Show harsh will be tried on having failed after two years strife in subduing the insurrection in batangan Ba tangas brov nee which lies us south of maa la and having satisfied h that lenient treatment of the insurgents is productive of no good results general J franklin bell the military commander in that province has determined upon the enforcement of the war in the most v gaious and determined fasi ion involving recon central on in a mod fied form th appl icat on of mart al law in all diorec eions and the unsparing pursuit and pun ashment of the natives who act as spies and tra tors to the united states |