Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-06-29
PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
Gen. Otis Report on the Situation
in the Islands.
The VIEWS HELD At WASHINGTON.
Brig. Gen. King Believes the Fillpnos Ca
pable OF elf-GOvernment--The TWEEN
from the Firing Line.


WASHINGTON J,,e 81 Con Otis in
10,
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ment asking for information regarding
the situation and condition in the
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provinces ihcS vouiu ">>eHp' P'Se'pP ''"''
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'n"SSo' pcohc' wrfofl@fa by HsurR'ht Sp'olers'
uesl'e peace ana American projections 'n'y no
longer nee On approach u pU troops uiie~
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without sunny Of food md m ,rchon,s are s1,.
fering losses; mediate r,,torIn, trad priN-
lepeS, although insurgents reap benefit,
roo,,on ~, a,'a ,lII,, 0p'''''' WI ''' w
Affairs in other Islands eomnara,lvoly oulot
awaiting results in Luzon. All anxious for
trade and repeated calls for American troops
reyelscu. Am plv'ng attention 10 Jolo aren't
worked IN the lim, or cndur,noe "V vpun n
organizations have been called In; replaced by
regulars, who now occupy salient positions
Nep'asNa' rcl,nsS'va",1 anu uV'h now .aklhS
N relieve Cali,orno Theye ' ,rns , aro
good physical condition; sickness among troop,
has increased lately, due mostly 70 arduou
service ana ol'lnatlc influences Nothin'
nearly 4, ava W. N NV ,n pc, '9n' rupo',ea SeN
three per cent. have typhoid and n moiarInl
fever, . per cent have intestinal trouble, re-
manning % per cent have various ailments, ] |
and ,non IT, e~ '"nN o"'r''
renee Of Cuban fever md reyulor '', r,emen,,
lately received arc inadcqualely oncered Otis. |
Gen Otis report is considered very
satisfactory at the war department. # |
is taken to mean that Gen. Otis will
not now prosecute campaign on ac
count of the rainy season, except where
the insurgents make it necessary to
defend the territory now in possession
of the United States. That portion of
the dispatch telling of the belief among
Filipinos that the present policy of the
United States will not be upheld is re-
gardcd as of great significance. II is
believed that when the Flllpnos Sc,
there is no hope of their recognition
y the United States they will give up
the fight. The absence of any sugges-
ton AS to more troops being needed is I
taken to mean that Gen. Otis does not
believe they could be used to advantage
at present.
A men OPINION OF THE rlLlrlNos
Milwaukee, June ~ Brig. Gen.
Charles King, who returned from the
Philippines short time ago in let
ter to the Milwaukee journal pnb.
lislleu yesterday, states thAl the capa-