Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-07-19
CARL SCHQRz 70 FORAKER.

day printed the following letter from
Carl Sohurz 10 reply to Senator Foraker
ON the philippine question
To the Editor Of the HeIald-Sir:
viii you accept some remarks 10 reply
to what Ssnstor Foraker said In the
Herald OF July I'd by way Of criticism
OF my statemeuts published in the
Herald Of June 10th. l shall touch
only q few points.
I'LL Concerning the charge that
President Mckinley turned the much
,yaunted war OF liberation into war Of
conquest and terminal aggression"
Senator Foraker says: at was cer-
tninly the duty OF the President when
war was declared to send Dewey to
Manila 70 destroy the Spanish tleet.
After that had been done 1t was equally
his duty to kaep him there, inasmuch
as that was the only spot In the far
East whore we wonld maintain navy
&c. Admitting this for arguments
sake, will Senator Foraker assert that
was also the Presidents duty" at
once to lay plans for the conquest oil
the archipelago and For the subieniion
OF It's people to American Sovereignty?
Was this duty to ISSUE that famous
bonevolent nssimiatlonn order by
which, weeks before the ratification OF
the peace treaty gave him legal right
to do SO, has directed our army to
enforce throughout the archipelago
American sovereienty, which then did
not even technically exist? Was IL his
duty" thus substantially to declare
war against the Philippine Islanders
striving for their freedom and indie
rendence, and to do this in terms 80
infammatory What Gen. Otis found
himself obliged to substitute for the
Presidents order proclamation OF his
own--an, attempt which unfortunately
miscaIriedY Was IL the Presidents
duty" thus directly te provoke an
armed conflict with the Filipinosp This
was not only not the Presidents
duty, but il was wanton and ruth.
less insult thrown in the face OF the
people who had acted as our allies
against common enemy" and who
aspired tn be free, and it was ut the
same time a barefaced usurpation OF
power which only an Inscriptions
partisan spirit would overlook or ex-
Cdse.
~ Senator Foraker asserts that the
Filipinos had not been our allies, and
that according to all our commanders
from Admiral Dewey and Gen. Otis
down, no alliances or agreements or
promises Of the character Mr.. Schurz
mentions were made by Us to the Fill.
pinos. This is taking refuge behind
mere technically to Justify moral
wrong. never said that formal alli-
ances, or agreements or promises we're
made. did say, however, that We
used the Filipinos as allies, ard that
we profited from their cooperation as
allies, and in point Of fact, recognized
and treated them as alliee, SO long as
they could be useful to us, and that,
therefore, we owed to them those moral
obligations which are always recog-
nized between honorable allies. And
| the information sustaining the question
! gathered. not from Aguinaldo, as
Senator Foraker would have you be.
lieve, but from our own official records
and from authenticated statements
made By our own officers.
IL Senator Foraker had studied those
documents he would know the follow.
ing recorded facts, Aguinaldo, the
Filipino leader, came to Cavite In Q
United States vessel at the invitation
OF Commodore Dewey to cooperate
with him against the common enemy,
the Sraniards. Under Dewey's eyes
Aguinaldo quickly organized larg,
Filipino army, which did excelleni
service. Dewey reported to Seoretar,
Long, june 9th, 1893: II have giver
him iAguinaldo) to understand that
consider the insurgents az friends
being opposed to common enemy. II,
has gone to attend meeting of insur
gents leaders for the purpose. OF forming
a civil government. Aguinaldo hal
acted Independently Of the squadron
but has kept me advised Of his progress
which has been wonderful. hav,
allowed to pass by water recruits, arms
and ammunition, and to take suci
Spanish arms and ammunition from
the arsenal as he needed. Have ad
vised frequently TO conduct the wa
humanely, which he has done invari
ably" When Gen. Anderson had ar
rived in, Manila Bay with the frs
instalment Of land forces he wrote I,
Aguinaldo, July 4th, 1895: General
desire to have the most ainicabl
relations with you. and to have ant
your people cooperate with us In mill
tary operations against the Spanish
forces. :" The result OF Aguipnldo'
cooperation was that. while our force
held Cagite and the Bay OF Manila. tn
Filipinos hemmed In the Spaniards Ii
Manila on the land side, so that th
common enemy" could neither escap
into the interior Of the country no
receive reinforoements. The oharaote
and efficacy Of this corporation wa
strikingly acknowledged as oonclusiv
reason for the surrender Of Manila il
,, the correspondence between our com
manders and the Spanish general. Use
report Bureau of Navigation, 1898, PIP
1919.
In the meantime our commanders ha,
even gone 40 far as to turn over to th
Filipinos 1880 Spanish prisoners take
by our forces in Subig Bay-an &C
which not only amounted to a practica
! recognition OF the Filipinos as on
allies against the common enemy
but came very near to an admissio
, that the Filipinos we're the principa
belligeIent party and We only a
, auxiliary force.
After all this there can be nothin
surprising In the answer given by Rear
Admiral Bradford to the following ques
ton put to him before our Peace CON
,, missioners In Paris by Senator Frye
,, Suppose tho United States id th
progress of the war found the leade
OF the Philippine rebellion (aguins
SPAIN an exile from his country
Hongkong, and brought him to tn
islands on an American ship, and the
s furnished him 1000 or 5000 stands
arms, and allowed him to purchase ,
0 many more stands OF arms, In Hons
n | kono and acna ptad hio af1 Il, oono,a