Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-10


the means Of full information who bellev,
that we were In alliance with the insur.
gents. and that we assured them that they
should have Independence 10 such let ms
repeat the facts On May 20, 1898, Admiral
Dewey Dewey was instructed by me to make nc
Philippines That wouid incur IN % liability Il TIC ts
maintain their cause In the future, and he
replied under date Of June 8, 1893: "Have
instructions from the beginning and
have entered into no alliance with the in.
sursents or with any, faction. This squad.
ron can reduce the defenses of Manila nj
any. moment, but 1t is considered useless
until the arrival Of sufficient United States
forces ia. retain possession In the report
%eS on nrs Sov psppne ps adr5 ps%sv sSS
oil Its members. said:
No Promise of Independence.
mo alliance of any kind was entered
into with Aguinaldo, nor was any promise
OF Independence made to him at any time. =
Gen; Merritt arrived in the Philippines on
said;. Merritt arrived yesterday. siiun-
lion Iip Is most critical at Manila. The Span
rltt,s most difficult problem will be how
70 deal with the insurgents under Aguin.
aiao. who have become aggressive, and
even i raydn,a tnr,eate5ing toward our army Here
early as July, 1893, before the protocol was
signed, while we were still Engaged In
actlve warfare with Spain. Even then the
On Aug. 13 Manila was captured. and of
tnis and subsequent events the Philippine
commission says: When the city OF
Manila was taken on Aug. IS the Filipinos
took no. part in the attack, but came fol-
lowing In with view to looting the city.
a ana were only prevented from doing SO by
Sar IorGes preventing them from entering
70 occupy the city; he demanded OF Gen.
Merritt the palace of Malacanan for him.
aniis sff ana the cesson of all the churches Of
taken from the Spanish as spoils of war
should be given up, and above all, that
ne, ne should De given the arms of the Spanish
prisoners. All these demands were re-
Gems. Merritt, Greene and Anderson. who
we're we're IN command at the beginning of our
SWfenRation, WsniRa ana until the surrender of
NTH MIN the Insurgents, and no promise to
Them Of Independence. On Aug. II, 1898,
zen; Merritt was instructed that there
sae ~ insurgents. Gen. Anderson, under date
OF Feb. 10, 1900, says that he was present
az ana tae Interview ,t between Admiral Dewey
Interview Admiral Dewey made no promises
Whatever. He adds: He (Aguinaldo) asked
me IL my government was going to recog-
was, was there simply in military. capacity;
that J! could not acknowledge his govern
ment because had no authority to do so."
Can't Leave Archipelago.
Would not our adversaries have sent
Dewey's feet to Manila to capture and de-
Stroy the Spanish sea power there, or, dis
drawn 1t after the destruction Of the
Spanish, fleet, and if the latter. whittier
would they have DIRECTED 1t to sail? Where
coYAs 4 have gomez What port in the ORR
condemn the expedition under. the COM
mand OF Gen. Merritt to strengthen Dewey
In the distant ocean and assist In our trl-
umph over Spain. with which nation we
were Mt war? Was it not our highest duty
to strike Spain at every vulnerable point.
that the war might be successfully con. con.
And was 1t not our duty to protect the
lives and property of those who came
within our, control by the fortunes OF war?
tween May |, 1898, and the conclusion Of
pence without stain upon our good name?
Could we have come away without dis.
at any daT t%e T er e he staste of the
United states?
There has been no time since the de-
struction of the enemy's feet when we
spSf Or should have left the rhppGs
surrender. our sovereignty or alienate,
foot Of the territory thus acquired. The
e No authority SaSe anu to ne do pfesi Glitter, n Il
he had been SO inclined which he was not.
It is the duty of the. executive, whoever
he may be, to uphold that sovereignty
and IL 1t be attacked to suppress Its as
sailants, Would our political sdyersaries
do less?
1t has been asserted that there would
have been no lighting in the Philippines
I congress had declared Its purpose to
The insurgents did not wait for the action
of congress. They assumed the offensive,
they opened fire on our army. Those who
q the conflict have. forgotten that before
he treaty was ratified In the senate. and
while It was being debated In that body.
IND !, while the Bacon resolution was under
attacked the American army. after being
previously advised that the American
'1rces were under orders not to fire upon
n the recently captured archives of the
Insurgents demonstrate that this attack
lad been carefully planned for weeks be-
lpon our soldiers at a time when the SEN
lte was deliberating upon the treaty shows
nat had no action on our part except sur
prevented the fighting and leaves no doubt
n any fair mind Of where the responsible
ty rests for the shedding of American
With all the exaggerated phrase making
u this electoral contest, we are in danger
If being diverted from the real contention.
= wv we sn,t are IN agteement with all Of those
llso with those who cour seled the ratit-
alton of the treaty of peace. Upon these
wo great essential steps there can be no
ssue, ana out or these came all of our re-
If others would shirk the
Obligations imposed by the war and the
rseaty. we must decline to act further
t Is our purpose to establish In the phi.
ppines a. government suitable to the wants
nd nc, conditions OF the inhabitants and to
I've them .self-goyernment when they are
eady for it. That i"p am aiming nj shey io are de
iii duer cnn; my constitutional authority, and
etermine the political status of the In. |
aoitants OF the archipelago.
TmperiaIism IL Defended.
Are our opponents against the treaty? If
., they must be reminded that 1t could
or Ot imN,s nnxe Deen ratified in the senate but
ltifed the treaty and the congress which |
d6ed Its saLcticn by large appropriation'
ompiised senators and represci tatives OF
ne people OF all parties.
would our opponents surrender to tho |
isurgents, Abandon our sovereignty or cedc |
70 them! IT. that be not their puroose'
nen IL should be promptly dsclaimed, for |
our opponents In the minds of the FILE !
mos, that with their success at tile poiis |
November there will be withdrawal of I
M ermy and of American Sovereignty |
yer the archipelago; the complete inds, |
endence of the Tagalog people recognized !
nd the powers OF government over nil the |
her peoples of the archipelago Conferred |
pom the Tagalog leaders.
The erect or belief In the minds Of the |
lsurgents that this will be done has al |
'ady prolonged the 'ebellion and increases |
le recesslty for the continuance of a |
ige army: II Is now delaying full pence |
| the archipelago and the establishment Of |
VII governments, and has Influenced many
the insurgents against accepting the lih-
rthur under my direction. But for these
Use homes Il cnnsllarnhla redI ctInn cnnld