Manila, Jan. 19.
learned from the highest ity that the Colorum outbreak is extremely serious and is spreading to Suriguo, Leyte and Samar. Branches are' reported to be all over the Philippines, even in the City of Manila, though up to the present they' have been entirely peacttul.
Colonel Clarence H, Bowers, commanding the Constabulary ow in the vicinity of. Buens Ialand and Surigao where the _reent massacre occurred, has wired night as follows:
frame of mind. Anticipate Colonel: Bowers also urgonély asked for adequate reinforecments, The United States gun-eat, Sacramento, is already patrolling Bucas ' waters. Six hundred fanatics on Bucas Tsland. are concentrating for a probable attack on the—Constabulary. Reuter's Pacific Service.
Manila, Jan. 24.
More than a hundred Colorums Ihave escaped from Bucas Island:
Surigao where. they are blockading the line from Placer (1) to Mainit (1). A Constabubary Patrol Captain and a daren men have been cut off, Thett fate is unknown.
The Colorums are rapidly re leruiting followers on the mainland and are spreading riot, murder and pillage. pros:
that "United Statoa Il be called out, COLORUMS COMPLETELY KioUTKD, Aided by a machine-gun bae-rage from the U.8.S. Sacrament 100 constabulary" under Colonel C, H. Yanded on Buea.
morning and charged the trenches eight o'clock vostorday jed completely. One constabulary. of the Colorums, whom they roub:
man was killed. The loss sua tained by the Colorums Known. two dead and two wound.
were found.
Colonel Bowers immediately returned on board the Sacramento after burning the Colorum town,, fearing that weather conditions would force the Sacramento from the const.—Reuter's Pacific Sor-
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