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Show REBELLION MUST END. From Now (In Agcrciilvu Tactile Mill he l'unueil In the Philippine!. Washington, May 0. Tho war department de-partment Is satisfied from the dls-patches dls-patches received from llcnornl lOtls that the American commander has put aside tho Insurgent temporizing and has turned his attention to most aggressive ag-gressive tactics. The wisdom of this course was fully approved by olllclals here, who havo foreseen that tho rebels reb-els needed further chastisement in order or-der to bring thorn to a realization of tholr position. General Lawton's movement northward north-ward to Mausln Is designed to keep a body of American troops to tho north of tho rebels and between them and their Hue of retreat iu tho mountains. A successful execution of this uiovo-ment uiovo-ment will .leavo tho Insurgents well surrounded to tho north, though thcro is a stretch of about soven miles to tho UIo Grande river, along which the rebels are retiring. If tho rebols do succeed In gottlug Into tho mountains, war department ofllclals believe thoy cannot continue organized resistance, ns tho mountain localities furnish much less opportunity for sustenance than tho rico lands along tho foothills and bottoms. Tho authorities hero nro all satisfied with tho manner In which our forces nro placed. |