Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-03
NEEDS A TROUNCING.
Gen. Aguinaldo May Get It Before erca
While.
spAslAsOs MUST NOT BE MURDERED.


New York. Aug. "a special 90 ths
Tribune from Washington says;
The administrator is more slnrulne
than ever that tht peace negotiations
VIII not bl 800 ptotrlcted and tedious
aa was faircd week ago Ia regard
I 90 'h Presidents demand Tor spiln's
Immediate evacuation o. Cuba and
. i'r.' iur1 thH feeling AMONG cibl-
rD, ,iuc.u amount 60 conviction.
with rg1rl tu ihr Philippine. howe
ever rnyo apprehension is mlnlf ted
that spain muy a,ubhorniy resist the
suggestion uf a commission taking nd
vantage OF tho exceedingly cmblrfass-
lng situation which c1nfunts General
Mrrrt through che onclourncs8 of the
lnaurgcnt chief. Agulnuido. According
| 10 ali accounts this young mans Huc-
/ cess has completely turned his head,
ana the influence which he cxcrta over
I several thousand nomi.civllizcd or nt
I most hnrblroua warriors presents
ecrloua complication which il causing
| the authorities here no end OF Worry and
no little alarm. TIL conditions which
confront the comparatively small forcoa
under Con. Murritts command between
CaVltc and Manila uro shown by nfii-
cill reports 90 be even more dangerous
than intimticd iu press dispatches and
/ The administration u Rratincd TO $50
that most OF the influential newspapers
I OF the country have come to upprU-
| ciatc some ~ the responsibilities which
I VIII be- Imposed upon the government
] II tho United States found q necessary
/ 90 take permanent possession of tho
] archipelago.
| This contingency was thoroughly con-
Hldrrcd 10y the military and naval nu-
! thur.tlcn aa early no the middle ~ May
| when Gen. Merritt was selected TO take
! an army corps across The Pacific This
| was before ARuunldp assumed am Inn
/ pudvnt attitude ana ni "a time whom he
| was giving every assurance ~ HubOr-
| dlnatl0u tn Admiral Dewey About that
/ time the military authorities in cons
| ference at Washington both Cen Miles
| ana Gen. Merritt being present CAREFUL
l ~ studied All conceivable phases 81 tho
I establishment OF an American protoc.
I toratr over the Philippine group ana
l agreed that tho minimum strength ~
I the United States land forces that
/ would be- essential was ~ follows;
l For Eurrlaun % Philippines. 1900
I mon; for garrison Of i.uzOn Island
I alone. 10000 men; Tor garrison Of Man
/ la alone, $4,000 men.
These estimates were based upon tho
0
/ period at least after the expulsion %
/ the apanlardH an the native leaders
| would exhibit their gratitude 90 tho
| Americans by heartily supporting tho
new order Of things. From the heat
I information that could be- obtained
regarding the habits and churacierlH-
I ties M the natives. Gen. Miles and Gen.
I Merritt. aa well me- the other army nfti-
/ cerH who discussed the matter. were
] convinced that whether the American
] occupation was o. be- for one year or
! i've years a standing force equal 20
I that given above would be- indlHpenH-
: able They agreed that while such
l force might have little 10 do most N the
I time nH had been the case with army
EnrrlHons several years ago In the far
| west, the natives could mo- more Doc re-
D He'd upon 10 continue their peaceful
| pursuits Tor any great length nf time
/ than the American Indians In former
] days and that with smaller garrlHons
an uprising might lead 60 a disaster
] which would hnfrify the United states.
I A. q consequence uf these deliberations
] and conclusions regarding the whole
Philippine islands the attention of tho
uuthoriilrH was then concentrated upon
] tho probability uf the retention of the
island NJ Luz0n alone and after de-
I hntlnr tho matter and dlgesting vast
amount NJ Information about that
| island the officers and officials were
unanimously ~ the opinion that IL
would be- ludlHrreot In the extreme 70
/ attempt 10 control the 100000 inhab-
/ itautH " Luzon with less than 10000
/ men,
Further study Of the condition at
| Manila having due regard To the con-
! tlnunnce there NJ Admiral Dewoy'a
/ squadron. resulted Ia the authorities
discovering nothing 10 warrant my
modification Of The strength ~ tho pro-
posed garrison OF that city. which was
l considered most conservative on'i-
mate and the fact that Gen. Merriu's
command VIVA fixed ~ $1,000 men 10
taken 10 indicate that this government
% month ago ala not seriously contem-
plate the occupation of m1rr territory
by tne army than that Included la tho
city M Manila. while tho navy with
iu ships and marines maintained pos
| FHHHiun ~ Cuyltc and Manila bay.
Even then tho proposition II subjected
90 mobilization hy tho andnclty ~
AEuiUlld1. and little short OF his death
ar capture o. apt TO clear up the COM
plirutinuH
Il b feared tho crisis nt Manila ia
already at hand and that GEN August
must lt any moment be compelled 20
surrender the city % Gen. Merritt
whether the latter On ready % receive
u or not Under such circumstance
II In certain that Gen. Merritt would be
promptly compelled 90 accept tho Hsri-
Gus responsibility m protecting proper
~ in tho city from the insurgents az
whatever hazards ana the lncungrupus
spectacle mlN yet be presented ~
American and spanish troops there
cooperating against % common enDmy.
supported BY the combined forces from
the foreign noot8 which have gathered
IN the harbor