The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-26
DISCUSSES SOME STORIES ABOUT
HIMSELF AND THE MINNE-
sofa BOYS
NO WORMS IN THE MEAT
He Tells What Might Have Been
Done and What Should Now BE
Done-Record of the Thirteenth
Very High-'Mystery'' of His
Discharge and the Swearing In
cident of the Landing of Troops.
FL0BE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
y 20 WASHINGTON AH SOUTH.
Telephone s796 IL.

Gen. c. McC. Reeve, who arrived from
San Francisco, where he and Mrs. Reeve
have spent some time since their arrival
from Manila, yesterday afternoon, in an
interview with the Globe expressed
himself as highly pleased with being out
of the life of soldering for the present
The general and his wife left Manila In
the early part of February, and spent
some time in China and Japan. Both are
looking well after their long voyage, and
Gen. Reeve talked quite freely of all mat
tiers connected with the Philippines, the
American policy and such related to
himself and the Thirteenth Minnesota.
Following is condensation of all points
on which the general spoke:
When 1 say that I do not care to fight
the Filipinos, you must not understand
that 1 am not in sympathy with what is
being done out there now. l deprecate
this war-this slaughter of our own boys
that we are doing. something that is con-
trary to our principles in the past l feel
as if this bioodshed, this necessity of
conquering those poor wretches, might
fighting is on, now that it seems to be
necessary for Gen: Otis to enforce
the United States, 1 am in sympathy with
what is being done. But certainly we are
doing something that we should have
one step has followed close on the heels
of another in the development of the
complications in the Philippines which
that 100, 600 men win be required to sub
due the islanders if they are determined
in their resistance. They have a practi-
they can get arms pif for r. them they y'V will
have no trouble in maintaining armies
Their persistence in opposing US has been
gan on Feb. everybody thought that
would disorganize Aguinaldo's army and
practically bring it to an end.
ABOUT INDEPENDENCE.
When our troops first landed in the
tives dreamed of or cared for actual In
dependence. Aguinaldo himself thought
only of erecting government under
tba4 b did hon tns told
knew enough about conducting interna-
tional relations and enough about finance
ton of their. own, but that as for the
other functions of government he
| thought they could get along very well.
| regard Agunaldo as very able man.
L am not OF the same opinion as those
who hold that he is puppet in the hands
| of ADLER men. But soon after we occu-
pied pie Manila a,1I there began to develop
among the insurgents war or absolute
independence party. The chief leader
was Antonio Luna, editor of the Filipino
paper lndependcia, who was at first very
IaVoraply disposed toward us. But the
| TACT that they were not considered in the
! treaty Of Paris, but were disposed of for
| $40, coo, coo, caused some of the leaders to
entertain grave doubts as to the straight
! forwardness of our intentions. They ar
gued that, In view of the fact that they
practically controlled the whole of the
ISLANDS with the exception of the city of
Manila, the sale of the title for 500, 600 900
INDICATED that the Americans Intended to
exploit them.
Besides this whole lot Of patriotic
sentiment and independent enthusiasm
mad been worked up where i. had not
existed before. So things went from bad
| TO worse, our government failing to enun-
ciate a policy and the Independents con-
| tinually putting before the natives their
very definite policy of absolute independ-
ence.f One of the stories that received
! universal acceptance was that ever since
the Americans had liberated their negro
slaves they had been looking around for
others and they thought they had found
them at last in the Philippines. 1t was
rather surprising, with the natives in
such a frame of mind, that the fighting
did not begin sooner You know how it
since l do not need to dwell on that
! But can tell you one piece of news that
Is not generally known in the United
States.
GEN. TORRES OFFER.
es on Sunday day Feb: 5. the day after the
|
surgents, came through our lines under
a nag of truce and had personal in
f ter lew with Gen. Otis, in which speak
ing Tor Agulnaldo, he declared that the
lighting had been begun accidentally
and was not authorized by Aguinaldo,
mat Aguinaldo wished to have it stopped.
ana that to bring about conclusion Of
hostIlities he proposed the establishment
OF neutral zone between the two ar
mics of any width that would be agree
abe e. to Sen Gen. Otis. so that during the
| peace negotiations there might be no fur
ther danger of conflicts between the two
armies. To these representations of
Gen Gen TO Torres a., Gen. Otis sternly replied
must go on to the grim end. And it has
peen going on ever since. The little
brown fellows whom we all expected to
| hghtlng we'll, though they cannot bring
| combats. ~ ~
They are fighting SO well because thew
have now what they never had in their
! wars against the Spaniards-a good or
ganlzation. Luna has converted this FIJI
t soldier mop PIN INTO an army of fairly good
ing, who are at home in the climate
and who would for the large part rather
| hight than eat.
WHAT TO DO.
Now, after all this fighting, what can
o ob gone Wen, l am prophet of good
| cneer. L do not take the respondent
view of the situation that some of the
newspapers do. 1 believe that the neace
commission is making real progress: T
Del1eve that the declaration Of Intentions
Is having a profound effect an effect
which we do not see at the present time
Inc men on that commission are able.
and at least two of them-DeWey and
Denby-cannot be excelled for handling
Orientals. 1 think, too, that after the
nghtlng has continued for some time and
the natives begin to realize that fighting
Americans is altogether different prop.
oslt1on from fighting Spaniards, when
tney begin to realize that it means e11er-
r1lla warfare and hardship for years, hid
ing In the mountains and living lives of
hunted men,, they will think more of
], have seen of them I do not believe that
the wealthy men who are putting up
money for Aguinaldo will continue fo do
SO indefinitely. They will get tired Of 1T
after awhile, perhaps very soon, and will
ASK Tor terms OF peace: They will begin
keeps promises. At any rate, they viii
conclude that it is worth while to give
us trial. e-
But if they choose to resist us to the
bitter end and they can raise arms, am
mhun1tion and supplies, we have on our
nan hands one OF the toughest problems that
the nation ever confronted We are not
fighting savages, though when if serves
their turn they may use savage methods
Sixty per cent Of the, Tagalos canreadand
write. they are very intelligent, and,
which is almost as good. Though in one
sense treacherous, In another thew are
not. observe the way Spain's native SOL
d1ery stood by her in the hour of ruin.
1 saw a. good deal Of the fighting of
Feb. 8 and 6. and I believe that the re-
ports Of the insurgent losses have heen
overestimated. Good judges put the MN
Der of killed at 800. Possibly It was 500