Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-29
THE FUTURE OF
 THE PHILIPPINES.
It Is Believed General Merritt Has Ar- a> rived and wni Tazo Charge as A1
 Military Governor.

Washington, July 29 General Mer. ritt has reached Manila according to the most conservative calculation the war department authorities and the an- nouncement IS momentarily expected by cable from Hong Kong that he has as. snmed the military goyernorship of the Philippines as directed by the president. He left San Francisco on the fast steamer Newport four weeks ago, two days after the departure of the third military expedition, which he expected to pass on the way to Honolulu, and af. ter reeoaling at that port he was to con- tinue as rapidly as practicable to his ul- innate destination
 The two expeditions which preceded him, that of General Anderson, leaving San Francisco on May 30, and that of General Greene, which sailed Is days later. reached Manila after runs, s6 and 32 days respectively, including the time they spent in Hawaiian waters.
 The Newport however, was not handi- capped by the necessity of setting her pace to that of slower transports, but was to hurry with all possible chance and confidence was displayed that she would make the voyage in from 2 to g days. The Newport should therefore have anchored near Cavite by Sunday or Monday last and the governor select ed by the president should already be i'll complete control.
 1t is understood among the authori- ties at Washington that Admiral Dewey will not postpone his command for ca- pitnlation of Manila after General Mer- ritt's arrival for longer period than that official desires, and from the conf dent tone of the adniral's dispatches no anxiety is felt regarding the prompt compliance of the Spaniards with what ever demand he may make. It is the impression that General Augusti, the Spanish governor general, has already found means of conveying assurances to Admiral Dewey of his readiness to sur render the moment the American forces are prepared to receive the city.
 The authority given to General Mer- ritt i'll his instructions from the presi- dent precludes the possibility of any recognition of the pratensions of dicta- torship proclaimed by the insurgent chief, Aguinaldo, and it Is not likely that this aggressive young man or his forces will receive any greater consider alton from General Merritt when Manila snrrenders than those of Garcia had from General Shafter at Santiago
 It was made the duty of the com mander of the army of occupation, whose control is supreme under tine pres ident "to announce and proclaim in the most public manner that the Americans have come not to make war upon the inhabitants nor upon any party or fac tion among them, but to protect their homes, in their employments and ill their personal and religious rights, and it is stipulated under all circumstances that such local systems as are continued i'll operation shall remain under the su- pervision of the American commander in.chief.
 It is recognized that the insurgents could never again be compelled to re- spect Spanish rule, and this fact would probably prove an insuperable obstacle to the inclusion in treaty of peace of the very terms which will probably be most strenuously insisted upon by Spain looking to the restitution of her Asiatic possessions. It is therefore thought to be beyond question that the complete separation of the Philippines from Spanish sovereignty will be one of the inevitable consequences of the war