Show LATEST FROM THE PHILJPPINE An Endeavor Made to Get Assistance As-sistance From the Japanese RICH MEN ARE INTERESTED NUMEROUS ARRESTS Of SLSlECTED INDIVIDLIVLS HAVE BEE MADE1 I More AM ful Stories Arc Reported of Shocking Atrocities on IJolli Sides A Priest Who Divulged a Secret Caught In a Content Flayed to Death and Then Iloasteil Arresth of Stick AutHcs Continue TACOMA Wash Oct 30The steamer Victoria which arrived late yesterday afternoon from Yokohama brings the latest tidings concerning the Philippine war The Hong Kong Press of Sept 30 says that the town of Manila on the Philippine Islands is surrounded by a strong guard of sentinels sen-tinels and the residents sleep with revolvers under their pillows Pedro Roxas Captain Levis is still In jail The Press continued There is no doubt that there is a great deal of truth in the rumor that the Philippines endeavored to get assistance as-sistance from the Japanese as one of the active participators in the attempt a wellknown doctor has been arrested and thrown into prison RICH MEN IN IT There is also a belief that certain people in Hong Kong have been assisting as-sisting in organizing the rebellion and it is a wellknown fact that about a month ago one of the leading and richest rich-est of the insurgents came here from Manila to confer with friends in the colony about details of the plot Manila papers to hand continue to record numerous arrests and dismissals dismis-sals from office of convicted or suspected sus-pected individuals The names of 3S schoolmasters of various parishes In the province of Incaviter are given whose whereabouts are unknown and whO being suspected of having joined the rebels are suspended from office In Cavlte the position appears to remain re-main as last reported the rebels being in possession of the province with the exception of the town and arsenal AWFUL STORIES More awful stories are circulated of shocking atrocities committed on both sides A woman who confessed the plot to a priest is now under the protection pro-tection of the government while the priest who divulged the secret was among those caught in the convent at Imus and he was flayed to death and then roasted I Arrests of rich natives continue to be made and no one knows what his fate will be From the province of I Batangas it was reported that late in September there Jiadbeena seditious risingin the parish of Tuy in which it was estimated that 1000 persons took part Seventy men of the government forces stationed there defended themselves them-selves heroically and next day large reinforcements arrived bringing the number up to 1200 when the rebels were dispersed with great loss It was stated that the force in the provincial capital was sufficient for all contingencies The convent was fortified for-tified and 23 priests from the surrounding surround-ing parishes had taken refuge there A volunteer force had been formed |