Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-08-15
N'AR1HUR'S REPORT.
The General Reviews the Condi.
tions In the Philippines.
ACUIyALDO'S CAPTURE IMPORTANT.


Washington. Aug. 9.-The report
of Maj. Gen. Macarthur, dated July a,
1901, the day that he relinquished
command of the division OF the Philip
pines, has been received at the war
department. The period covered by
the report is from October ], 1900,
when the last report from Gen Mac
Arthur was dated. He reviews the
policy of the Filipinos, who were hos
tile to the Americans, saying that
their action since the practical col
lapse of the insurrection has been a
perplexing problem. With the dis
bandment of the insurgent field
armies the Filipinos organized des-
perate resistance by banding the peo-
pie together in support of the guer-
rilas. Gen. Macarthur reviews the
manner in which operations were
carried on against these guerrillas
and SAYS he hopes the policy adopted
will in time conciliate the natives
and make them friendly to the United
States. Gen. Macarthur says the
proclamation issued December 20,
firmly declaring the intention of the
United States to hold the islands and
to have the laws obeyed, had good
effect and the secret resistance was
much abated.
At the date Of the present report
there was no embodied rebel force in
Llzon above the Pasig river. In the
department of Visayas all was pacified
excepting the island of Samar, and in
the department of Mindanao and Jolo
all the rebels had submitted and been
dlsarmed. In southern Luzon dis
orders still continued in several prov
inces but were diminishing in force.
Serious questions will arise from time
to time, Gen. Macarthur says, in
Mindanao and Jolo, the adjustment
of which will depend largely upon
facts and knowledge of Moro char
acter.
Gen. Macarthur says the capture OF
Aguinaldo may be regarded as the
most momentous single event of the
year. Speaking particularly Of Aguin-
aldo he says that the important i'm
mediate results and the remote con-
sequences make IL the important
event which he characterizes IT. He
calls it u unique, isolated military
The capture dispelled
the growing tendency to idealize
personality and to sur
round him with mythical legends of
invincibilty. which millions of natives
believed to be true, and which ulti-
matcly would insure success for the
rebellion. Aguinaldo was the NORMA
ton of the insurrection. His death
would have magnified the legend
which surrounded him, while his cap
ture has dispelled great deal OF the
fictitious value he had,
Gen. Macarthur speaks of the great
confusion regarding a money medium
in the Philippines, which is character
istic of the eastern world, and favors
the recommendations of Col. L. II.
Crowder, military secretary, for
coinage system to meet the conditions
existing in the islands.
He closes his report by saying
"rhe presence of America in these IS
lands is simply one of results, in log
ical sequence, of great material pros
perity and in remote consequences is
likely to transcend in Importance any
thing recorded in the history OF the
world since the discovery of America.
To doubt the wisdom of the United
States remaining in the islands is to
doubt the stability of republican in
stitutions, and amounts to u declara-
ion that nation thus governed is
incapable of successfully resisting
strains that arise naturally from its
own freedom and from its own pro-
ductiva ENERGY"