The San Francisco call., 1899-07-20

consisting of about 1000 men, who are en-
camped in Northern Pampanga.
The southern army of the insurgents;
possibly 2000 strong, is badly demoralze,d
vices report to him that in number OF
cities within the American lines local gov
ernments have been formed wnlch ar are
discharging their functions competently
and TO the satisfaction of the people, thaI
the mass of the people desire peace ana
American protection; that they no longer
flee on the approach of our troops, but
heartily welcome them; that the popu-
lation within the American lines is dense
and grows larger all the while, ana that
land cultivation is going on extensively
The President is advised, and on thls
point his information comes unanlm0usiy
from all the able men whose ofhclal OBJ
legation is to keep the Government ac-
curately informed, that the only nope OF
the insurgents lies in the efforts that are
making to convince the people that
change of government is about to occur
in the United States favorable to the IN
position among the American people to
the prosecution of the war and fixed
purpose on the part of that political party
about TO come into power 10 Wl1hdraW
the American army and to recognize the
Government of Aguinaido. This ldea Is
being assIduously circulated by the m m
surgent leaders, and 1t so far serves their
/ purpose as to enable them to maintain
their forces in fairly strong. array,
There can be no question or the substan-
tiaI truth and accuracy of this informa-
tion 1t comes from too many df1erenr
sources and from sources high and honor
able in character TO admit or DOUBT, ana
not even the testimony of the newspaper
| correspondents who resent the lnterter-
ence of General Otis unimaginatiVe blue
pencil with their sensational stories can
! Stand against the official representatives
of the Presidents civil and military ad-
viserS.
! of the situation. 1t shows, indeed, that a
great work has yet to be done and leads
! back to the question why more mas not
! ton whether the preparations now going
| forward will possibly insure the creation
of a force sufficiently powerful for the
| It is perfectly easy to explain why
the Government did not have a great
army at Manila when the Filipinos made
| could not. 1t was restrained by two cir,
! cumstances-good faith with Spain and
army had been created. It must be re-
membered that the American people were
not thinking of the Philippines when they
cerned with the affairs of Cuba. The pc
! riod of actual warfare. moreover, was
short, and the French ambassador had
! appeared at the White House with pro-
! posal to end the war almost before the
army had been equipped to taSe 1s6o the hsld; ;
eD M9T at tba 5naP hnnnes tme IN nesrY me naa
| Admiral Dewey had advised the Govern
ment that 5000 would be sufficient. It
were surely enough. but the President
acting upon his own wise Judgment. has
dispatched 10000. The only work then
| expected of them was to fight and de-
| feat the Spaniards at Manila.
Continuing, the statement recalls
! the negotiation of the peace protocol
| through the French ambassador, re-
! calls the subsequent battle at Manila,
! by which the American forces gained
! by force what the protocol had peace
| fully conceded, and says:
! If, under the terms of the peace protocol.
! the Spaniards had quietly marched out of
| Manila and we had quietly marched in.
the two forces in full strength peacefully
! awaiting the conclusions of the negotia-
| tions at Paris, we might perhaps have
withdrawn from the Philippines with dig
! nifty and without the impairment of in
stroyed their authority over the Philippine
! people and having forcibly placed our
! selves in their stead as Government, the
| status quo became impossible of restora-
/ ton, and from that moment the with
| drawal of the American army and navy
would have meant the abandonment of
/ the island to utter anarchy, misery and
| misrule.
This view compelled the course that was
! taken by our commissioners at Paris and
| justified the President in having assem-
The question of the future Of the, Philip
spain or to fhe United diGng
/ into the hands of the Peace Commission
and. Of course, neither country was at
! Peace Commission had acted and its ac-
ton tons had been approved Enrther exnedt
! of the protocol but if that wholly sulTi-
! cient reason had been wanting. there was
another and this other involved the most
| trying and troublesome condition with
which the Government has had to con-
! tend
The men then under arms and available