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war humanely. which he has done in


variably."
General Thomas M. Anderson, in
communication to Aguinaldo July 4,
1898, (senate document 81, page 39O),
said:
II desire to have the most amicable
relations with you, and to have you and
your people to cooperate with us in
military operations against the Spanish
forces"
General Anderson to Aguinaldo, July
%, 1898, (senate document 62, page 394),
said:
"General: When came here three
weeks ago 1 requested your excellency
to give what assistance you could to
procure means Transportation for che
American army, as it was to fight in the
cause of your people. So far we have
had no response. AS you represent your
people 1 now have the honor to make
requisition on you for 500 horses and 30
oxen and OK carts"
To which requisition of General An
derson Aguinaldo replied, July "a, 1898,
(senate document 62 page 1860, as fol-
lows:
II have circulated orders in the prov
inces in the proximity that in the short
est time possible horses be brought for
sale. / have also ordered 20 be
placed at my disposal so carts that 1
shall place at your disposition"
Before the Spanish American peace
commission at Paris, October IA, 1898,
Commander b. b. Bradford. of the
United States navy, was br ought as
witness and was asked the question by
Senator Frye, one of President Mckin-
ley's commissioners, and made the re-
ply recorded below, (see senate docu-
ment 62, page 4SSj
'Mr Frye What kind of a
nation in the eyes of the world would
we appear to be to surrender Aguinaldo
and his insurgents to SPAN to be dealt
| with as they please?"
"A. Commander Bradford)-We be-
came responsible for everything he has
done. He is our ally, and we are bound
to protect him."
Admiral Dewey, in letter to Senator
Lodge, February 1900, said
II never treated him as an ally, ex-
cept to make use of him and the ma
tives to assist me in my operations
President McKinley's Philippine COM
missioner, Mr.. DENLY. in the New York
Herald, in November, 1899, said:
"That his (Aguinaldo's) victories over
the Spaniards made our task easier Is
true"
The following extracts from an article
in the Singapore Free Press, May IA,
1898, giving an account Of the arrange
ment with Admiral Dewey, through
United States Consul General Pratt, for
Aguinaldo's aid. shows that the purposes
and hopes of the Filipinos for inde-
pendence were known to the Mckinley
administration from the start,
the article in question having
been sent to Secretary Day by Consul
Pratt, May 8. 1898. (senate document 62,
page 345):
General Aguinaldo's policy en-
braces the independence of the Philip
pines. American protection
would be desirable temporarily, on the
| same lines as that which might be in
stituted hereafter in Cuba"
Aguinald In letter to Mr.. Mckinley,
dated June TO- 1898. (see senate docu-
ment 81, page 361), refers to the Filipinos
as "a people which trusts blindly in you
not to abandon 1t to the tyranny Of
Spain. but to leave 1t free and independ-
ent. even If you make peace with SPAIN"
General Thomas M. Anderson, In the
North American Review. February,
1900. pages 275-277, said:
"A few days thereafter. Gully I, 1889
he (Aguinaldo). made an official call,
coming with cabinet and staff and a
band Of music. He asked II we, the
North Americans. as he called us, In
| tended to hold the Philippines as de-
pendencies. I said that could not
answer that. but that In 100 years