The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-05
.LUZON CANT AIGN.
Otis Informed by Washington
What Is Expected.
He Must Crush the Rebellion
Soon or Abdicates
EVERY ASSISTANCE
Will BE Given Him In the Cam
paign.
Utterance of Ex-senator Hem
dersOn, Republican,
Attracting Eastern Attention
Peace Meeting.
EVERY ASSISTANCE

Washington, D. c., Aug. 5.-Author1-
ties at Washington have Informed Gen
eral Otis of what is expected Of him
In his coming campaign against the Fill
fpinos. He must crush the rebellion.
Every resource for accomplishing this
result will be placed at his disposal by
the president General Otis has been
notified that every requisition of his,
whether for arms or men, Will be non
ored. A reasonable length of time for
the accomplishment of his difficult task
will be allowed him, but at the eXplra-
ton of that time he must accept the
responsibility for success or failure. If
he fails he will have to give way to
new commander.
This is the programme Of the admin
istration as outlined by a prominent
western member of it.
Neither president nor any member of
his cabinet is wavering in their Phlllp-
pine policy because of the recent out
break of hostile criticism from anti-ex-
pansion sources. One of the criticisms
which has attracted most attention in
the east is an utterance of ex-senator
John B. Henderson of Missouri. In
discussing the subject General Hender-
son said:
Il am often triumphantly asked,
What would you do with the Philip
pines?' Originally, when the Spanish
fleet was destroyed at Manila, I should
have ordered Admiral Dewey to Cuba,
that he might assist in carrying out the
orders of congress in declaring war to
drive Spain from Cuba and Cuban wat
erS.' Having committed the blunder of
leaving him in Asia, / would now ne
gotiate with the Fihpinos to take Ma
Mia as a naval station, and then help
them to establish a republic of their
own, the United States agreeing to aid
them in their good work, and to protect
them from any threatened interference
with their free institutions, they to re-
turn to US the $40, 600 600 which Spain
received from US on a defective title
1t is the plan proposed by ex-senator
Henderson which the antf-expansionlstS
who will meet in Chicago next Sunday,
intend to advocate. The western mem
Der of the administration above refer
Senator Henderson and the forthcon-
ing outbreak of pullbacks in Chicago,
said:
"Sifted down, what is it these peo-
pie would have the administration do?
Surrender Do you or any sensible
American believe for a moment that the
American people are in favor of sur
render? We would be the laughing
stock of the world. The anti-expansion
meeting to be held in Chicago will turn
out to be q good thing for expansion.
The more agitation there is by cranxs
and sentimentalists to quit at any price,
the more determined win vigorous
Americans be to crush the rebels who
have taken up arms against the United
States.
'I am in constant communication with
prominent men throughout the west I
have encouraged them to write to me
about the sentiment in that section Of
the country From my correspondence
am confident that the sentiment of the
west is practically unanimous in favor
of the presidents poAcy in the Philip
pines. The west wants the United
States to hold the Philippines. The only
dissatisfaction there-and 1t does not
amount to much, as yet-is due to the
delay in stamping out the insurrectiOn.
The people are a little impatient for the
ending of the war. At the same time,
they place supreme reliance in the
judgment of the president. While not
over-favorably impressed by General
Otis mana cement of the campaign so
far they are willing to trust to the
presidents estimate of him, and wait
for the results of the fall campaign.
80 confident am of my correct APP
probation of the feeling in the west
about the administrations Philippine
policy, that if non-success should attend
the American arms and the administra-
ton were defeated, I, for one, would
never believe it was because the people
of the west disapproved of the war,
but would attribute it to their disap-
prevail of the manner in which the war
had been conducted. The president is
making no mistake about public Opin-
ion He knows what the people of the
country want, and he is making every
preparation to insure qualification of
their desire"
Quartermaster Gen. LudingtOn, when
his attention was called today to the
statement Of the English artist, who
complained that the Americans in the
Philippines had esta bIished no proper
means of communication between their
front and their rear, laughed at it. He
had had no reports from the quarter
masters corps in the Philippines re-
Gently as to what had been accomplish
ed in the line of communication, but the
fact that the commanding general was
satisfied with what was being done was
sufficient to indicate that there was no
foundation for the Britisher's criticism.
Secretary Root proposes to take an
active part in the preparations for the
resumption of military operations in the
Philippines after the rainy season and
is already planning the outlines Of a
campaign. 1t is Mr.. Roots belief that
1000 men will be sufficient
His ideas upon this subject have been
formed since. he came to Washington
and assumed the control of the war de-
partment- No doubt they are based
upon the suggestion of those who have
a more familiar knowledge of the con-
dition of affairs about Manila, ana with
whom he has consulted
Within the past fOrty-eight hours Mr.
Root has been a, very busy man and
has acquired q great amount of in
formation concerning the war depart
ment and the methods of the different
bureaus. He has gone to work sys-
tematically to acquaint himself with
the details of the department over
which he is to preside and has accom-
plfshed this by visiting the bureaus and
talking personally with the chiefs. Dur
ing these visits the secretary has in
CURED particularly of the work of the
bureaus in connection with operations
in the Philippine. His questions pro-
pounded to the chiefs, and the persist
ency of detail with which he followed
them, made it plain that Mr.. Root in
tends to push from Washington the
coming campaign in Luzon.
This being his purpose. the pFeIina-