The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-19
TECHNICAL PEACE POINTS
THEY ARE RAISED BY THE
CAPTURE OF MANILA
Question as to Whether Peace Pro-
tocol or Cap3tulatiOn Terms Gov
ern-Latter Stipulates for Control
of the Entire Group of Philippine
Islands, the Former for Manila
AlOne-Peace Congratulations.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 49, = The war
department made public today the dis
patch Of Gen. Merritt, giving the Of
fetal story Of Manila's fall. and also
the text of the significant Instructions
sent Gen. Merritt yesterday, requiring
the Insurgents and all others to recog-
nize the authority Of the United States
In the territory occupied by our forces.
These dispatches were about the only
positive development of the day. Moth
ing has been heard from Gen. Merritt
as to the casualties last Saturday, ex-
cept that he estimated the killed and
wounded at fifty.
Another point on which the officials
are without definite information is as
to the extent Of our present authority
in the Philippines. Under the peace
protocol, the United States was given
the occupation of Manila, with the bay
and harbor, until a permanent DISPOSE
tion of the Philippine question was
reached. But, according to press dis
patches, which are so circumstantial
as to be credited in most official cir
cles, Gen. Merritt and Admiral Dewey
received the capitulat1on of the entire
I
be some doubt, therefore, even among
officials, as to whether our present
army and Jurisdiction covers Manila
only, as provided by the peace protocol,
or covers all the Philippines, as pro-
videG by the reported terms of capt.
tulalion to Merritt and Dewey. There
is a disposition to. await fuller official
information before laying down poll
cy as to the extent Of our Jurisdiction
in the Islands.
NO OFFICIAL NOTICE.
Secretary Alger said today that he
had heard nothing official as to the sur
render Of the entire Philippine group
At the same time he did not dis
credit the authenticity of the dispatches
stating that the capitulation had this
far reaching effect. Pending more def
mite information the attitude Of officials
is to assume that our authority covers
Manila city, Manila bay and harbor
and also such other territory as may
be occupied by the military and naval
| forces. The latter phrase is elastic
enough to cover any or all the Philip
pine islands that may have been bound
to our authority by the recent surrend-
er. The instructions sent to Gen. Mer-
rift have in view the expansion Of our
possessions beyond the terms mention
ed in the protocol, as they distinctly
state that this government is in pos
session Of Manila, and that its authority
to preserve peace and order will be
exercised within the territory occupied
by their military and naval forces"
The cabinet meeting tomorrow is eX-
pected to deal with the many details
of the question concerning the Philip
pines, Cuba and Porto Rico, which have
risen since the peace protocol was
signed
PEACE CONGRATULATIONS.
The state department today received
another international cangratulation
on the restoration of peace, this one
coming from the British ambassador,
Sir Julian Paunceforte, who is now So
journing at New London, Conn. The
ambassador communicated the express
sion of profound qualification with
which her majesty's government learn
ed of the signature Of the preliminaries
Of peace between the United States
and Spain and the sincere congratula-
tions to the president and government
Of the United States upon the termi-
nation of the war.
Acting Secretary Allen had a busy
day making final arrangements for the
naval review at New York on Saturds !.
He extended to the French ambassa-
dor, M. Cambon, the courtesy Of going
on the flagship New York during the
rpuiayu Tho NH had oil I1y
arranged, however, to witness the re-
view from the tug of the French
trans Atlantic line.