The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-09-22

directed to their peace and prosperity, heir
advancement and we'll being, not for our.ag.
grandlzement nor for pride Of might, not for
t IRA e commerce, not for exploitation, but
TOT humanity and civilizations, and for the
protection OF the vast majority Of the popu-
,latlop who welcome our sovereignty against
| tne designing minority whose first demand
after the surrender OF Manila by the SDan
| ism army was to-. enter the city that they
| might loot 1t and destroy those not in sym
pathy with their selfish and treacherous de.
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Civil Service to Rule. .+
/ Nobody who will avail himself of the facts
VIII longer hold that there was any alliance
between our soldiers and the Insurgents or
| that any promise Of independence was made
to them. Long before their leader had
reached /, Manila they had resolved, If the
give them arms with which to fight the
Spanish army, they would later turn upon
US, which they did 1nurderously 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
/ On the 26th OF May, 1893, Admiral Dewey
was Instructed by me to make no alliance
WIN WIN any party or faction in the Philippines
| that would incur liability t., maintain their
| date of June 6, 1885,: o Pc nh ,7E7-
Have acted according to spirit Of depart.
ment's Instructions from the beginning, and
have entered into no alliance with the in.
fsurgents or with any faction. This squadron
can reduce the defenses sof Manila at any
moment mo but It IS. considered useless until
the arrival Of sufficient United States forces
( to retain possession I, = ~
Denies Any Com pact.
In the report Of the first Philippine com
| mission, submitted on Nov. 2, 1888. Ad mira
Dewey, one of It's members, said: i# Hi -
NO alliance of any kind was entered into
with Agulnaldo nor was any promise Of in
General Merritt arrived IN the Philippines
on July %, 1898, and a dispatch FROM Adj
TniraI Dewey a to the government at Wash
Is Merritt arrived yesterday. situation is
most critical at Manila. The Spanish may
surrender at any moment. Merritt S most
difficult problem will be: how TO deal with
the insurgents under 1Aguinaldo, who have
become aggressive and even threatening to
Here Is revealed the spirit Of the :insur-.
tocol was signed. While we were still en-.
gagged in active war with Spain. Even then
the insurgents were ateningiour army. 4
Filipino, Took No Part.
On Aug. 13 Manila Vas captured, and Of
this and subsequent events the Philippine
hen the City Of Manila was taken, Aug.
3D.. the Filipinos took no part in the attack,
but came following In with a view to loot.
Ing Inc CITY anu We're on. prevented from
doing so by our forces preventing them from
entering. Aguinaldo claimed that he had
the right to occupy the CITY. He demanded
OF General Merritt the palace Of Maiacanan
for himself and the cessionS Of all the
churches of Manila, also that part of the
money taken from the Spaniard MS spoilss
Of war should be gwen up. and, above all. i
that he should be siyen the arms OF the
Spanish prisoners All these demands were
refused . s.
No Promises Made.
Generals Merritt. Greene and Anderson,
who were In command at the beginning OF
our occupation and until the surrender of
Mania, state that there was no alliance
With the Insurgents and no promise TO them
Merritt was instructed that there must be
mo joint occupation OF Manila with the In
EsnrSentS. Generaf Anderson under date OF