Arizona republican., 1899-09-17
The New Operations Against the
 Filipino Insurgents.
NO CHANGE IN COMMAND
The Conference of fhe AdmIniSYra. fion in Otis Is UnShaken and Newspaper Correspondents Dis credifed-1he General in Com mand Has NOf r1iSrepreSenfed or Suppressed inc Facts.

Washington, Sept. 16.-While the
 respect to the future government of
 the Philippines, there is no question
 that he has strong and decided pol
 icy with respect to the present situa- | ton. Briefly stated the insurrection
 is to be suppressed and the sovereign
 ty e the United States firmly estab lished throughout the archipelago, and
 the entire war strength of the govern ment is to be devoted to the accom-
 plishment of that result in the shortest
 space Of time necessary for it's achieve
 ment. Vigorous aggressive operations
 will be instituted at the earliest pos i Sible moment, and the entire machin- | cry of the war and navy departments
 is actively engaged in preparations to
 that end. All the available warships
 are already at the seat of trouble and
 reinforcements Of men and munitions
 of war are being sent there as rapidly
 as the conditions will permit. The
 naval fleet in the Philippines is
 stronger than ever before, and includes
 several light draught gunboats capa-
 ble of much effective work in the num-
 erous shallow wateIs of the islands
 near which the insurgents have been
 hitherto practically secure from at tack by the navy.
 It is in the purely military prepara-
 tions, however, that the firm purpose
 of crushing out the insurrection is
 most clearly manifested Havlng | learned by costly experience that the insurgents are~in- dead earnest and
 cannot be conquered by small army,
 composed as it was of the bravest and
 best soldiers in the world, the admin
 istration has arranged to put into the
 field the entire strength of it's army
 not needed at home and in Cuba and
 of bringing the insurrection to an end early in the coming winter, in order that the important question of the fu- lure government of the new posses Sions in the far east may be presented
 to the consideration Of congress at its next session. Although it was thought at first that small army
 would suffice for the complete subju- gation of the insurgents, it is now realized that the government has q serious task before it, and one that will put the full military strength of the country to severe test, owing to the climatic and typographical diffi- culties to be surmounted, to say noth- ing of the acknowledged disadvantages of conducting military operations in strange and tropical country many thousand miles from home.
 Unbiased military experts admit that General Otis and his able assist ants, Generals Lawton and MacATthur accomplished all that was possible under the circumstances, and that they were no more to blame in suppos- ing that they had force enough for the purpose of putting down the re- bellion than were President Mckinley, Secretary Alger and the others in au- thority at the time. Nor. were they alone in the opinion that the insurrec- tion would be only short-lived and that the army in the Philippines was sufficient for the purpose; fer, as matter of fact, that was then the gen eral impression of press and public the country That it was a mistaken impression has been clear ly shown by the progress of events, and in no way has President Mckinley shown his courage and manhood more clearly than in publicly assuming re- sponsibility for the conduct Of the Philippine campaign under General Otis, which he did in his recent ad- dress to the returned Pennsylvania volunteers at Pittsburg. That utter lnce made him staunch friends throughout the rank and file of the lrmy, and will inspire every individ- lal soldier to do his full duty in the coming campaign, in the firm convic- ion that the commander-in-chief will tand by him in the faithful execution If orders regardless of the result.
 Despits all reports to the contrary here is no likelihood whatever of a ,hange in the command of the mili- ary forces in the Philippines. Pres dent Mckinley and Secretary Root rave each expressed the utmost con Idence in General Otis, and, it is said. Ire satisfied that he is the best avail .ble man for the place. He is on the round and knows the country a1 he men he is fighting better than ther officer of the army. He cS