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Show INSURGENTS ACCRESSIVE. L'nlted States Troop Kept In the Trenohet Sleeping In Their Clothing. Manila, May 30. The approach of the wet season finds the insurrection seemingly taking a new lease of life-All life-All along the American lines the rebels are showing more aggressive act'.vity in their guerilla style, than any time before or since the fall of Ma'.olos. They keep the United States troops in the trenches, sleeping in their clothing and constantly on the alert against dashes on our outposts and then make life warm for the American garrisons in the towns. The bands of General Luna and Gen" eral Mascardo, which retreated toward Tarlac when they feared they would be caught between General McArthur and General Lawton, have returned in force to their old trenches around San Feanando, where there arc daily collisions. col-lisions. Opposite our lines on the touth, protecting Manila, all the way around to San 1'edro Maeati, the Filipinos Fili-pinos have three rows of trenches most of the distance. lieports from prisoners indicate that (he insurgents const rue the peace negotiations ne-gotiations to mean that the Americans have had enough of fighting. The Filipinos are encouraged by the belief that the Americans are preparing for an interval of inactivity during the wet season. This period is sure to be followed fol-lowed by much suffering. Thousands of acres of land that were under cultivation culti-vation last year have not been plowed this year and the government will probably be obliged to feed thousands just as it fed the Cubans. |