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Show WAR WILL SOON END. Insurgents Are Convinced That It I I'svles to Opiums t'nrls Ham. Washington, March SO. Advice have been received from Manila which Indicate that tho climax may occur at any hour. Tho ofllclals hero are very well pleased with tho condition of affairs, af-fairs, but will not at present discuss the detail ot tho dlspntchca. The Indications In-dications are that hostilities may end within a very abort time, l'rrildcnt McKInley ha been so advised. The reason for tho belief of tleneral Otis that a climax might coiuu nt any hour were not stated, but hla assumption assump-tion was based on the favorable report he had received from variou source that the Filipinos wcro tired of tho war and Agulnnldo n lradcrahlp. It is believed nt tho war department that the method In which tho Americana have conducted the lighting haa dono much to convlnco tho Filipinos of tho uiclessncsi of trying to drive out tho United States force. The lighting haa been ot different character from that to which they were accuitomed when the Spaniards wcro In possession ot Manila. |