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Show STcoLLAPSK UP nBBBLLION. 4nlf.lil0a sl.n are Ansloaa to F.eir. ft I eare, SWasblnglon April 4 Adle frOTi Htmla under date of April I. aayi The American troop under (Itneral Site Wlhur are still resting nt Mnlolo., jhereeierylhlnghaabcenqiilcttoilay. Ilottilltle eltewherc- to far n ofllcl-llr ofllcl-llr rerairtetl have lieell limited dur-tag dur-tag the last twenty-four houra to an ocenslooal exchange of shots betwet n the In tureen ts and troopt forming tho lines of (leneral t.swton and (leneral Hall extending from the waterworks lo I, Lonla Hut this shooting lint Wen Just active enough to make tho Jlres of tlio soldiers a burden and lo rompel the oflleera to sleep In trenchra clothed and In readiness to repel possible, possi-ble, attacks. Mott of the mcrleAiia aro becoming convinced that tho bnckbone of tho Insurgent opposition la broken Thcro are numerous rumors pointing to nn ml? collapse of tho Insurrection Ono of these is that Ocneril l'ln Del l'lla, the lest fighter among tlio I'lllplno nfllctr will desert Agulnatdoaiid give hit support to the American. A prlett and two members of the so-called so-called Hllplno eongreat, who hid themselves them-selves In the woodt during the fighting which preceded thecapturoof Malolot, returned there thlt morning anil declared de-clared tint ' "00 of tho llllplno told lert we re anxlnua to glvo up fighting and would ilo so but for their oflleera, who keep them under anna. The whole country between Malolot an 1 Celoocan Is now full of friendless women children and old people, who are returning to their hornet, cnrrylng while flag. The Auicrlcnnt arc trying to gtln the confidence of tho Inhabitants Inhabi-tants by proving to them that If they will return and attend to their ordinary ordi-nary work peacefully, no harm will befall them Two hundred and fifty civilians came hick to their hornet In Malolot last evening two thousand women and children wlthnaprlnkllng of unsrmrd men supposed to 1ms warriors, war-riors, cime to tho outskirts of Malolot outslle of the clly and afterward ancsVed aivav, carrying all tho goods thry could |
