Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-09-27
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IAI ak With
u. ADMIRAL | ] 4 4 \ Dewey
! \ Talks Z IS Interestingly About His
Experiences i il ! the Philippines.
! AcUiNALDo SIZED UP
VIVA, sho Arehb..hop OF Manila
Think- OF American sai,ors-Gen-
ernl LnnnD.od ,hevic,im OF Pio,
Tho war In tiio philippines
should ne Easily Enaed-wny OTIS
Fatled -Poliiios.
l,I; SIZED UP

Il ~ l(By leleBrapH Is aNITStHidH-tiiol.la ,st
y New York, Sept 2e.-The Evening
Post prints the following interview
with Admiral Dewey:
s"They are a splendid lot" the Ad-
miral said, speaking of his men; "the
!. very pick, the finest in our navy, and
Sthat means the best In the world. Be-
Z fore I got to Manila. the Archbishop,
! with whom l aftterward became very
intimate, said that the American sail
4 ors were the scum of the EARTH a blood
Z thirsty lot OF cut-throats, who would
!, destroy everything in their path.
Later on, when l did get there,
sald the Admiral with a knowing smile,
day while l had q battalion at drill,
the very same battalion that will pa
rade In New York. The Archbishop
3 went on the bridge and watched them
closely. 1 knew he was admiring them,
and said to him. We'll, what do you
think OF our American sailors?
@ They are splendid,' he snid. I have
( seen the men of most navies, but never
anything like these. They are magnifl-
cent. l cannot understand it-such
splendid young fellows. How does 1t
happen?'
Well I replied, we look for the
best men, we come closer to our men,
we treat them better than other coun-
tries do, and we pay them better
Then called q man and said to
him: How much do you get month";
He snluted and said: Eighty dollars,
+ sir. Tile Archbishop was astonEshed.
You know $50 would pay a whole ship
}load OF Spanlnrds. After that the
Archbishop had q very great respect
! have picture of General Luna, which
I was given to me by the Archbishop"
4 The Admiral then sent an orderly for
the picture Of the Philippine general.
who was murdered by order of Aguin-
/ aldo" as he said. The picture was that
On the back was an inscription in
Spanish to the Archbishop OF Manila
Father Bernardino Nesalado. II WAS
signed by Luna.
AGUINALDO SIZED UP.
Admiral Dewey then said that Luna
was the best man the Philippines had
ut was n plot he said, ito assassl-
nate him. A crack swordsmnn was
placed as sentry, and when Luna APP
peared he simply stabbed him. But
these fellows all" said the Admiral,
ARE a queer lot. They were simply
aldo was junior clerk in the navy
yard. He is a pretty smart fellow.
know him pretty well. In fact, we
were great friends and are. for the
matter Of fact, but he has not the
brains. There are people behind him,
lows. who make tool of NguInaIdo.
Here. by the way, Is cane which he
presented to me-" and the Admiral pro-
j duced q thick black stick carved nnd
resembling Irish bog oak more than
anything else.
THD MISTAKE OF OTIS.
II thought" said the Admiral, chat
this thing in the Philippines would be
over long before this, as 1t should have
been. can't imagine how they have
stood out until now. OF course there
was the rainy season, and I suppose
little was done. One great trouble out
there has been that General Otis has
tried to do too much. I told him So
r He wants to be general, governor, judge
and everything else-to have hold Of
all the irons. No man can do this
This is the great trouble, 1t is enough
for man to do one thing, to be one
+ thing, but when q man tries to do
everything and to be everything It Is
S easy to Imagine the result ts,
THE WAR SHOULD BE ENDED.
The fight In the Philippines should
be easily ended. The people have been
SO badly treated for such a length of
Z. time by, the Spanlards that they are
3 distrustful. This is the great differ
encelin dealing with them. Where we
y have met them and they have been
r III HluCIl cONtuCL WIN lis as to learn
that we mean to treat them we'll; where
they have seen that We mean what we
Is say, there Is mo trouble. They stand
y by us all the time. All of them Will
learn this in time. They will get from
b under the influence OF Aguinaldo, or
Y rather those people who are behind
sEAguinaldo, who, rs I said before, Is a
mere tool.
1 tgss "A VERY QUEER PEOPLE.
4s}}{s yt'Do think the Fllipinos are fit for
4 self government? Well, no; not just
4 now. They probably Will be in lit
II tie time. They nre a very queer peo-
plea very queer mixture. Many of
Il them are quite civilized and good peo-
q pie, but II do;5not think they are Al
{ for self government Just yet. But
when = say that must add at the
same time that 1t is my candid opinion
{Rthat hey are more fitted forit than the
4 Cnbans, that they are a better people
4 than the Cubans in every way. -
ssis II do wish, however, that the whole
a business was settled, and think that
q after q little the FlApinos viii take
II Kindly to us =,
AYERsE TO POLITICS.
Safs 1t was suggested to the Admiral that
s. the Democratic slate had been settled
4 wi TIL, admiral Dewey for the Presiden-
Il cy$ and General Wheeler for the Vice
y Presj dency. y rs \. y ~ q y
ell,,a said tlle Admiral eve should
Z make a pretty mess Of 81 It General
Wheeler; q course, has had some train