Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-20
Gen, ChaHee Makes Report About
The Philippines,
CAUSE OF The TROUBLE.
Humanity Of tho Americans WAY he
Responsible In Part Cor Length
OF War.

Manila, Jan. l9-Gen. Chaffee, In the
annual report which has just been is
sued. sums up the situation from the
military point OF view by saying that
the provinces Of Batangas and Laguna
In southern Lu2on and the islands Of
samar Mndoro ana Cebu constitute
the disturbed area in which bodies OF
insurgents in force are TO be found.
Gen. Chaflee says the prolongQton Of
guerilla warfare is due 10 the phygi-
cal character Of the country and to
the nature of the warfare carried on
by the insurgents, who In the same
hour pose as friends aud act as ene-
niles 10 the humanity displayed by
the American troops OF which the in
surgents take advantages and to the
fear Of assassination on the part Of
those natives who are friendly dis
posed toward the Americans should
they give the latter information con-
corning the movements or whereabouts
of the insurgents.
Municipal and provisional govern
ments are being organized. These
governments have not yet received n
practical trial, They constitute the
only certain and reliable method Of as
pertaining the progress Of the Filipinos
toward sef-government,
According to the opinion Of army oni-
GERS the disaster TO company G. OF the
Ninth infantry at Batangas, samar
when forty.cight men were killed is
attributed to the too great confidence
Of these men In the territory which
they assumed to be paclned
In the same report, Judge Advocate
Grosbeck says the suppression OF bril-
gandage viii probably be one Of the
most trying problems Of the future
If the military arm be left free TO
deal with the marauders there ~ no
doubt Of their final suppression But
the presence Of the civil government
complexities the situation considerably.
With the civil and military authorities
working in harmony, says Judge
Groesbeck, no evil results should be
anticipated.
A report has been received here that
q dugOut canoe In which eleven men Of
company l OF the Second infantry were
travelling IS missing and Is probably
lost. II Is believed that the men either
persisted or We're captured
Gen. Wade has cabled from Cebu
that 1856 insurgents surrendered on the
island Of Bohol last Friday. The au-
thoritles here say that this statement
IL astonishing. II acurate, as the Sc
cret service had failed TO learn OF the
existence Of any such body Of insur-
gents on Bohol.
An important capture was made IN
Laguna province, Luzon. when eight
men Of the Eighth infantry captured q
woman insurgent named Aqueda Ka.
habagan. She recently commanded an
insurgent force Of 800 men, 800 OF whom
carried rifles, while 500 were armed
with bolos, For six years past she has
been leading insurgent bands against
the Spaniards and the Americans.
Gen. j. Franklin Bell Is still active IN
Batangas province, Luzon. A recent
engagement IN this province. In which
the insurgents were defeated with Sc
we're loss, resulted In the woundng OF
one American officer and the killing OF
one private
Col Theodore J. Whit Of the Sixth
cavalry, who ls operating in Batangas
and Laguna provinces, reports nume-
rous small engagements,