Arizona republican., 1899-05-21

WdSnluSlOn, Mdy zV.-JOuu DdITclt of Portland, Oregon, United States minister to Siam under President
 Cleveland, has landed in New York after several months spent in the
 Philippines, and the interviews which he gave to representatives of three leading New York dailies will not give much comfort td the anti-ex-
 pansion party. Before quoting Mir. Barrett it should be said that he dis
 claims any interest in the questions
 he discusses beyond desire to tell
 the plain truth. He is not an expan- l sionist, nor is he an "anti" He has
 taken the ground so far as to tho matter.
 Before I left MT. Barrett said, 'I
 made it point to talk with the en-
 listed men of the Oregon, Kansas,
 California, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Minnesota regiments, and they all said the same thing, I was particularly interested in what the Minnesota men said in view of the action of Governor Lind, which was known in Manila al-
 most as soon as it was knwn here Why, the men in that Minnesota regi- ment are the most eager fellows for fight you ever saw The regiment was stationed within the walled city, do- ing provost duty Some of the men on guard there were so anxious to get in- to the fighting that they left their posts and stole out on the firing line. Of course they were severely repri- nanded for this, but it shows their
 spirit. Just before left London I re- ceived cable signed by officers and pTivates of several volunteer regi-
 ments, asking me what could do to contradict the impression that the VOL unteers in the Philippines wanted to come home at any cost. The dispatch stated that the volunteers would not leave until General Otis said he had enough regulars to go on with his operations
 Speaking next of the general situa- ton, MT. Barrett says:
 'I am fully persuaded that the solu- ton of the Philippine problem is giving much more concern to persons here who know little about it than to persons in the islands who know all about it. Let this be understood: There is not an officer of our army or navy who does not believe-who does not in fact, know-that the plan for subdring the islands and bring ing them under American con- trol formulated by General Otis and Admiral Dewey, is the correct plan and will be sue cessfully carried out. They have nn more doubt of this than they have that they are in the Philippines and not in the United States.
 General Otis is regarded as an ex- tremely able and painstaking officer, careful of the smallest details and al- ways sure of his ground before he moves. The Filip:nos didn't have this idea of him at first and because they didn't they stood up and fought. It Gidn't take them long to find out, how ever, that whatever Otis planned, his men carried out, and little obstacles like armed F7ilipinos didn't seem to hinder the execution of those plans in the least When they learned that, they fought less and ran more. That's why our troops have had a sort of cross-country chase of it for over a month.
 ''Of Admiral Dewey the natives have always had a different notion. He gave them an object lesson in what he could do in the way of fighting when he sailed into Manila bay and shot the Spanish fleet full of holes. Since then, he has been feared and respected more than any man who ever set foot on the islands. And tha respect for him is not confined to the natives. It prevades the American army as we'll Whenever the admiral comes ashore and passes along the lines, the men on guard spruce up and rather strain a point to Salute him The first soldier that gets an answer to the salute spends all his time off duty for the next few days telling how he got salute from the admiral
 "With all this attention and all the honor which he knows his country men at home have accorded to him, Dewey hasn't the 1aintest suspicion of a swelled head. He puts on no fuss and feathers, except to be always im- maculately dressed, and he Is always most courteous to everybody.
 s'Now a word as to the insurrection and the insurgents. There is an tn-
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