The age-herald., 1898-08-19
ACCORDING TO PROTOCOL
United States Forces Should Only Occupy
 Manila and HarbOr.
SIGNIFICANT DISPATCH WAS SENT
To General Merritt Regarding Control of City Insurgents Will Play No Part in Our Programme
 Cabinet Meets Today.

Washington, Aug. 18.-The war depart ment made public today the dispatch from General Merritt, giving the official story of Manila's fall, also the text of the signifi- cant instructions sent General Merritt, re- recognize the authority of the United States in the territory occupied by our forces. These dispatches were about the only posted developments of the day.
 Nothing has been heard from General Merritt as to the casualties last Saturday, except 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 pro- tocol the United States was given the oc- cupatfon of Manila, with the bay and har- bor, until a permanent disposition of the Philippine question was reached. But, ac- cording to press dispatches, which are so circumstantial as to be credited in most official quarters, General Merritt and Ad- miral Dewey received the equalization of the entire Philippine archipelago There ap- pears to be some doubt, tfferetcre. even among officials as to whether our present. authority and jurisdiction covers Manila only as provided by the peace protocol or covers all the Philippines as provided by the reported terms of equalization to Mer- ritt and Dewey.
 Awaiting Full Information
 There is disposition to await full and official information before laying down policy as to the extent of our Jurisdiction in the islands. Secretary Alger said to- day that he had heard nothing official of the surrender of the entire Philippine group. At the same time the secretary did not discredit the accuracy of the press advices stating that the equalization had this far reaching effect. Pending more full information the attitude of officials is to assume that our authority covers Ma nila city, Manila bay and harbor and also such other territory as may be occupied by the military and naval forces. The latter phase is elastic enough to cover all the Philippines that may have been brought under our authority by the recent suruxruer. me 1nstructIons sent to Gen. eral Merritt have in view the expansion of our possessions beyond the terms men, toned in the protocol as those distinctly state that this government is in posses sion of Manila and that it's authority to preserve peace and order will be exerted within the territory occupied by our milf tary and naval forces"
 The Cabinet Meeting
 The cabinet meeting tomorrow is expected to deal with the many detailed questions concerning the Philippines, Cuba and Porto Rico, which have arisen since the peace protocol was signed.
 The state department today received an- other international congratulation on the restoration of peace, this one coming from the British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce- fate, who is now sojourning at New Lon- don, Conn. The ambassador communi- cated the expression of profound gratlfca- tion with which her majesty's government learned of the signature of the prelimin- aries of peace between the United States and Spain and congratulations to the pres ident and government of the United States upon the termination of the war.
 Acting Secretary Allen had a busy day making final arrangements for the naval review at New York on Saturday. He ex- tended to the French ambassador, M. Cam bon, the courtesy of going on the New York during the review. The ambassa- dor had already arranged however, to witness the review from the tug of the French Transatlantic line.