The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-06-20

Manila, June 17-An earthquake
shock was felt at Iloilo at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The inhabitants
say it was the severeSt ever known. 1t
is supposed that the shock was caused
by the volcano Conloan, in Negros, in
eruption. An explosion was heard ap-
parently under Iloilo, followed thirty
seconds later by shaking of the earth.
A FRENCH EDITORS VIEWS.
New York, June I'm. Henri Turet,
special correspondent of IEclair and
of LIE Monde Illustre and chief officer
of La Petite Republique and La Ian
terne, recently returned from the Phil
ippine islands, by way of Vancouver,
3. c., and sailed for France in order
to report the result of his mission 20
his papers. Before sailing he was ask
ed to furnish the Associated Press with
the impressions he had formed in the
Philippine islands and he did So in the
following terms:
my first visit was to General Otis.
l was cordially received by the gen.
eraI and asked him if he was salts
fled with his campaign and if he hop
ed to promptly terminate it.
Yes he answered, L am satisfied
with the results achieved and from
this time on, l hope to accomplish in
the quickest manner possible the patri-
'otic task cOnfided to me by my govern
ment. Unhappily, l cannot deny that
it will take a long time. This is the
season of rains and the sun becomes
every day more dangerous and more IA
tai than the rifles of the Philippines.
0noi1 ~ f,,tfx 4;xx1
troops a little further forward and af-
terward to make them wait for more
favorable period. During this time Of
enforced repose our fleet will be able
! to continue the operations along the
coasts
II thanked General Otis for his gra-
clouS reception and haStened to ask
President Schurman for more ample in
formation.
'tMr. Schurman, 1 am happy to have
the occasion of saying, is a very re-
markable man, of high intelligence and
profound erudition. Nobody could be
more worthy of the mission which has
been entrusted ito him. Unhappily,
believe he is powerless to obtain salts
factory results.
why 1 said to him, has not
America established in the Philippines
the protectorate system, like that which
France has installed in Tunis and An
nam?'
"It is impossible replied Mr..
Schurman, and 1 will tell you the rea-
son why. AT TuniS there is a bey and
in AMMAN an emperor and your pro-
tectorate is exercised over a stable gov
ernment. Here there is nothing of the
kind. We are in the presence of regu-
lar anarchy and you cannot establish
a protectorate over a government which
does not exist
But, 1 asked, in default of a pro-
electorate will you accord to the Philip
ipes the same regime as exists between
Canada and Great Britain, that is to
say, a sort OF autonomy with the recOg-
milton Of Americn sovereignty?'
Yes answered Mr.. Schurman, af-
ter o moments reflection, I do not
see, so far as l am concerned, any
objection to the establishment of such
a system
'"Then Mr.. Schurman put some uues-
tions to me. He notably asked me
why public opinion in France appeared
ito be somewhat hostile toward the
United States.
g This hostility I exclaimed, is in
1 no way general. 1t is evident that the
Eeactionaries and the clericals Of France
Enuld feel more sympathetic toward
ain, monarchial and Catholic; but,
I've republicans have not ceased to hope
for your triumph. Only, at the present
time. we fear to see American democra-
cy dragged into the wanderings of
jfngoism and of extreme militarism and
We see there a new danger for universal
peace
Mr.. Schurman then said, with a
great deal of firmness: You are
wrong to be alarmed. The United
States are too much attached to liberty
ITO become a military nation in the spe-
cial sense which you attach to the
term in France. The people would new
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sured
TALK WITH DEWEY.
Admiral Dewey received me on
board the Olympia and I lost no time in
complimenting him on the victory
which he had Won
very modestly the admiral replied
that the greater part of the credit was
due to his sailors, who had behaved so
gaIlantly, and to his officers who had
seconded him so we'll.
And now, Admiral I said what
do you think Of the situation?
In the first place he answered. sI
have great hope in the success of the
conferences which Mr.. Schurman has
nearly every day with the Philippine
delegates; and in any case. Ag11inaldo
will be obliged to submit sooner or la
ter. He has around him too MANY ran
erals and too few soldiers to resist u.s.
But I replied, should it not he
recognized that the insurgents fight ad-
mirably?'
Certainly, yes answered the ad-
DQiral, and render them full justica
o. Ghat point. They fight well, but they
az children, incapable of military tao
tics. Agnilado, during the war with
SRSn, was not our ally, as has been
ned. We never made treaty of
aG78nce with him, and we never prom
Used him anything
Zone evening I visited Florentine