The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03
MAJOR-GEN. OTIS'S REPORT.
oFFICf4L ACCOUNT or NOW THE
FILIPINO WAR WAS BEGUN

w.sHrSGToN. Dec 2.-1i any additional evil
dance we're needed to prove that tho conflict In
IN. Philippines. now practically ended, was
brought about through deliberate intention on
tho mart Of hguinalio and his principal subor-
dina,es and sympathizers. aided and Allotted
n some extent ny people In the United States
Il may he found in the annual report Of Major
Cen. L. 4. OTIS command ding the United States
forces in the philippInes from which the seal
ot secrecy has Just been removed by the War
Department. In some respects. the report OF
Gen. OTIS is one OF the most remarkable ever
made hy a military commander. II reads more
like a popular history than a formal official
communication. and Is In fact. an actual pre-
,entaton from n literary point OF view OF every
thing OF Importance that has occurred In tho
Philippines since the assumption oi American
control 1t Ia repetc with correspondence be-
tween Gen. OTIS and AguInaldo. which indi-
Gates that tho willy Taga leader began prepara-
tIons for nghtng the American forces almost
Immediately after the surrender Of Manila by
the spaniards. II treats ut length Of the many
embarrassing questions which confronted Gen.
Otis when he succeeded Gen. Merritt as
supreme m Hilary commander In the nrchipel-
AGO While Gen. Otis has left out OF the report
much ot the Information he possessed and
which the insurgents secured from the anti
impcralists In the United States. hc tells
enough on that subject to show that such
encouragement did much to keep tho rebellion
going.
The rcrort is divided into two parts. tho frat
covering the period from June 80. lS'S. ak
weeks before the surrender Of Manila by the
Standards to Feb. 1. 1882 the date " the Fiji.
rino outbreak. and the second from Fob. 1. 10
Aug .. the present year The first rart is de-
voted principally to an explanation of the att-
tude Of Aguinado and his symrathi2rrs. "a il
shown by an extensive corr"srontcnce he
tween Con Otis aud the so-cnled President OF
tho Filipino Republic. The second part ia
largely a history Of military operations since
tho outbreak against American authority. The
report is dated Aug 81 $3.50.
Gen. Otis deyotes much space To n rcview
O, his correspondence with Acuinaldo. inn
mediately alter the departure OF Gen Merritt,
IN regard to the inaurCcnt occupation Of
Manila. As early as September, lS'S tho in
surgents had been guilty OF ndCnities to
American officers aui citizens OF Manila. even
In tho suburbs OF tho oarital Brig -Gen.
Thomas VI. Anderson complained officially IN
October that ~ had been treated dis
cour,eously in no. being permitted TO PASS
w the Pasig through the insurgont
lines in steam launch. Aguralio
was at that time holding two suburbs ~
Manila under the claim that they wers not in-
cluied within the territory which the hm"r-
leans were permitted to control Uul"r the pro-
visions OF the peace protocol signed In Wu-h-
ington in August. l~1'S. The peace protocol
provided that the United States ;pTr"- should
occupy tho city and suburbs ~ Mania. lnd
Aguinaio con'"ndei that Tho o'lc,a maps u
the city showed that the suburbs h. occu'ici
were outside the iurisl 'tlonal limits trans
ferred TO the unlt~I states ty Sran Gen.
OTIS had an eng nccr officer ma, an cxamna-
ton OF the maps aud Of the city. and that
officer ascer'aned tina, tho maps were moor
rect He reported to Gen. OTIS that the suburbs
occupied oy 'he ,nsurIeN'' were cear'y IN me
limits 81 III" territory transferred TO tho
tn,ea states ny Nt"'G, HI , n''s ,h.n Re,
Iu's''" ~" n'."' - N''"''" MS troops
,s@m n 5or o9 g " , -, As%,maa, as,
wbfcs 10 1,,G.a CO. 0.'. ~ -.
question to wi,hlra~ or nrh, was .T wrn.ntsn
BIZ this time the cnml,y o, the ToroI, toward
thG ApcriGans hal become JEr",ty Wei de-
Se.J2p'h niger me ,he MI H"it : i"u. w"ntn-
saa %a!S%riIy. Zen: o,i:, Who va, E.sniy WI.
r,rhad was ,bs o" ,m' ~ rr
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bat con In eSeH' ma t''' arse nSu
70 meet. II" nhlI d.so IN ma t'-
excite the ln:prsgm,, Hi ..k wss yrg'
tively small ioref Hs assta ior nnOp m2f.
men hnf suEgSs'"G ,hat On" "a, Ri"nI - ne
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