The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-07
Saws Time Has Come When 1t Is
the Admiral's Duty to Tell
All the Truth.
NOT SURPRISED AT DENIAL.
Many Official Documents Quoted 10
Show That Filipinos Were Prom
ised lndependence-Deweys
Report Cited.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Omaha. Neb.. Aug. 1.-TWO weeks ago a
| special from Sioux Falls. 8. d., gave the
| contents Of a letter received by Senators
| PettiSrew of that State and Hoar of Massa-
| chusetts from General Alejandrino. Il Fill
| p!no leader. who said he had conference
| with Admiral Dewey Just prior 70 the out
| break OF the F'ilipinoS against the Amer-
| cans
| Alejandvno declares Dewes specifically
| promised independence to the Filipinos. The
| day following Dewey. In an interview. de-
| MED having made the statements attributed
| to him by AleIandrlno, whom. he stated.
| he had never met.
Another special tonight from Sioux Falls
gives two-column Interview with Senator
Pettigrew. making answer to Dewey's state
| inents. and quoting many documents on file
| IN Washington. to sustain the contention of
Pet'isrew and AlejandrIno that independ-
ence was promised the F'lipinos.
'Dewey's Duty to Tell the Truth"
Senator Pettigrew says he was not sur
prised at the Admiral's denial but that the
time has when It is Dewey's duty 20
tell the truth. the whole truth and othing 8
but the truth and to cease tc eQuvocate.
evade and avoid and undertake to get
around the facts
An illustration OF the Admi-al's perver-
sity.' says Pettigrew rs the &etter which
he wrote to Senator Lodge. in which he first
denied that he treated Aguinado an ally
and then said he only treated him an
ally for the purpose Of using him TO assist
the United States in its war against Spain.
The only way the Admiral can escape
the charge of exceeding bad faith and a
willingness TO avoid the facts and deceive
the American people Is by admitting that
he has reached an age where he no longer
remembers current events. for he says he
never heard of Alejandrino. while It is al
ready proven that Alejandrino went to Ma
Mia with Admiral Dewey
Alcjandrino Visited Dewey.
Pettigrew then quotes In full from docu-
Inent 62. part l. third session Fifty ifth
Congress. page SS7. letter from Consul
General Wildman, stating that lie gave Ale
1andrino, with Others authority to accom-
pany the feet to Manila. and that he wild
mani accompanied Alejandrino and the 9TH
ers in the tug which carried them to Dew
ey's flagship.
Continuing. regarding Dewey's statement
that the FiIipinos never had a thought OF
independence, Pettigrew quotes from page
SAG of document 81. 4 translation of the
proclamation issued by the Filipino lead
ers in HongkonE and sent to the Philip
pines in advance of the American squadron,
"Compatriots: Divine Providence is about
to place independence within our reach and
in way the most free and Independent ma
ton could hardly wish for"
| 1t closes with the paragraph: There
| where you zee the American flag, assembled
| in numbers. They are our redeemers.''
Pettigrew adds: yet Dewey says that
| Independence was an after-thought."
Dewey's Report Quoted.
Other quotations made by Pettigrew ara
| the following brief:
Dewey's report. June q. 1895. IT have
| given him (Aguinaldo) to understand that 1
| consider the Insurgents as friends being
| opposed to common enemy. He has gone
| to attend a meeting Of InsurGent leaders
! for the purpose Of forming a civil govern
ment"
! Also Dewey's report containing Aguinal-
| dos proclamation declaring an intention to
establish n dictatorship until These Is
| lands are able to form a constitutional
| convention and TO elect a President and
| authority"
A great mass of other documents are
| quoted by Pettigrew. who concludes:
| dewey we'll knows these facts, and II he
| wishes to retain the respect and esteem
| of the American people, II will be possible
! for him to retain their confidence only by
| showing that moral courage which will
enable him to tell the truth ana the entire
| truth about this whole affair