOtong, an iEsurgent leader.
operating against the AmerlcSn govern
Tncnt after having taken the oath of al
lcglaRCe, was sentenced to hang for mur-
doring a native woman suspected OF
friendIness to the United States.