New-York tribune., 1902-04-23
MORE LIGHT ON PHILIPPINES.
GENERAL CHAFFEE REPORTS ON THE SI7UATON-C4A
PAIGN AGAINST THE MOPOS.
1EN. CHAFFEE'S REPORT.
THE WALLER COURT MARTIAL-MORO
DISTURBANCES NOT SERIOUS
MANY SURRENDERS.

Washington April 22.-The War Department
has made public a report from General Chaiiee'
GATED March IL, which epitomizes the situatlon
In The various parts Of the Philippine Archipe-
lago in a manner particularly satisfactory TO the
officials here in view of the Congressional de-
nand for exact and late information General
Chaffee refers to the Waller court martial then
about TO convene, and touches on the Moro uis-
turbances. forecastng the ultimate settlement
checks off the work accomplished toward reduc-
ing posts and speaks of the initiation OF the
movement for Malvars surrender. "hlch mas
been since brought about.
The chief parts of the report as made puoh'
are as follows:
A general court martial of Importance meets
here to-day You will probably nouce lh @ ths
Associated Press dispatches that IL Is loF tLe
trial OF Ma jor Waller and Lieutenant Day .! 'iie
Marine Corps. The purpose of this trlal is W
inquire into an unlawful execution OF some hf
tiyes by these officers The cause OF the eNeeu
ton is alleged to be that the natives turned on On
the marines in the mountains and trleo 10 tahe
+he life of Lieutenant Williams The naiiNE9
came ONT of the mountains with the command.
however and when sent to Basey from Iacioi ts
it reported TO Major Waller Una, IT, siis Tarne
Corps, and in other ways turned TRAITORS W '"e
Maior Waller on what think a very slight
inquiry ordered them executed. They were ms
prisoners at the time. and of course sh"uIu
have been tried If believed to be guiI'y Vi 'e
am Investigating or two other instances
where 1t is alleged prisoners have been Shot'
Report has not been received.
THE MORO DISTURBANCES.
While at vigan received a dispatch about the
Moro disturbances and replied from there
Sucf incidents need not occasion much anxiety;
they are liza bic to in various provinces TOT
q year or So for it must be remembered oh1t
very many OF the people like ladronis1n. aS
we call it out here. and perhaps think IT easier
10 make a living by theft rather than honest
toll.
The Presdente Of Cainta has been strong
friend of the Americans for a long time, and
has done much to assist them in securing arms
in that province. He has undoubtedly made
for himself by this course many enemies. ana
doubt this had something to do with his
being kidnapped. The parties who did this. as
we believe, belong 70 the vicinity Of this place.
The Presidente eSc-f.-; from them. A few only
OF this band have g. far been captured.
Since November &C lave abandoned 212 sta
tions This has been accomplished mainly by
Withdrawing detachments into the station OF
the captain.
General Bell continues TO capture arms AMI
In the lid Brigade as well as receiving
EurTenders almost daily Since December he
has secured nearly 900 guns of various kinds,
and / presume that at least three thousand
men have been captured or surrendered in the
same time
task down there, we are daily finding arms and
picking up and receiving suTrenders
the very ground that has been most carefully
covered gone over with u large force spread
out during the first two weeks OF January. What
we are getting now were secreted then, and we
have no knowledge that shall succeed en-
tirely in obtaining all the arms secreted there
throughout the country II is very important
tha. we get hold of all the arms possible for
IL is with these arms that the ladrones will
ate trouble when military operations cease In
Cavite Province, which adtons Manila, we are
satisfied there are many arms secreted, hut these
probably viii remain hidden for long time.
MALvAR AND THE JrNTA
Sehor Dancel called on me and requested that
a letter he had written MalVar be sent TO him,
or. preferred. be taken to him by himself.
II appears that Dancel has lately been in Hong
Kong where he had talk with the Junta- The
Junta authorized him TO say 20 Malvar that he
might bartender: that they believed he ought to
do SO, as Ii was now to the advantage OF the
Junta and the Philippine people that hosttlities
should cease, otherwise the Congress of the
United States not likely 10 do anything in
political way for the islands II seems some
what remarkable that the Junta would not
write a letter 70 Malvar and append their sig
natures TO it, In order tnat II might be presented
as evidence which could be disputed but
this they would not do. SO il seems TO me that
they are not honest men. Last fall they in
structed to prolong the war in order TO force the
United States TO legislat for their Independence;
a least they believed they would gain that in
political way by prolonging the war
Under the instructions Of the Junta. MalV3r
has remained out and has carried on the war
Now they have changed tactics and want the
TO cease. but they are unwilling 70 append
their signatures to a paper which Will convince
Malvar of their sincerity Maivar himself is
suspicious of everybody, his neighbors and
friends and il is next to impossible TO COM
muncate with him.
Lukban since his arrest has written many let
ters to his officers still in the woods. advising
them to surrender these have been sent out by
General Smith to the parties to whom addressed,
and we hear that they will have conference
somewhere near the head of the Gandara River
talk matters
We hear also that Gavorra. who was next in
command in Samar to Lukban. instead of
Abuko. / mentioned in my last letter. has
issued orders forbdding officers to pay any at
tention 10 communications they may receive
from Lukban, he is no longer in situation
to advise them give them directions. If this
be true Of course we have another party to
contend with down there and think Ii prOba-
bic IL is true; II Is on this scheme that the In
surrecto government is built up: like regiment,
1t always has commanding officer.
Since Lukban has been captured. a captain,
lieutenant. 140 bOlOmen about twenty riflemen.
one iron cannon and twenty-one rifles have been
surrendered 10 Captain Bell at Laguan. which
IS on the north end of Samar.