Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-02
IoSu rrtooizrs MCKINNEY.


uoston. May 1.-The Essex club ocic-
hraicd Admiral Dcwoy's victory with
o banquet at younr'a hotel tonight.
nt which wetc entertained as guests
Secretary OF tho Navy Long and two
hcrocn Of the Manila nghi. captain
wilder Of the Boston and Lieutenant
Commander l,ccs. formerly executive
officer of the olympia. besides Com
mandor James II. sclfridge. formerly
u the Puritan. and Lieutenant Com
mandcr A. W. Wilmer Of the Monad-
mock
Secretary i.onF began his speech with
a culogy Of Admiral Dewey. aud then
paid a graceful tribute To tho officers
and men OF the navy. The greater
part % his speech was n defense Of the
national ADMINISTRATIONS Philippine
policy. lie said In. part.
= believe that no more unpatfiollo
uttcrnncc, or one morn unjust 10 the
administration u the government OF
our country hnA been uttered than the
statement which ! SEQ now and then
that the treatment u the cubanH by
spain. OF the Armcnlhna by the Turks.
u not 10 be- compared with our course
toward the Fiiiplnoa In walton and
utter such an cstruvasancu " 20 on-
urely warped that IT, judgment II vail
uclcsa.
"one would think. from what some
ray, that the President had gunr cut
u his way to begin an assault and
contrary, on February 9Th. ABOUND tho
city u Manila, wherc life ana property
WCfv conrfrEntod and entitled to pro-
tcction. AFulnaldo and hts followers
were making their assault. shooting
down our soldiers, creating riot and
dlHturbeicca. endanRcring NE and
porpcrty, actually lighting tho torch
ana attempting 10 burn the city.
II can hardly believe that even
the critics OF the naturalization ap.
proved Of this at - tinN or that they
approve OF the fihplnoa hring on our
noticing that n1mo ~ them have no
word 81 symrathy Tor our soldiers
and countfyman, who. In tneIr line 81
duty. were ~Nposci to thDsr dangers
IN and about Manila. They have no
word o. praise for the gallant Fun
fame by swimming the Tibcr. he was
escaping from Zoe. when the young
kAnsan crossed tho Rio Grandc u was
10 attack the enemy. and In the very
teeth ~ the cncmy'H iirc. hut "
some atr0cl0uH Islander IN Invented
o. our army. Il Il a source Of delight
TO them.
THE President had given strict
orders Ia Den. Otis TO avoid conflict
IN every possible way, and uon OTIS
had % notified AEulnaido, The
latter, Instead % seeking peaceful
settlement went on wasting war on
the city and ON our troops. lawfully
there, In tho discharge II HIS duty
10 maintain law nud order. certainly
the President WAS Justified IN suppress
ing these attacks. Aud. II the best
mgaus % dcfcnso was, fur the time
being, 20 assume the Offensive, after
such provocation. IN order 10 prevent
further attacks, he was Justified In
that
Meantime tho most enlightened
commission he could select had bccn
rent 10 Manila. with view 10 bring
Ing about some proper adjustment.
This commission N now NJ work. one
would think from what n sometimes
rnld that On the one side hrc simply
the American armed forces, aud On
the other all the tiliplnoa and all
their Interests. ON the contrary, have
you Yet taken pains 10 ascertain that
The property and commercial aud
ulher intrrrnu OF the great city "
Manila prifcr AN American project
orator IN you know one or two of
the Islands. through their own nu-
thpriilss have officially expressed their
ratification at the American Hupre-
macy and sought IT, protcetion7
DO You know that N there could be
Tree and wcll-infnrIned expression 81
opinion amonH their responsible cii-
SenH, they would largely prefer the
uhieli ~ N. United State over th.m7
DO you know that AEulnaldo repre-
rents only portion OF the fflipinoa
themselves, and that he N exercising
The most VIOLENT deHnotiam wherever
he fbrces proyailf Dewey reports that
native labororr and mechanics who
have been employed by us have been
Inundated and driven Into Agulnaldo's