Show A PURE FABRICATION Story About Ge1 I Philippines I Unfounded Washington Sept 24The officials of the war department pronounce to be without foundation in fact the alarmist alarm-ist stories coming from sources in San Francisco that Germany had shown any disposition to arm the Philippine insur I gents with a view of inducing them to harrass the American amy at Mania The officials stated to be positively untrue un-true that this government had received any such information I is undoubtedly undoubt-edly a act that some apprehOnsion was caused at an early stage of the war by the attitude of the German naval forces in Mania harbor But so far as can be learned that difficulty has been smoothed away and there has been no recurrence of unpleasant incidents in those Quarters Information scarcely official yet worthy of credence has reached Washington Wash-ington to Indicate that Germany would much desire a coaling station in the Philippines preferably taking the Island of Palawan for that urpose Jurpose But it is not supposed that Germany would undertake to assert any claim in that quarter unless there should be a clear exhibition on the part of the tyo nations properly interested in the Phi ippinesthe United States andSpain of a di posfton to consent to a division or the island On this point the American Amer-ican peace commissioner have been fully instructed A fpr the statement that German was sending 150000 rifles to arm the Insurgents it was said at the war department de-partment that such an act would constitute con-stitute a casus heW and It was not supposed for a moment that there was any truth in it I |