Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-14

marines to spare from his ships 10
guar dthe arsenals at Cavlte. At the
same time Manila was at his mercy.
He could take 1t any day by the sim
pie process OF bombardlng without
reference to the preservation of the
Prouerty anI Civilization.
of the place. This he was reluctant to
do. The town was captured when our
guns knocked the old fort that was
at the gate OF the fortifications in
pieces.
The pretension of Aguinaldo and Of
his advocates and followers that he
played an important part in the siege
of Manila, though often asserted Is
not warranted by the facts. The first
thing the American army had to do
to actually besiege Manila was to get
the swarm that recognized Aguinaldo
as a leader out OF the way.
Admiral Dewey was the first man
to see through and understand the
character of Aguinaldo He had done
that before the arrival Of General An
derson, and subsequent to that event
testimony rapidly accumulated.
Admiral Dewey cabled to Washing
ton that he was not in the confidence OF
Aguinaldo whose attitude was becom-
ing threatening toward the Americans.
General Anderson wrote to the adju-
tant general of the
Treachery Of Aguinaldo.
He had the proof of 1t. The Tagalo
was treacherous in every sense. He
was intriguing with the Spaniards and
intriguing with the Americans and de-
ceiving his own people.
He told General Anderson that the
reason he came from Hongkong was to
prevent his people from making COM
mon cause with the Spaniards. This
was absolutely contrary to the fact, but
he did succeed in alternating the affec-
tions of some OF the people from the
Americans, and in dampening their
enthusiasm towards those who had lib
Grated them from the Spanish tyranny.
He has devoted his energies ever since
to making war upon the Americans, be-
cause he was not allowed to approprl-
ate the islands for his own advantage
and that Of the degraded gang iden-
titled with him in Hongkong as men
who had been bribed. Hongkong is
the place where they established
Their Pretended Government.
There was no possibility of getting
along with him except by surrendering
to him; and the Americans who are
taking the part OF Aguinaldo are as
suming that the duty of the American
officers of the navy and of the army
at Manila was to infllct upon them
selves and their country an incredible
disgrace. That is what they are mean
ing now.
THE POSITION OF ADMIRAL
DEWEY HAS NEVER BEEN FOR A
MOMENT DOUBTFUL. HE HELD
ON TO HIS CONQUEST AS A MAT
TER OF DUTY. HE EXPRESSED AT
MANILA HIS FEELING THAT THE
AMERICAN FLAG SHOULD FLY
OVER THAT CITY FOREVER. HE
BELIEVES NOW THAT WE SHOULD
HOLD THE PHILIPPINES AS A
POSSESSION FOREVER.
He knows, though the Philippine
people are, in his judgment, better fit
ted than the Cubans for self-govern-
ment, that there is no chance what
ever that they could establish gov
ernment for themselves. He knows
that our withdrawal would signify inn
medlately the partition of the archipel-
ago among European powers. HE
KNOWS THAT THERE HAS NEVER
BEEN A MOMENT SINCE THE
HOUR WHEN HE DESTROYED THE
SPANISH FLEET THAT THERE
WAS EVEN THE SHADOW OF LE-
CLIMATE AUTHORITY BY THE
PHILIPPINES THAT WE COULD
TRUST WITH THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A STABLE FORM OF GOVERN