New-York tribune., 1900-10-13
NO ALLIANCE MADE.
CoNsUL-GENERAL wILDMAN GIVES THE
FACTS AS TO NEGOTIATIONS
WITH FILIPINOS.

Washington. Oct 12-The following statement
was issued to-day by the State Department:
IN a recent dispatch to the Department of
State under date Of August 81 1900, Rounse
vile Wildman, Consul General of the United
states at Hong-Kong comments upon the let
July p last, addressed to the Hon. George F.
Eoar and r. F. Pettigrew by J. Alejandrino
under date Of April II, 1890, and purporting to
have been written from Sinukwan Encampment
Philippine Islands In that letter Mr.. Alejan-
drino said:
In April. 1928 in the absence OF my chief. General
through the American Consul-CTeneral at Hong
Kong, Mr. Wil6man, TO have some interviews with
ooVed T and DIV Went NY WITH andres architoreHa and
enother Filipino CSandico) board the Olympia in
the Bay Of Hong-Kon
Then follows what purports to have been an
interview between the writer and Admiral
Dewey, in which Dewey promises the Filipinos
independence. places al their disposal his feet
for the conveyance 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 VIII
not take one inch Of the Philippine Islands.
Mr.. Wildman continues:
As an personally acquainted with the writer q.
Ale5andrinol, and am familiar with ali ms move
nnents while he in Hong-KonG end conducte'G
whatever negotiations there were peL7eeh nILllSSt55
= true statement OF the affair.
Dewey never saw Alejandrino or ever had one word
Of conversation with him Just neI2Te 3aIIiIit4
T-tit
gonco and T. Sende9 representing me ne baI l an
sdd-d il n Ji-ta ellS s9fI y
Manila The professed object Of this interview
as TO obtain his permission 10 FeoPfn ,ne dr a%a
forces ia the United States deternAneo 20 lKe
sonaliy regarding their request. and he said that
JUnta Who cared TO come on April 2 took 10
oneoa FAN ad N Aeisnrjbo on afrvai at Mrs Bay
4he three insurgents we're taken on board the
Olympia and were assigned to Captain Grldley
sc0Tn for being.
After = council of officers in Admiral Deweeys
5ooTn- ~ which among other things me leaSIoiiiIa
OF permitting the three Fiiipnos TO go to Mapiia a
OF staff MS flag lieutenant and nyseIL 70 ~ l4lsrEds"
the Fifpinos and report 10 him As l salG oeIoPe' lore
1vTean Sandico and ourselves and very little of it
Fiipinos When We told them that Admiral Dewey
~ ne Collier Nabshan if they could give any good
reason for 50 dGn the nt3rnsG us feg oadon Gla non
mad first disposed Of the Spanish squadron. 10
y isss regarding This conference: The upshot
OF the talk was that they did not expect 10 DC
they had left ali their clean linen, tooth brushes,
etc in Hong Kong and could not take so long a
voyage without them. told them that Hong Kong
who came into the room. made so much fun OF them
dTino young fellow who had never smelled
powder decided to accompany the squadron. II on
new gnd 81 a arebtorena DEFINED TO
g1sted with me DILL M e1,se Sa tTat his
wife was III Sandco said he had idea Of go
ing as he was A diplomat and not soldier l
brought them both back with me in the Fame the
came afternoon, ano AleJandrino was Immediately
aaken to the collier Nanshan.
After the battle of Manila Bay Admiral Dewey
gave the Filipino permission to land at Cavite and
3oin his friends. He however declined 10 do so
unless the Admiral furnished him with marine
guard He remained the Nanshan until il was
convenient for The Admiral TO return him to Hong
Kong which occurred within fortnight
Alejandrno's subsequent history IS We'll known
10 the military government IN the Philippines; he
bloerred out as insurgent general, peace com
missioner and a letter writer
This dispatch from AIR. Wildman was referred
TO the May Department for the information of
Admiral Dewey. who. in his reply. comments
thereon as follows:
Attention is invited to the following extract
from Page 172, of the report of the Philippine
Commission, Volume /:
mo alliance of any kind was entered into
with Agunaldo, nor was any promise Of inde-
pendence made 70 him then or at any other
time
The same is true of Alejandrino, whom to the
best of my knowledge, l have never seen, and
all other Filipinos-