The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-20
FIVE DANCER SPOTS
GEN. CHAFFE,E REPORTS ON THE
EXTENT OF DISTURBED AREA
IN PHILIPPINES
GUERRILLAs HAVE BEST OF IT
Posing as Friends, They at the Same
Time Act as Enemies Almost
With Impunity-Brigand;~
IL Trying Problem.

MANILA, Jan. 19.-Gen. Chaffee, in the
annual report which has just been issued,
sums up the situation from the military
point of view by saying that the prov
inces Of Batangas and Laguna in South
ern Luzon, and the islands of Samar,
Mindoto and Cebu constitute the disturb
ed area in which bodies Of insurgents in
force are to be found.
Gen. Chaffee says the prolongation Of
guerrilla warfare is due to the physical
character of the country and to the
nature of the warfare carried on by the
insurgents, who in the same hour pose
as friends and act as enemies to the
humanity displayed by the American
troops of which the insurgents take ad-
vantage; and to the fear of assassina-
ton on the part of those natives who
are friendly disposed reward the Ameri-
cans, should they give the latter informa-
ton concerning the movements Or where
abouts Of the insurgents
Organizing Civil Government.
Municipal and provincial governments
are being organized. These governments
have not yet received a practical trial.
They constitute the only certain and
| reliable method of ascertaining the prog
ress Of the Filipinos toward self-govern-
ment
According to the opinion of army oiti-
GERS, the disaster to Company C, of the
Ninth infantry, at Belangiga, Samar,
when forty-eight men were killed. is at
| tributed to the too great confidence of
these men in territory which they as
| sumed to be pacified
In the same report Judge Advocate
| Groesbock says the suppression of brig
! andage will probably be one of the most
| try!ng problems of the future. If the
military arm be left free to deal with
the marauders, there is no doubt Of their
Hhal suppression. The presence of the
| civil government complexities the situa-
uon considerably. With the civil and
military authorizes working IN harmony.
says Judge GrOesbock, no evfl resultc
! should be anticipated
A report has been received that 4 ding
cut canoe, in which eleven men of Com
| pany I, Of the Second infantry, were
! travelling, is missing and is probably lost
! II IS DeHeFed the men either perished or
were captured.
Surprising Piece of News.
Gen Wade has cabled from Cebu that
500 insurgents surrendered on the island
OF Bohol last Friday. The authorities
mere say that this statement is astonish-
| ing, if accurate, as the secret service
had tailed to learn of the existence of
any such body Of insurgents on Roho1
An important capture was made in La
guna province, Luzon, when eight meo
OF the Eighth infantry captured a woman
lnsurgent named Aqueda Kahabagan
@ S@he recently commanded an irsurgent
force Of 800 men, 800 of whom carried
rifles, while 500 were armed with holoe
For SIX years past she has been leadino
lnsurgent bands against the Spanish and
the Americans
Gen. j. Franklin Bell is still active in
batanSas province, Luzon. A recent en-
gagement in this province in whics the
insurgents We're defeated with severe loss
| resulted in the woundinr of ono Ay1ori
can officer and the killing of one nrivata
Col. Theodore J. Wint, of the Sixtb
cavalry, Who is operating in Batangae
ana Laguna provinces, reports numerous
small engagements