Image 7 of Foster's daily Democrat (Dover, N.H.), March 19, 1900

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INSURGENTS JUNTA Responsible For the Continuance of Strife In the Philippines s i ACTIVE REBEL REORGANIZATION Treason and Perfidy of Muni cipal Presidents S Manila March 19General Otis con siders Manila the most troublesome cen tre in the situation today The insur gent junta here in conjunction with that in Hong Kong is growing active The military authorities have been forced to put a stop to Mabinis intercourse with the publie The local and foreign press considers his recent utterances calcu lated ip incite the Filipinos to a con tinued revolt and prejudicial to American control Flores who has just arrived here says he comes trusting to American leniency and that he would not have dared come to Manila if Spain were yet in control He cherishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him when in the fied and desires to watch congressional ac tion upon the question of the Philip pines The insurgents he says o not expect to vanquish the Americans but are maintaining a resistance with the idea of forcing congress to accord to them the best possible terms A number of representative insurgents from different parts of Luzon have re cently been in conference in Manila