Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-22
DEVEY'S HoME COMING.
His PrObrbI ItinrrnTy--Genernl Otis
to Have Full Power at Manila.

His PrObr bic ItfnrrnT y--Genern1 Otis
to Have Full Power at Manila.
Washington, May 22.-So far the navy
department knows nothing except in
the .!ust general way of the itinerary of
Admiral Dewey's cruise from Manila to
New York. He has reported simply that
he will come by the Suez route and has
not indicated officially how long he will
take In making the trip. The actual de-
parture of the Olympia vase made
known in the following four words COM
ing by cable from Captain Barker at
Manila
"Olympia Hongkong. Assumed COM
mand'
The understanding at the navy de-
partment is that the admiral will spend
about two weeks at Hongkong, for the
Olympia is to be locked and her drab
war paint must be covered with the
spotless white which makes the Ameri-
can naval ship the most beautiful in the
world. In the absence of other informa-
ton it is assumed that the Olympia will
follow the usual course of warships
coming home from Hongkong by way
of the Suez canal. She will touch first
at Singapore, then at Colombo, Fnd then
perhaps at Alden, at the entrance to the
Red sea, to take on a crew of Lascars
to fire the boilers in the intensely hot
passage through that sea and the Suez
canal Stops will be made of necessity
at Suez and at Port Said 1t is assumed
that Malta will be touched, and perhaps
Genoa or Nice, before reaching Gibral-
tar. Leaving the Mediterranean, the
Olympia will stand straight across the
Atlantic, though she may put in at the
Azores for two days.
The time that should be occupied by
such a trip is variOusly estimated by
naval officers, but the average is about
70 days. However, the public will soon
be able to get a more accurate knoWl-
edge of the itinerary, for within a few
days the navy department Will be in
possession of the schedule of the ships
movements.
The cable from General Otis indicates
! to the war department that the COM
mission which is now in Manila will ac-
complish nothing because it has no au-
thority to negotiate for actual peace.
The Importance of the visit of the COM
mission is in the evident desire of the
Filipinos to end hostiltes. There is an
impression conveyed also that Agui-
naldo Is playing for time in his request.
No Instructions or suggestions will be
sent to General Otis by the department,
The officials are confident that he has
the matter well in hand and is the bet
ter able to Judge what is best to do.
From the manner in which General Otis
has handled past negotiations with the
Filipinos there is little doubt that he
will refuse the request for the armstice
asked. The position of the American
troops in the Philippines is such as to
render it possible to intlict great dam
age to the Filipinos without serious loss
to our forces General Otis, being aware
of the feeling of the people as shown by
the press dispatches, no doubt believes
the Filipino rebellion is crumbling and
the object of Aguinaldo and other lead
ers in requesting an armistice is to re-
organize their shattered forces or to i'm
press the Filipino people with evidence
of Importance which they do not pos
SeSS.