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directed TO their peace and prosperity, their
advancement and wellbeing. not for our ag-
grandizement nor for pride of might not for
trade or commerce, not for exploitation, but
| for humanity and civilization, and for the
projection of the vast majority of the popu-
| lation who welcome our sovereignty against
the designing minority whose first demand
afler the surrender of Manila by the Span
/ ish army was to enter the city that they
might loot 1t and destroy those not in SYM
parhy with their selfish and treacherOus de-
| signs.
Civil Service TO Ru1e.
Nobody who will avail himself Of the facts
| will longer hold that there was any alliance
| between our soldiers and the insurgents or
that any promise Of Independence was made
10 them. Long before their leader had
reached Manila they had resolved If the
commander of the American navy would
give them arms with which TO fight the
Spanish army, they would later turn upon
us, which they did murderously and without
the shadow OF cause or Justification.
There may be those without the means of
full information who believe that we were
In alliance with the insurgents and that we
assured them that they should have indie
pendence. To such let me repeal the facts:
On the Goth Of May, 1898, Admiral Dewey
was instructed by Inc TO make no alliance
with any party or faction In the Philippines
that would incur liability to maintain their
cause in the future. and he replied under
date of June 6, 1893:
Have acted according TO spirit of depart.
! ment's Instructions from the beginning, and
! have entered inlo no alliance with the in
surgents or with any faction This squadron
can reduce the defenSes OF Manila ol any
moment, but ii Is considered useless unit
, the arrival of sufficient United States force.
to retain possession
Denies Any Compact.
In the report Of the first Philippine com
. mission, submitted on Nov ., 1889 Admira
y Dewey, one of Its members, said
mo alliance OF any kind was entered into
: with Agninaldo nor was any promise Of in
u dependence made TO him Mt any time.
General Merritt arrived in the philippine.
;, on July %, 1898, and dispatch from Ad
E miral Dewey to the government at Wash
: ington said:
3 Merritt arrived yesterday Situation Il
}. most critical at Manila. The Spanish ma.
surrender at any moment. Merritts mos
difficult problem will be how to deal witt
n the insurgents under Agninaldo. who hav
q become aggressive and even threatening to
l. ward our army
=, Here Is revealed the spirit Of the insu,
n tocol was signed, while we were stlll en-
n. gagged In active war with Spain. Even the
ID the Insurgents were threatening our army.
e Fi1ipinos Took No Part.
e. On Aug. 13 Manila was captured and O
ns this and subsequent events The Phillppin
II commission says:
be when the City Of Manila was taken, Aus
I'D l3, the Filpinos took no part In the attacl
Of bul came following in with view to loo
Ing the city and were only prevented frol
a. doing SO by our forces reyenting them fr0l
of entering. Aguinaldo claimed that he ha
Al, the right to occupy the city He demande
g. OF General Merritt the palace of Maacana
el for himself and the cessloD of all TIL
n churches Of Manila, also that n part Of th
in money taken from the Spaniards MS spoi
re OF war should be given up. and, above al
70, thar he should be given the arms of til
ch Spanish prisoners. All these demands WEI
IN refused"
H Hns No Promises Made.
nd & nenerals M nerrita, nreehe ana anderson
No our occupation and until the surrender ,
- Manila, state that there was no ALLAN,
with the insurgents and no promise 10 the
Of Independence. On Aug il, 1898. Gener
H. Merritt was instructed that there must
'os no joint occupation of Manila with the j.
re. suryents General Anderson under data