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Show COLLAPSB OF REBELLION. Afulnatdo't Men nre Aniloui to Secnrt Peace. Washington, April 4. Advices from Manila, under dato of April 2, y: The American troops under General MaoArthur aro still resting nt Malolos, where everything has been quiet today. Hostilities elsewhere so far as officially offici-ally reported havo been limited during dur-ing tho last twenty-four hours to nn occasional exchange of shots between the luiurgcnts nnd troops forming tho lines of General Law ton nnd General Hall, extending from the waterworks to Ka Lonln. Hut this shooting has been just active enough to make tho lives of tho soldiers a burden and to compel the officers to sleep In trenches clothed and In readiness to repel possible possi-ble attacks. Most of tho Americans aro becoming convinced that the backbone of tho insurgent opposition is broken. There aro numerous rumors pointing to an catly collapso of tho Insurrection. One of these is that General Plo Del Plla, tho best fighter among tho Filipino officers, will desort Agulnaldoand glvo his support to the Americans. A priest and two members of tho so-called so-called Filipino congress, who hid themselves them-selves In tho woods during the fighting which preceded tho capture of Malolos, returned there this morning and declared de-clared that 2,000 of the Filipino soldiers sold-iers were anxious to glvo up fighting and would do so but for their officers, who keep them under arms. Tho whole country between Malolos and Caloocan is now full of friendless women, children nnd old pcoplo, who aro returning to their homes, carrying whlto flags. The Americans nro trying to gain tho confidence of tho inhabitants inhabi-tants by proving to them that if they will return nnd attend to their ordinary ordi-nary work peacefully, no harm will befall them. Two hundred and fifty civilians camo back to their homes in Malolos last evening. Two thousand women and children, with asprlnkllng of unarmed men supposed to bo warriors, war-riors, camo to tho outskirts of Malolos outside of tho city and afterward sneaked nwnv, carrying all tho good? they could. |