| Show I FORMIDABLE PROBLEM I What Confronts Uncle Sam in the Philippines Chicago April IMaJGon S M B Young recently commanding the northern part of the Island of Luzon arrived In Chicago en route from Manila Ma-nila to AVashlngton today The most formidable problem confronting con-fronting the United States Government in the Philippines today is presented by the two great native secret societies j the Kallpunon and the Sandathan said Gen Voting The firstnamed is distinctly military In Its character and numbers among Its members the real I Icadern of the insurrection The seconds I second-s civil and embraces every native In J the Islands who Is In sympathy with the real cause The second secuiev funds provisions and arms for the first and Informs Its members aU movements move-ments of the United Slates Iroops The rfmfuifnWr i t h c ct ororgrm xat i Ions I Is wldtsprcad und our means of approaching ap-proaching the prime movers arc Ji LUlled LU-lled The utmost secrecy governs the work of all these societies They arc 1 I crafty skillful and we have found to our cost treacherous Their hatred of our people Is l as bitter as It Is i groundless ground-less and In my opinion tho quickest and best if not the only way to wean them from their prejudices Is by means of American colonization of the Islands I Will Agulnaldos capture have a good effect on those still under armsV WOA asked I Yes it will probably lead many to submit to what would appear the Inevitable In-evitable but just how wide this effect will be I am unable to say Gen Tinlo the most formidable General Gen-eral In tho north Is still holding out but through hope of reward he may follow Agulnnldos example lie commands com-mands an uncertain number of guerrillas guerril-las perhaps 3000 Who are Independent In character much as Mosbys men were during the Civil war and who 11 y to cover nt Ihe first signal of serious danger If a mall or paymasters squad crosses their territory It is waylaid and usually most of Its members slain but a large number of troops follow nn rand r-and all that can be seen are farmers lolling Industriously in the fields We have tried to catch Tinlo again and again hut he Is slippery as an eel Mvcry town of any sIze In northern Ijuon has been organized under a new system of municipal government A Presidentc or lcnldo and a Council corresponding lo our Mayor and Board of Aldermen Al the officcrh are natives na-tives who have been encouraged to act for themselves under the guidance of military authorities In I the regulation of all town affairs Though we have had many aces of treachery the results re-sults on the whole are encouraging It Is my belief however hat the Fill llnos fare quite incapable of selfgov ernment |
