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=, meahWhhe, zen. Miller had not lanIed at
from the Secretary Of III" Navy and the Secre:
$ Should SSv aSoGs nnS WY y fSRS' "a
accepted the Philippines from a high sense OF
Our sacrace s"''y were anu WITH THIS Ru.
s sses Ss Scpo b TGe G"t viii aHs Cs AVOIDED
and qualification that Otis did not per.
say t Miller Sso t. bring Even on , eSs''S;
anu aSN them TSsy viii "s %GH Gen
eighty must be cstablishcd" The secretaries
Saa isSy Ea n sG ,p to Sp
Ing peace. but these comm issioners would not
reach Manila Tor two months. Otis aud Dewey
an discretion. could do cxcrrnt work.
Agninaldo sent nm influential american
settlement o. the %ii,cGIties Gsainado
whnte to send commissioner to confer with
S"n Who tho Tasa leader dr thn ho
would he very glad To- receive such an envoy
oss nespT IA to b recSg1i1 S any commissioners
Aeulnaldo thcrnnpon named three commits
sionsrs IL his military capacity. In responsc TO
and RAINING his commissioner Hen. Otis said
thGt he wns much pleased a. the suggestion
that the Filipinos arpcarrd to be OF the opin-
lon that we medlta,s attack. while am under
'ns atrlct ORDERS OF the - teu states 10 AVOID
that the knowledge that the Americans would
not fight unless compeed to gave the Filipinos
From, III; hrst tn. ,Fllpino commissioners
showed lack Of confidence In rrrrcsentatiycs
tell, through Gen Hughes, the Chairman
of the American Commission. that no hostile
viii e GS by the hd yptsa
Jan. .25. The Insureent commissioncrs
wanted some concession that woul satisfy
4 hA dan NhAN
one OF them was mar who had occupied
an important position in Cohu, under the
m"nt on Aguinaldo's commission aud was
named a. mnst Important member, hut he
tons that he could not ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING
Gen, OTIS says: Il charged him with playing n
ia,ss Tart easing the Charge on his legal ts.
awnr" Of III" uut"nahlc position he occupied
and was rowerlrss under, the circumstances
/ He wa All adept at legal fiction and could dis
! cover prrcedCnt-, both negative and positive
! IN every international postu'atc."
| The appointment "i the present Com ission
hal caused 80 much SPECULATION both us TO
| n"mhar-h ~ and o. lects that ten. Otis desired.
h" sad. To- corrrr, mistaken Impressions. AMI 10
crate TS as"Sood liz tRSrei6T T sent Icter TO-
| the man in question. FlorentInc Torres, telling
/ Denny. Schurman and Worcester. and telling
! Of the efforts Con. Otis was making ~ maIn:
| tain friendly relations. A great deal Of
! friction had been caused. he said. by the
| action ot trooIs. resulting. he was certain.
/ from understanding OF conditions. our
soldiers are frequently ,nsult"d and thre atenci
/ within our own lines" he said. but thus far
hny. 'GIiss',y .unmttSa; on"yins their ips,ruc-
STATIONS shout! proceed so far as TO endlnCcr
life. might uot 6o able to hold them IN check;
trust that the revolutionary authorities will
eN 'rcisr every cndeavor to rut a stop 10 TO-
monsttatious similar 20 those witnessed dur
Tho letter was written on Feb 2. the lay be-
, f0ro n" attack Of the fi!ipinoS on the hmcri-
can forces on jan. y otis hal wr!tien TO
hand in 4 very short TIM" and that ihoy are
no longer Gmenah'" 70 reason In the hone
Col. Barry. hts Adiutant; General. with
-egal interview. Despit" the PERSONA danger
81, ne n,'sioL. go. baFIy unLcrI"gk L cheer
gent i; line to aeIinnllo's quarters AguinsHio
6a- ns-s, larry saw ylaGini. pT;.isHt y '6e
government had thus far succeeded in con.
Troll NJ tn" people and would max" continued
efforts 20 do 81. but III" natives were greatly
Gen. OTIS then comes to the actual outbreak
"Spanat,"n Il how the 60, Met began; Dur,
ing al this tim" q. our effects and men were
iGsul,"d and o.eny pro"ESm9rd to SS cGws WA Is
impression became general that The nsur-
gents, notwithstanding our Efforts. would in
parent y entertained hy them that they would
meet with ir""h" resistanc" During the en-
"%-santy :" strongly cntrenrh their limos and
place their artillery In po-.ton, and
h'n-trl freely ~ their Intentions 70
soon drive the american forces out ~ Ma.
Mia on the night %; Feb = thry sent q stron
I detachment 70 uraw IN" III" 81 our outpoStS
which took UP position Immediately ia from,
ant within f'w ynr,l~ - th.. same. Tho out
Iu-t~ w"r" strengthened ~ a few " our men
who silently bore their tauu'- and abuse ths
cntlr" nigh. THIS was repor'ei t. me by Cen
. Macarthur. whom | directed 10 com nun Icats
with ia" officer ~ command " the insurg"n'
troops concerned HIS prepared letter wn'
ceiy"d was all that could be desired. How
ever the agreement was ignored nv the
] insurgents, and n IN" evening OF Feb.
ar0'hcr demonstration WINS mad" on one OF oui
B small OutpoS'S. which occupied a retired pos /.
| ton AT least 100 Yards within the line which
had been mutually agreed upon. an insurgcn
/ uTur"a'hiug the picket and r"'u1ing to halt o
/ answer when challenged The result was tina
Z our TicEct discharged his piece. when N,
ineurgcnt troops near Santa Mesa opened
7 spirited fire on our troops there stationed
The insurgents had thus Succeeted in drawing
the FIRE OF n small outpost. they having evi
IDENTIFY lahored with all their ingenuity to &C
complish this in order to Justify in sOrn" way th'
prcm"di,at"d attack. Il IL not believed tina
IN" rhiefinsurgcut leader. wished to open hos
| tili'ir- at this time. as they were not com
/ p"tnly prepared to assume tho Initiative
/ They d"srei two or three dnyS NOR" n rer'ec
| their arrangements. but the zeal of their arm
! brought on the crisiE which anticipated the
premeIithted action. They could not hav
been delayed long. however. Tor Il was thei
object 10 force an Issue before American troop
then en- route could arrive in Manila"