Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-18
Information from Manila Has Been
Given Freely to the Public,
AGuINALD0 WANTS PEACE.
Volunteers May Not be Needed Cabi-
paper Wen Against Gen. OILS.

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Indictment of Gen. Our'a management
OF the Philippine campaign caused a
sensation ln the department here. See.
Rotary Hay had received alyices as
late az today from civil as well 1a
military sources boo The Philippine
which led him 90 declare that the aitu-
alton these was constantly Improving
materially ana che prospects, Cor the
future had frightened very much
with the ndvloUH tho secretary said
Gen. otis had had nothing 90 do. and
thgy We're from dIe.utorosted persons
whose opinions must carry weight
Hcnurully there was Htruug dIHlu-
cllnutluu exhibited by the officials tu
discuss th.H last round robin"
Gen. Miller. who was acting aHrro.
tnfy % Wur boz thu absence Uf saurU-
tary AlFsr aud AHHtuut Secretary
Mcikeli1hn, would NOT comment upon
the dispatch
Regarding statements that cable de
patches received lu Washington and
other ncwH regarding the war had been
censored contrary tn the usual Cua-
tom Adjt. Con, Curbln today said:
Yes. those complaints have been
brought 60 my notice. a word uf yN-
plantation w perhaps dur Co the coun-
Try no less than the department The
enormous amount ~ work the office
hus been called upon tp perform has
taxed 10 the limit the endurance ~
the clerks, who. by tho way. are ns
competent as any that can be- found
anywhere. Complaints We're made hy
several of the assistants and clerks
that our clerks We're being annoyed
ana their time taken from tho lprltl.
mate work by direct application f1r
Information from people in mo- way
connected with the office ur the public
service. As a matter uf protection uf
tfo public Interests and good admins
irai.on the circular ~ June 22nd was
issued
''rh, cousuro of Ca. s1.cllled cone
H0rgd press ~ without Just cause. and
evidently made under mlHnpprghJn-
sion ~ facts. There has hyru nu lu-
formation received from Gen. otis that
has not been given tu the press
promptly ON the bulletin board IN the
hall OF this office. Every fair-minded
representative uf the press win bpsr
witness 60 this statement. what
would the manner ~ any one uf the
complaining papers say u Information
concerning the business 90 the paper
was Inquired for OF the printers rather
than az the business ufilcrG This ig "a
case exactly in point
The standing instructions Of the
President and secretary uf war are
that the public shall be given AN in-
formation We receive. This has been
done and viii continue 90 be- done OF
cuurs" plans NJ campaign that would
be u help 90 AKulnaldo and other
rebels have not ana win not be- pro-
Wuigated, but an facts of events tran
srlrins have been given In fun"
AGuINALDo SUES FOR PEACE.
chicago. July IA special 10 the
Times Herald from Washington says;
Important cablegrams have been re-
celved at the state department from
the Philippine commission and at the
war department from Gen. Otis CON
cernlng a new move In the direction "
peace. These dispatches have been
In the hands NJ the President Tor sew
eral days but he has declined 90 make
them public because the ultru-optlmls-
tic Views heretofore received from the
same source have not been borne out
by subsequent events,
The latest dispatches. however. are
more encouraging that the previous
ones. but the President wishes 90 have
them public. All that can hc learned
definitely about them Do that direct
oycrtures FOR peace have been sent To-
Gen. OTIS by Agulnnldu and some OF
his principal leaders, II was said by
a cabinet officer tonight that n the
promises are FULFILLED the volunteers
now being enlisted vii not be needed.
CABINET TO CONSIDER COM
PLANT.
wnshlugton,July 1.-THE Manila dis
patch sent from HonFkoug by the
newspaper men win be- taken up by
the cabinet tomorrow. So FAR as can
be- learned. nothing has been done or
decided on concerning the Communicl-
ton. officials are exceptionally rru-
cent on the subject ana 10 could not
even be asccrtalued whether the news
paper card has been cubicd Co Con.
Otis. though II n presumed thut this
has been done, since otherwise he would
not learn Of H., In the ordinary course
OF things, for some weeks, whom Amer-
can or European mails reach him. n
was said tonight By a prominent army
officer that Con, otis probably would
be- loft time TO act on the card us h"
thought host Nothing. he added, has
been heard from Gen, otis on the sub
ject.
FAILED TO RECEIVE MAILS.