Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-23
s,itomIzes Situation in Various
Parts Of Philippines.
WALLER COURT MARTIAL
..,.r.d Natives Executed ON what
e..srsi Thinks IS Very slight In
qulry-Praises Belrs Work.

washington, April 22,-The war de-
,.,,ment has made public a report
,,om Gen. Chaffee, dated March II,
which epltomizes the situation In the
,..,,ous parts Of the Philippine archi-
rslsro in a manner that Is particularly
,.usfaetory TO the officials here, In
,sw Of the congressional demand for
sract and late information. Gen. Chat
az refers TO the Waller court-martial,
non about TO convene, and touches
uoon the Morong disturbances, fore
eating the ultimate settlement; checks
an the work accomplished toward re-
auc,ng posts and speaks Of the initla-
,on az The movement for Malvar's sur
,Snaer an event which has since been
thought about. The chief parts Of the
,eport as made public are as follows
IA general court-martial OF import
snce meets here-today. You will prob
shIy notice In the American press dis
rstches that Il Is for the trial OF Maj.
waller and Lieut.. Day OF the marine
CORDS. The purpose Of this trial Is to
,ro,,lre into an unlawful execution OF
some natives by these officers, The
cause OF the execution Is alleged to be
hat the natives turned on the marines
h the mountains and tried to take the
Hie OF Lieut.. Williams. The natives
came out Of the mountains with the
Command, however, and were sent to
Basey from Taceloban.
III was reported TO Maj. Waller that
they had assaulted Lieut.. Williams OF
me marine corps, and In other ways
tuned traitors to the command, Maj.
Waller on what / think Is very slight
Inquiry, ordered them executed. They
we're his prisoners at the time, and, OF
course should have been tried II be-
leyed 10 be guilty of the offense al
eged. am investigating one or two
ether instances where 1t is alleged pris-
oners have been shot. Report has not
been received.
while at Yigan l received a els-
patch about the Morong disturbances,
and replied from there. Such incidents |
need not cause much anxiety. They are
liable to occur In various provinces for
year or so, for II must be remem-
tered that very many of the people like
Iadronlsm, as we call II out here, and
perhaps think II easier to make living
hy theft rather than honest toll
The presidente of Sainta has been a
strong friend OF the Americans for a
dng time and has done much to assist
hem In securing peace In that pro-
Iince. He has Undoubtedly made for
,mself by his course many enemies.
nd no doubt this had something to do
nth his being kidnapped. The parties
'Ao did this, as we believe, belong In
h vicinity OF this place. The presi-
tsite escaped from them.
Since Nov. we have abandoned 2l2
'iatOns, This has been accomplished
lahly by Withdrawing detachments.
Gen. Bell continues to capture arms
I'd men in the third brigade, as we'll as
ceiylng sprrenders almost daily. Since
ecember he has secured nearly $500
ms OF various kinds, and | presume
at at least 5000 men have been cap
red or surrendered in the same time.
TO show how difficult 1t Is TO ac-
mplish our task down there, we are
NY finding arms and picking zip men
d receiving surrenders on the very
ound that has been most carefully
vered or gone over with large force
read out during the first two weeks
January What we are getting now
re secreted then, and we have no
owledge that even we shall succeed
lrely In obtaining all the arms Sc.
lied there or thro ughOut the coun-
II is very important that we get
q OF all the arms possible. for 1t Is
n these arms that the ladrones viii
ate trouble when military operation
ses.
senior Dancel called on me and re-
SIZED that letter he had written TO ..
war be sent to hirn or, as he pre-
'ed, be taken TO him by himself. II
ears that Dancel has lately been In
lgkong, where he had a talk with
lunta. The junta authorized him 2
ay TO Malvar that lpe must surren- \
mat they believed he ought to do so. p
! was now to the advantage Of the <
"a and the Philippine people that
nlltles should cease, otherwise the (,
gress OF the United States was not p
y 10 DO anything IN a political way II
lne Islands. II see ms remarkable Il
lnls Junta would not write a letter 3,
ialVar and append their signatures L
IN order that Il might be pre- Il
ca as evidence which could not be n
uled, but this they gould not do, A
seems to me they are not honest W
u.