| Show PHILIPPINES ARE NOT PACIFIED Natives Behave Themselves Only In the Presence of Soldiers AMBUSCADES ARE MANY lu III rake TAko to Year to 10 tiring t te J New York May 21 herald letter from dat dated April 51 11 uy r After one has hall been In Manila ManUa and hid had a fe few candid talks with who have bun on the ground for tor a along along long time he to that the Islands are In no such uch condl 55 the people In the Untied United States are prone to believe There are about I garrisons In the lelands each of which has hal In cowIng cowin the region rellon bound id ad by r Ua It outputs t The Th natives be beRIe behave have RIe themselves while they are ars In the te presence of American pot diets WIth loaded guns runa nut flut It I Is not lIot for an any white mn maa to wander beyond lb be Outposts of a garrison ii it If be I Is unarmed lie He I is In InoC dusis of oC being shot hot from ambush or set upon and nd An Any traveler who to to 0 from one to an another n other Inset lie be accompanied by s a guard ot of soldiers The railway from Manila to Ii being operated but there la Is a heavy garrison In every to own and anda a and nd day dav guard rd at every bridge Waon lIOn and park paek trains train are fired red on from ambush ever every cia day Tb Thee an not reported some one die is Ia or wounded The soldier ho is II called upon to dut duty ot of a garrison on Is In III greater peril than ht hs was Ute the insurgents moVed d la In large larre hod bodies Ie when eight or len tn men WIt were hilled In S a skirmish the news wu Wat r cabled bled to America but the dents denta track ot of the scat Icat scattered assassinations ot the campal The news never nver reaches ehe the Ihl Public the reo re reports ports porta In A dosen dOlen Amen Amerl can soldiers may na lie be killed at a do dosen n remote and anel there I 1 not a aline line or cable news to show how for a total fatality that would mark a se oua In en engagement p So IIo tt It h n that for many there theft h has been little news newl cAbled from Manila because the hM has beset small II and desultory and aad scat eaL crud over a vast area Ie fc 1 Is true that th the Insurgent ann armies I Iline line have Won scattered that r ibm leaders or of the insurrection are ani now under surveillance In that thai ha au ch Into a reo no mote hiding pia place I and that l l reo re and v of a ale le tern seem Im sible Ible On the other hand It I is tru mu that the spirit of nt rebellion II I and that t the a nd iid In small bodieu that annot be trapped Into bat battI battie tI tie There Is II muCh to th that macli an band of d or commit oem fill tt thy and as well aw as on nn Amen Amr Irn ians an and that they Ihy a lire life of tn 11 1 a quiet turl career altOr In 1 a alya shuk lu 1111 th fact romaine that I h t mt f their I to kill and continue the ton Filipino independence So 80 you ou ma may call them robbers bandits or anything else ele you ou choose hoo without ma changing their toward American rule It I commonly believed In that the Filipino rePublic retain It Its or sub lub rosa roM In man many sections that taxes are still and nd that the operations of the bands band are aft directed b by the Ibe leaders who are now assembled In Manila enjoying the leniency ot of the United States IOv goV eminent emment riy 1 eYu every one ODe tu to whom I spoke apoll 11 wu frankly ot of the opinion that tb the leaders hd had come Into Ma Jola nU and Put Iut themselves on parole so 10 soU u to ret get to together ther for a anti and None Non believe that the they have bave really relly chosen ChOMO to accept American ride MIle without further protest Although the present fight bt I Ii carried on OD b by small 11 bends band I it t dON doe not follow as most mOlt people at MR home seem m to believe that tissue bend beada are ot of tUb seth ur and represent so 10 mat many tree possible private vi ul Man on ot of the Insurgent army who sun ur rendered and came to Manila the other ottar day to renew old friendship told ne me that before teeing from reorganised hi his array rm Into small com companies hl and Dd ordered a guerilla war tare Tb The snout lat fail l tending to prove that the Filipinos are not III hi Q a peaceful mood II that th the arnis used In Intile tile tle insurrectIon ba have ve not been sun nr rendered It I that the In Insurgents had a total of rifles most mOil of them with Ith a few Spring Acid and Only or U Q rill tIthe have beet been captured or pur purchased chased The government now pays a 10 Mexican ton for eveny er rifle turned In b by a native AI a result ot of this liberal ot of for tor man many old l and detect defect Ivis hl have bave been given Iven up but the native be have not yet et begun to turn In 10 the n new Mausen with which they did their bUa There must be beabout beabout about rift rIfles remaining In th the hands ot of the Insurgent an anil the Amen Amerl sand seem unable to buy theta hem or cap capture tune ture them It II only fair to conclude that the UtI are keeping these weapons because the they expect to use them again In There ta s a difference ot of opinion a as to what win n bap happen en during durin the rainy tea sea pen on which begin in June Very few lew ot of the People with whom hom I communicated seemed mell to believe that tb the Insurgents would attempt to la large ar an ml It I Is thought more inane lIkely that Ille they will continue their perilla tactics and probably t try to out oft and over overwhelm whelm scene ol of th weaker and more reo re remote mote mole garrisons One thing is ceraIn the they will not remain inactive They are sure lure to keep UP a show bow of If resistance to authority until after Arter the No November ember vember election Among Amon ManIla business mn men who are n to have haYe unhindered trade rela relations Uon with the Interior province ot of Lu Luson Lunon son non and to 0 the products product of nt aU all the Mend move freely to lb ports porta there mt to lie be no doubt that tbt two or three yeats must mut e elapse before tort the Philip Philippine pine will r resume a normally peaceful condition They seem Mem to think that It will take teke at least that long to II tire out the element and co coerce It Into good behavior |
