Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-14
SOME IMPORTANT HISTORY
Hon. MuAlt Halstead's Valuable Re-
view of The Facts,
AGUlNALDO'S RANK TREACHERY
Promised to Obey Dewey but Set Up
- For Himself.
HIS LEAGUE WITH THE sPAN1ARDs

Entered Into a BIaokmailing Scheme
with the Corrupt Spanish Governor to
Furnish His Troops Meat, while Pre-
tending to BE q Friend Of the United
States.
There meyer has been any question
as to the position of Admiral Dewey
in regard to the Philippines
He never dreamed when he had de-
stroyed the Spanish feet and Manila
was helpless under his guns, Of flee
ing from his conquest, because it was
a conquest. He knew the value of the
port of Manila and the arsenals of
Cavite He needed a home for the
American fleet under his command for
the protection of American commerce,
and there was no American port or
arsenal nearer than San Francisco. He
followed the clear dictates of common
sense and the absolutely certain
Logic Of His Orders.
When he was at Mrs bay, near
Hongkong, ready to strike the Span
iards in the Philippines and awaiting
for orders, he was showered with dis
patches from Singapore, about 100
miles distant, where one of Mr.. Cleve-
lands consuls fingered, about the
prodigies one Aguinaldo could perform
the information he could impart, tho
power for good he could be.
There is no evidence that the Ad-
miral had ever heard of this parsonage
before. The Singapore consul, Mr..
Pratt, was prompted by one Bray to
plead Aguinaldo's case by cable with
Admiral Dewey. This Bray was an
old friend Of Aguinaldo, and had his
own purpose in pushing him to the
front. He had, as appearances
strongly indicate, sent for Aguinaldo
to appear at Singapore and see what
the Spaniards would be willing to do
for him in case of war between the
United States and Spain.
There Must Have Been Some Motive
not disclosed by any paper known to
be in existence, for the journey of
Aguinaldo at that time. 1t is not true
that he expected to stir up the Fill
pinos who might be at Singapore. If
he wanted to meet Dewey so much,
the way to do it when he was at
Hongkong was to go to Mrs bay, in
stead of to Singapore.
The last we heard of this Bray he
was under the strict surveillance of the
Hongkong British police, because there
was evidence htat he was engaging in
q plot to assassinate Admiral Dewey
when on his way home.
AS soon as Admiral Dewey declined
to play second fiddle to Aguinaldo, his
junta of brfbed patriots, deported by
the .spaniards to Hongkong, began to
lie about the admiral, and to assert
that he had promised them many
things, and when they couldn't
show any testimony to that effect,
they said that the American consuls
had promised them with the authorize
ton of Dewey.
They tried to capture Admiral Dew
ey, but didn't succeed. The first thing
the admiral did with Aguinaldo after
he arrived at Cavite, beyond treating
him with civility, was to
Order Him Out Of PubIio Buildings,
because If he was permitted to re-
main in them there was a possible i'm
plication that this Aguinaldo had some
authorization to occupy public prop
erty. Admiral Dewey compelled him
to go to private house
SO urgent was the consul at Singa-
pore to have Aguinaldo meet Dewey
this under the inspiration of Bray,
who was fixing up his man to play an
lago part between America and Spain
that Dewey answered his cables,
Tell Aguinaldo to come at once"
This dispatch is the foolish basis
of the presumption that Aguin-
aldo was an ally" of the Unit
ed States, when he was refused
all political recognition by the direct
orders of our state department, and
begged for a recognition. When at