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Show TO SUPPRESS CUUHILLAB. Captnml In. urgent llr.ii.IIU tt 111 b 8am-lii.cllj 8am-lii.cllj Dealt UUh. iVaehtngton Deo 17 Isolated bandt of bushwhacking Insurgents who are caught by our fortes In the Philippines are likely to be summarily dealt with. At a recent cabinet meeting the matter was discussed at aoma length, and It wa the general sentiment that tha situation demanded vlgoroua treatment. treat-ment. At long at the Insurgents keep up a ibow of an army under a semblance sem-blance of discipline, they will be treated at prisoners of wir when captured, but when they degenerate Into Isolated bands of marauders, harratslng our forcea by cold-blooded assassinations, tt It tha judgment of the officers In command In tha Philippine., and of tha president and members of the cabinet, that the situation demands summary action |