Show STORM CENTER ON S1ES S Gen Otis Considers it to be in and About Manila 1 0 INSURGENTJUNTA IS ACTIVE Military Authorities Havo Put n S Stop to tlia Lender Talking to tho 0 Public ns His Utterances are Cal I 0 culated to Incite the Filipinos to j I j i a Continued Ueolt Severn Prominent S I inent Insurgents Have been Plnced Under Arrest in IJanUa Humors 0 of Rebel Reorganization in Morong ManIla MarchIS Gen Otis considers 0 consid-ers Manila the most troublesome center In the situation today Tlic insurgent junta here in conjunction with that In Hongkong Is growing active The military authorities have been forced S to nut a stop to Mnblnls Intercourse 0 wl lth the public Thelocal und foreign 0 uroHfl considers his recent utterances cnlcnlaiocl to inolto the Fllljinoi lo n continued revolt und prejudicial to S American control Florer who hat Just arrived here says he conicvs trusting to American Iciiipnci nnd that ho would not have dared to come to Manila if Spain were 5 yet In control He cherishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him in S the Held and wnUhes Congressional 0 action upon the question of the Philippines 0 Philip-pines The insurgents he sayn do not expiMl to vanquish the Americans but nre maintaining a resistance with the idea of forcing fongress accord them Iho best possible terms A number of repivHenltitlvo insurgent 0 I I I leaders rom different pnrln of Luzon I 0 Jiave recently lJefl in conference uL S Manila Some of them have been nlaced under arrest hut the others thus S 0 tar have not been Interfered with I oUls Spltxel head of the Arm of Louis Spltxol Co conlitictors of the riilnese Government L and hlniBelf Jt Hiispected filibuster came from Hong S kong to Manila layl veek and was tern 0 jjorarlly detained In custody on suspicion S 0 S picion tIt i It is iss rled on good authority that S three loads of annrf and ammunition have reiently boon landed on the east roust of J uzon fapl Taylor of the Thlrlynlnlh reglmont recently Cal lured twelve new latisera nca Jalaui bu a Reports are cnrrcm liere of active rebel i reorganization in I he province uC lorong where the insurgent loaders I sire said lo be assisted by prominent S Kpanlsh rccidcnls Inhabitants of that province who are now In Manila have lMen advised not in return to their I 0 homos but lo remain under the protection pro-tection of the Americans It Js also reported that the rebels nro reorganizing In the province of amhales under risenrdo 3rigands are committing atroclllcx In time nrovinco of Neuva Reign where they iav6 murdered twenty jiatives and a S CMilnaman Eight other murders have been committed near amine The NenI vn JJrlga Insurgents are heavily taxIng tax-Ing local traders ami farmers with the 0 result that butlness JM paralyzed and S IJiore In a general scarcity of food The funds for maintaining this i guerrilla guer-rilla warfare itrouollevled from the various towns of the island whether occupied oc-cupied by the Americans or not evenS even-S Including Manila 0 In the province of Albany the insurgents 0 insur-gents have ceased harrasslng the Amer jeans owing it is reported to a Jack of ammunition but they continueS continue-S ravaging tire Iouniryby ininring mur lootlng The nnthes are tiring of this S KorL of thing and threaten to turn nsralnst the maraudeiv Already the 0 townspeople of Loyuspl Albay ud Den S zel are slowly returning lo their homes S MuJ Allen uf the Fortythird regiment F regi-ment has been appointed military Oov crime of lime lyland of Samar where 3ukban the former leader of time rebels in that locality Is still In the mountains S S Gen Kobbu has opwied twenty ports 0 0 In the southern fart of IjU on and In 0 1ho Islands of Sainar and JJeyte Ihe S 0 result of which is lo stimulate trade 0 there although only temporarily aa the 0 country opened is nnnproduiiive and 0 apparently nonoonsuhiing Owing to the political conditions of the last twelve monlliH products accumulated 0 during the blockado These will be Hblppflfrt t Manilaand then the ports S vill be empty 0S x 0 rKvlduiice ureumulatcs of the treason and perfidy of the municipal presidents 0 In time provinces of Gen MncArthurw S illslrlct The presldvnls of several I owns 5n lApanIo and Union provinces hive declined to continue In their pn Hltlons saying that they do not desire < tiny further identlllcatlon with the S Americans Travel between the towns garrisoned by the Americans Is becoming 0 becom-ing more dangerous All wagon trains must bo i escorted by heavy guards in order to insure their safety Two antS ant-S IfuHhos wore narrowly averted recently pmnll traveling parties are attacked S Hlngle travelers frequently disappear or S are found dead S |