The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-06-21
4 FRENCH EDITOR
IN The PHILIPPINES.
Extracts of His Interviews
With Ali Of the Leaders
There.

fCopy wright, 1899, by Associated Press)
sNew York, June I'm. Henry
Turot, special correspondents of
L,Eclair and Of Le Monde lllustre
and chief editor of lie Petite Repub.
l:oue and La Laaterne, recently re-
tnrned from the Philippine islands,
.by way of Vancouver. B. G aud
sailed for France today IN order to
report the result of bis mission to
a;a papers. Before sailing De was
asked to furnish the Associated Press
with the impression he Bad formed IN
Inc Philippine Islands, and he did SO
IN the following terms
e.My frst visi: was to Gen Otis. |
was cordially received by the gen.
eral and ] asked him If he was satis-
fed with bis campaign aud if ne
hoped to promptly terminate. 1t
eyes. he answered, j am salts
fed with the results achieved aud
from this time on / hope to accom-
plish In the quickest manner possible
the patriotic task con6ded to me oy
nv government. Unbappily. can
not deny thas it will take long time.
This is the season OF rains and the
sun becomes every day more dan
gerous and more fatal than the rifles
Of the Filipinos Besides, it is my
intention TO push my troops little
fnrther forward aud afterward to
make them wait for more favorable
period. During this time of enforced
Tepose our fee, will be able to COZ.
tinne the operations along the
coasts
II thanked Gen 0tis for his gracious
reception and hastened to ask Pfesl'
dent Schurman for more ample lnfor'
nation.
.sMr Schurman. / am happy to
have the occasion of saying, is very
remarkable man of high intelligence
and Of profound erudition Nobody
confd be more worthy of the mission
which has been entrusted to him.
Unhappily. believe he is powerlesa
TO obtain satisfactory results
- Why. I said to him, has not
America established in the Philip
pines the prosectorate system, like
that which France has installed in
Tunis and Anam I?
ss1s is impossible replied Mr..
schurmsn. 'and / will tell you the
reason Why. At Tunis there is a bey
and in Annam an emperor. and your
profectorate is exercised over a
stable government Here there is
nothing of the kind. We are in the
presence of regular anarchy and you
cannot establish protectorate over a
government which does not exist
.Bnt / asked, in default OF a
nrotectorate will you accord to the
F;lippinos the same regime as exists
between Canada and great Britain,
that is to say. sort of autonomy,
with the recognition of American
sovereignty
a.Yss, answered Mr.. Schurman,
after moments reflection, 4 do not
see. so far as | am concerned any
affection tc the establishment CT such
system
.:Then Mr. schurman put some qnes
lions to me He notably asked me
why public opinion in France ap
neared to be somewhat hostile
toward the United States
.. .Tais hostility l exclaimed is
is no way general. It is evident that
the Rsacsiooaries and the Cler'ca,s OF
Rraace would feel more sympathetic
toward Spaio, mouarchial aod Catholic
Bat. We Republican. have not ceased
50 hope for your triumph. Oaly. at
the present time. We fear to see Amer
icau democracy dragged ioso the
pderiugs of jiugoism aud OF extreme
militarism aud zee there neT danger
for universal peace
"Mr. Schu,man then said With q
e,ea. deal of 6smuess :: You are
wrong to be alarmed. The Uolsed
States are too much attached to liberty
TO becoue military nation IL the
special se2se which you attach to the
;erm 10 France. The people would
never tolerate it. Of this yoI cao be
assured
admiral Dewey received me Oh
board the Olympia aud | los. 90 tiue
10 complimen.ipg him on the victory
which be had won.
Very nodes,|y the admire! replied
thu. the greater part of the credit was
6u- to bis sailors, who had behaved
go galisn,ly, and to bis oheeTs, who
had seconded him SO wei!
Aud now. ADMIRAL l said, what
Go you thiok of the situation =
q 10 the 6rss place. be answered, i
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