The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-09-21

directed to their peace and prosperity, their
advancement and well-being, not for our az
grandizement nor for pride Of might, not for
for humanity and civilization, and for the
| protection of the vast majority OF the popu-
lation VINO welcome our sovereignty against
t9to designing ISIS minority whose first demand
lsn army was to enter the city that they
might loot 1t and destroy those not in SYM
signs. Nv
Civil Service to Rule.
Nobody who will avail himself Of the facts
Will longer hold that there was any alliance
between our soldiers and the insurgents or
| that any promise Of independence was male
to them Long before their leader had
! reached Manila they had resolved. If the
commander Of the American navy would
give them arms with which to fight the
Spanish army, they would later turn upon
us, which WI they did murderously and without
the shadow of cause or Justification
There may be those without the means At
fuil Information who believe that we were
| IN alliance with the insurgents and that we
assured them that they should have indie
On the Goth Of May, 1893, Admiral Dewey
was instructed by me to make no alliance
t Wi,n any party or faction in the Philippines
that would incur liability to maintain their
| date Of June 6, 1898:
Have acted according to spirit of depart
mf sats instructions Instruct from the beginnipg, and
surgents or with any faction. This squadron
can reduce the ~defenses of Manila at anv
moment, but 1t is considered useless until
the arrival Of SUFFICIENT United States forces
to retain possession
Denies Any Com pact.
In the report of the first Philippine COM
mission. submitted on Nov 2, 1890, Admiral
Dewey, one Of Its members, said:
mo alliance Of any kind was entered into
With AsuinaIdo nor was any promise Of in
dependence made to him at any time
General Merritt arrived In the Philippines
| on July 20 1898, and a dispatch from Adj
m nntdn Dewey se,H to the government at Wash
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
| become aggressive and even threatening to-
| ward our army"
Here is revealed the spirit of the insur-
gents as early as July, 1898, before the pro-
gagged In active war with Spain. Even then
the insurgents were threatening our army.
! y Filipiuos Took No Part.
! On Aug. 13 Manila was captured, and Of
this and subsequent events the Philippine
| When the City Of Manila was taken, Aug.
| Is, the Filipinos tock-no part In the attack,
but came following In with view to loota
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 Malacanan
! Tor himself and the cess1On of all. the
churches OF Manila, also that a part Of the
money taken from the Spaniards as spcils
OF war should be given up, and. above all.
! that he should be given the arms Of the
Spanish prisoners. All these demands were
! refused G >~:-s $40. II s.% 6 M
ls .szrJ No Promises Made. 3 zs@S
Generals Merritt. Greene and Anderson
/ who were In command at the beginning OF
our occupation and until the surrender OF
with the Insurgents and no promise to5 them
Of Independence. On Aug. -, 1893. General
Merritt was instructed that there must be
no joint occupation Of Manila with the In
lsurgents. General Anderson. under date 2of: