The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-18

Copyright 1929. by the Associated Press.)
New York. June IA prominent
newspaper man. Henri Turot. special
correspondent of lie Claire and lie
Monde IlluStre. and chief editor of La
Petite Republique and La. Lanterne, re-
Gently returned from the Philippine is
lands by way of Vancouver. h. c.. and
sailed for France today in order to re-
port the result of his mission to his
papers. Before sailing he was asked
to furnish the Associated Press with
the impressions he had formed in the
Philippine islands and he did SO in the
| following terms:
II have just passed several weeks in
! the islands. and will speak frankly on
! the subject. During your war with
| Spain | openly and frequently pro-
| claimed my sympathy for the Ameri-
can cause. Let this be borne in mind
| if l criticise matters. as my criticism
Will be solely inspired by my desire
| to respect the truth. ever and always.
| My first visit. quite naturally, was
to General Otis. from whom l had to
request authority to pass through the
American lines. l was cordially re-
ceived by the general. and 1 asked him
| if he was satisfied with his campaign.
and if he hoped 10 promptly terminate
it.
Yes. he answered: I am satisfied
with the results achieved. and from
this time on 1 hope To accomplish in
the quickest manner possible the pa
triotic task confided to me by my gov
I ernment Unhappily. | cannot deny
that it will take long time
Il thanked General Otis for his gra-
| cious reception. and FASTENED to ask
President Schurman of the American
Philippines commission for more ample
information.
What Schurman Would Do.
"Mr. Schurman. / am happy to have
the occasion of saying. is very re.
markable man. of high intelligence ane
of profound erudition. Nobody could
be more worthy of the mission which
has been entrusted 10 him. Unhappily,
l believe he is pOwerleSS TO obtain sat
isfactCry results.
why / said TO him, has not Amer
lea established in the Philippines the
protectorate system like that which
France has installed in Tunis and An
nam? 1t is in substance a disguised
annexation. and would give you abso-
lutte satisfaction
1T is impossible replied Mr.
SchurTnan. and l will tell you the rea-
son why. At Tunis there is a hey and
Annaman emperor and your protec-
torate is exercised over stable gov
ernment. Here there is nothing Ot the
kind We are in the presence OF an
archv and you cannot establish "A pro
/ tectorate over government which
does not exist
| But L asked in default of pro
| tectOrate will YOU accord to the Fiji
pinOs the same regime as exists pc
| tween Canada and Great Britain-tnat
/ is to say, a sort of autonomy, with the
| recognition of American sovereignty
Yes answered Mr.. Schurman,
after a moments reflection. / 90 not
! see. so far as / am concerned. any Cd
! lection to the establishment or such d
| system. Besides. it is outlined in the
| last proclamation which We addressed
| to the FflipinOs. In the first place. We
| insist that the sovereignty OF the Unit
ed States be accepted and recognized:
| On that point the American people Will
never give way But. after that, We
| are quite disposed towards any under
standing with the inhabitants of those
| islands
Talk With Dewey.
1T remained for me to see Admiral
| Dewey. l had very great desire 10
see and know the man who enjoys such
popularity ir America and who. since
| his action at Cavfte, has been very
much admired in France. The admiral
received me on board the Olympia. and
Il
| the victory he had won.
Very modestly the admiral replied
| that the greater part of the credH was
| due to his sailors. who had behaved
very gallantly. and to his officers, who
had seconded him so well.
And now, admiral / said. what
do you think of the situation|
In the first place he answered, L
have great hope in the conferences
which Mr.. Schurman has nearly every
day with the Filipinos' delegates. and.
in any case, Aguinaldo viii be Obliged
to submit sooner or later. He mas
around him too many generals ana TOO
few soldiers to resist
But / replied. should it not be
recognized that the insurgents fight ad-
mirably?'
Certainly, yes, answered the ad-
miral. and 1 render them full justice on
that point They fight well. but they
are children, incapable of military tac-
ties
'.'At the same time suggested, I
think you ought to recognize that on
land they conducted the campaign
against the Spanards very WE'LL
'''That is true. said the admiral, but
since you have touched on the subject,
/ shall be obliged to you if you repeat
the following statement in France:
Aguinaldo Not Our Ally.
"Aguinaldo. during the war with
Spain, was not our ally, as has been
claimed We never made treaty OF
alliance with him, and we never prom
ised him anything. We had "A common
enemy. He acted on his side and we on
ours. There has never been any under
standing.
Having thus been enlightened upon
the sentiments of the high personaGes
upon the American side. it remained to
me to ascertain the views of the Fill
pino leaders. One evening L VISITED
Florentine Torres. president of the
Filipino commission of Manila Torres
was a magistrate. and is a very intelli-
gent man. He said:
The position of the Philippine COM
mission is very difficult one. We are
doing what we can to bring about pac-