The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-13
SAYS He DID NOT SHY II.
CONSUL WILDMAN DENIES THAT
ALEJANDRINo EVER SAW
ADMIRAL DEWEY
NO PROMISES MADE TO HIM
Chief OF the. Navy Made No Alliance
With Aguinaldo or With Any
of His Representatives
or Agents.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-THE follow
ing statement was issued today by the
state department: In q recent dispatch
to the department Of state, under date
Of Aug. q, $780, Mr.. Housewife Wild
man, consul OF the United States at Hong
Kong. comments upon the letter as pub
fished in the press of this country on
July u last addressed to the Hon. George
f. Hoar and r. f. Pettigrew by J. AL
ejandrino, under date of April II, 1900.
and purporting to have been written
from SinukWan encampment, Philippine
islands. In that letter Mr.. Alejandr1no
says:
I'm April. 1898, In the absence of
my chief. Gen. Aguinalde. who was then
at Singapore, I solicited through the
American consul general at Hongkong,
Mr.. Wildman, to have some interviews
with Admiral Dewey. Ny petition was
favorably received and I went with Mr..
Andres Garchiterena and another Fill
p.no ISandico) on board the Olympia
In the bay Of Hongkong."
Then follows what purports to have
been an interview with the writer ana
Admiral Dewey, In which Dewey prom
ises the Filipinos independence, places
at their disposal his fleet "for the con-
veyance of both Filipino leaders and
the arms" holds out the hope that the
United States would supply them with
further arms and assures them that the
United States will not take one inch OF
the Philippine islands.
Mr.. Wildman continues:
AS I am personally acquainted with
the writer 81. Alejandrino) and am falnil-
lar with all his movements while he was
in Hongkong, and conducted whatever
negot1a tons there were between himself
and Dewey, / think 1t my duty to place
on record true statement of the affair.
DEWEY NEVER SAW ALEJANDRINo
IT, so ~ %l,r,k
Admiral Dewey never saw Alejandrino.
nor never had a word of conversation
with him. Just before Admiral Dewey'S
squadron was leaving, Mrs bay, r.
Agoncillo and T. Sandico. representing
the Filipino junta in Hongkong, asked
permission to have an interview with
Admiral Dewey before he left for Ma
Mia.
ION April q took to Mrs bay, In the
tug boat Fame, Sandico, Garchitorena
and Alejandrino. On arrival at Mrs bay
the Olympia and there assigned to Capt.
Gridley's room for the time being. After
a council of officers in Admiral Dewey's
room, among the other things, the feast
bility of permitting the three FiltpinoS
to go to Manila was discussed. The adj
miral requested his chief OF staff, hts
flag lieutenant and myself to interview
the Filipinos and report to him. When
told that Admiral Dewey was inclined
to permit the three to go to Manila on
the collier Nanshan. If they could give
formed us they did not wish to go to
Manila until the American squadron had
first disposed of the Spanish squadron.
COULDN'T FIGHT IN DIRTY SHIRTS.
'To quote from my daily journal, I'M
der date of April q, 1898, regarding this
conference: The upshot of the talk was
that they did not expect to be taken off
as they were, and, although they were
dying to fight for their down-trodden IA
therland, they had left all their clean
linen, tooth brushes, etc. in Hongkong,
and could not take so long a voyage
without them. [ told them that Hong
kong was the best place for them, and
Capt Coghlan, who came into the room,
made so much fun of them that at least
one of the bold warriors, ]. Alejandrino,
young fellow who had never smelled
powder, decided to accompany the squad
ron on Capt. Coghlan's guarantee he
would be supplied with new suit of un-
der clothes. | was thoroughly disguised
with the outfit
"Garehiterenas declined to accompany
his colleague en- the excuse that his wife
was ILL., Sandico said that he had no
idea of going, as he was diplomat, and
not soldier. / brought them both back
with me In the Fame the same afternoon,
and Alejandrino was Immediately taken
to the collier Nanshan.
After the battle of Manila bay Admiral
Dewey gave the Filipino permission to
land at Cavite and Join his friends. He,
however, declined to do so unless the
admiral furnished him with a marine
guard. He remained on the Nanshan
until it was convenient to return to Hong
Kong, which occurred within a fort
night"
This dispatch from Mr. Wildman was
referred to the navy department for the
information Of Admiral Dewey, who, III
his reply. comments thereon as follows:
Attention Is invited to the following
extract from page 49, report of the Phil
ippIne commission, Vol L.: No alliance
of any kind was entered into with
Aguinaldo, nor was any promise of In
dependence made to him then or at any
other time. The same is true of Alejan-
drino (whom. to the best of my knowI-
edge have never seem, and Of all other
Filipinos.'"