New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-08
Coghan, then of the Raleigh, detailing precisely
what occurred at Subig Bay:
February l. 1900.
My Dear Senator Lodge


was in command of the expedition sent by the
subig Bay. July G. 1888. to capture Grande Island,
hsn held by the % vi to affirm
I naldos people did not accompany us. and that
one but the Admiral Lieutenant Brumby. Captain
Walker and myself even knew where we were 70
kind. not even signalling, as usual. for permission
flagship and vessel or two near us that the ve
sells (Ralegh and Concord had moved from their
we had gone out Of sight OF our eet AZ this this
anshored at cayte and ala not ear9 on our Ge:
parture until next day about noon; We captured
Filipino boat of any description appeared about
S b 5o Bay until al that At evening about o'clock when
50 as spss people a hsvs
any ling to do with the capture after it
s about n6 five s miles bntba the bay that his people
prevent them moved the Raleigh out into the
bay where the searchlights were used all night to
my 9piniSn those the island could have held
everything and the had NO sqer r
uone small gun only on their so-called gunboat,
of three inch pipe stuck through checks and holes
in r her sides to simulate guns.
capture cay but on behalf Of my naval comrades who
By any one no to G assign snks as
help Yours very truly, J. B. CoGHLAN,s
Aguinado's boat was not conveyed did not go
to Subg Bay with our vessels and had no part In
the capture. AS a means of establishing the more
firmly his contention that the officers this
eminent had not recognized" AguinaIdo or his
government" he quoted from a procla ma ton Is
sued by Aguinado on January 8, 1899, in which he
stated he had been ignored entirely" as to the
stipulations for the equalization OF Manila, and
that the American officers had utterly declined"
to recognize his ''co-operation"
This feature of Mr.. Lodges speech developed
with elaborate detail. every point being covered by
citations from official documents
THE PRESENT STATE OF AFFAIRS.
After reviewing briefly the two campaigns Of the
American forces against the insurgents Mr.. Lodge,
referring to the time the United States troops last
took the field. said
Since that time Northern Luzon has been cleared
and its ports opened The same work has been
nearly, # not quite, accomplished in Southern
the insurgent government has been broken up, and
P he hea of the n
surrection after some weeks of rapid flight, is In
military prisoners. There is no longer any
3ance Of government there to be reGognized
lished, and which some people in this country were
never was anything really to be recognized except
Agunaldo himself and the Adventures who sur
and he cannot be found. He, with his government
concealed about his person, Is lost somewhere in
the jungle
Mr.. Lodge detailed at length the methods
ployed by Dictator Aguinaldos army-how it
burned the villages plundered the inhabitants and
laid waste the country. He instanced the efforts
that have been made to burn Manila and massacre
the foreign population which frustrated only
by the vigilance of the American soldiers.
Mr.. Lodge then continued:
To have recognized Aguinaldo's government and
to have drawn aside and allowed him to try to
wade rthroqgh slaughter to a throne" by himself
VINO VINO, nave urged or VINO now. urge such policy
government of Aguinado. They never do So They
never take the trouble to learn the facts about the
despotism which Aguinaldo and his friends tried to
set up. They laugh at facts. deride all who are in
experience, and declaim against the Government
f6 6r not s sng naT and fppGT to
creature f3n 18th, Of their fan. fancy .,,. :.
consider the actions of their own countrymen!
Men who will take the lightest word of half,
donbt the word Of fhs hgbest oer e Of o nv
armies of men who have gone in and out before
patriotism honor have never been questioned or
deed Which rests its support upon pom ac S Of
falsehood and prevaTieation directed against the
liant and honorable men who wear our uniform
and lead our Army and our Navy in the day of
ANTI-ExPANs1oN METHODS
The opponents of our policy have searched the
themselves eagerly every idle rumor; they have
twisted facts; they have imputed the worst mo-
tives who have proved their devotion to
partment of civil life. Let be just at least to our
own. L ask no more. Take the evidence of all
knowledge and experience entitle them speak:
take the official record from day to day since the
Spanish war began; examine the report of your
Commissioners your men of science, your Army
and Navy officers, read the utterances and the
proclamatons of the insurgent leader; weigh. sft.
discuss. Then face the facts. all the facts, and set
down naught in malice. If this is done there can
Will stand out l have described 1t. for there is
no escape from the evidence - 49, ,,.,,.
which officers followed by sea and land. His
tory will say that it has been firm. consistent and
humane from the beginning. No false hopes were
held out. From the dispatch of May 26 onward the
attitude of our Government was clear and unmis-
freely offered and never violated There are
many duties imposed upon President in which It
is imagine personal selfish motive in
which such motives might exist if they do
not but mere even the most maIgnan must be
sibie '0SS 10 '''O 'e existence o' O7o motive pos
Suddenly at the end of the Spanish war we were
done with the Philippines. Their fate was in our
hands We were all able to discuss them and to
sibility rested upon But had act.
While the rest Of the word was talking he had to
his shoulder. and upon his alone. Act he must.
No man in that high office seeks burdens and
fresh responsibilities longs TO enter
policies with the unforeseen dangers which lie
thick along untried paths Every selfish motive.
every personal interest cried out against it. Every
selfish motive. every personal interest urged the
FIR i'd to fe let the Philippines go and like Gal
easy to pass by on the other side
THE PRESIDENTS FIRM COURSE.
up around him; When others then knew little ne
knew much. Thus he came to what duty de-
came TO see what the interests of the American
people required Guided by this sense of duty, by
a wise craftsmanship which looked deeply into the
future, he boldly took the islands. Since this