| Show I SEGBET GUN FORMED Officials of IViisams i Mindanao i Min-danao Are Traitors ALL ARE GUILTY OF TREASON I Gen Davis Requests That the Province Prov-ince Again Be Placed Under Military I Mili-tary ControlGen Wade Indorses the Request Declaring Ends of Justice Jus-tice Peace and Good Government Will Soonest Be Obtained by Restoration Re-storation of Military Control Several Sev-eral Small Fights With Rebels I I I Manila Dcc 22Con George TV Davis Da-vis commanding at Zamboanga island of Mindanao has requested that the province of Mlsamls Mindanao again be placed under military control Gen Davis has proof that the recently elected Presldente and vicecouncilors and the leading men of Cagayan DC Misamis are guilty of treason in furnishing fur-nishing ammunition to the insurgents I within the past month The fiscal of I the province of Mlsamis is also implicated impli-cated The evidence shows that all these men are members of the secret Katlpunan society WADE INDORSES REQUEST Gen James F Wade commanding the American forces ou Ccbu Island concurs in and Indorses time request of Gen Davis and reviewing the situation I situa-tion In Mindanao says he Is satisfied that tho ends of justice peace and good government will i I i soonest be obtained by the restoration of military control to the province of Misamls and to overcoming of all insistence to that authority au-thority COMMISSION MAY REFUSE It is expected that the United States Philippine commission will refuse this request as they did < a similar application applica-tion made by l Gen Chaffee concerning the province l > of Tabuyas Luzon where the rebels have recently been particularly particu-larly active CANNOT DECREASE EXPENSE Every effort to decrease the expenses of the American army In the Philippine islands Js having little effect owing to the Increase of army stations due partly to the activity of the Insurgents on the Island of Samar In Batangas and Tayabas provinces and In other places and also to the establishment of municipal governments in many towns which has necessitated the sending send-ing of troops there to preserve orders t FIGHT WITH REBELS Capt John S Park Jr with thirty mon of the Twentyfirst infantry encountered en-countered sixty Insurgents last week at Alamlnos in Lnguna province Four of the enemy were killed and several guns were captured and their barracks were destroyed PRAISE FOR BRAVE MAN Gen Bell who Is in command of the American forces In Batangas province Luzon has praised Lieut James Til ford who while scouting with troop D of the First cavalry routed an Insurgent Insur-gent force in that province Lieut Tilford located a rebel stronghold on top of a hill near the town of Bantan gas He surrounded the enemy undercover under-cover of night and attacked them at daylight Their surprise was complete Nineteen Insurgents were killed while attempting to escape Lieut TJlford captured sixteen rllles and 500 rounds of ammunition SEVERAL SHARP FIGHTS A detachment of scouts of the Second Infantry also had a small engagement I with the insurgents In which they I killed nine men and captured four I Lieut John D Hartman of the First I cavalry during an expedition encountered encoun-tered the enemy six separate times without losing one of his men He destroyed de-stroyed several barracks PRIESTS AS COUNTERFEITERS Two priests have been arrested in Ba tangas provlnc2 They were found to have hidden behind tho altar of their church appliances for counterfeiting money They are charged wtlh manufacturing manu-facturing silver dollars to pay the insurgent In-surgent soldiers CHAFFEE IS HOPEFUL Gen Chaffee speaking with the correspondent cor-respondent here of the Associated Press on the situation in the Islands said he considered conditions In the Philippines Philip-pines to be hopeful and that by tho end of February nil the turbulent provinces prov-inces will have been pacified Gen Chaffee excepts the Island of Samar however which will probably require some months longer Thero the situation situa-tion demands a policy of rigid starvation starva-tion and the giving of food only to those who surrender or who stay in the towns HAD SALUTARY EFFECT The closing of the ports in Laguna and Batangaa provinces In Luzon has had a most salutary effect aii thom tho-m asure has resulted in touching the pockets of the Manila Filipinos who have been aldlnjr the insurgents The former are anxious now for peace and are working to that end In order to hasten matters these Filipinos will cooperate co-operate with the forces under Gen Bell In Batangas and Laguna |
