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that their followers will do likewise,
thus putting an end to all organized
opposition to American authority in
the Philippine archipelago.
Peace Proclamation Soon.
With the Filipinos themselves de-
claring the insurrection at an end, this
government will then proclaim peace
and make immediate preparations for
the institution of a central civil gov
ernment under the direction of the
Philippine commission. This is ex-
pected to take place not later than the
lst of July. sBy that time the military
government will probably cease to ex-
ist and will be replaced by the civil
government under a civil governor.
Troops in Philippines.
Washington, April 20. s.Adjt. Gen.
Corbin authorizes the statement that
no material changes will be made in
the army in the Philippines until after
the war department has heard from
Gen. Chaffee on the subject. In accord
ance with orders previously issued
Gen. Chaffee will relieve Gen. MacAr-
forces in the Philippines on June 80,
and present expectation is that gem
eral civil government will be estab-
lished in the archipelago about that
time. Gen. Corbin says that recent de-
velopments in the Philippines have
caused no change in the general plans
of the department for the dispatch of
regular troops from the United States
to replace the volunteers ordered
home for discharge before July next.
No Reduction Ordered.
Gen. Corbin gives an emphatic denial
to the published reports that Gen.
Macarthur has been instructed to re-
duce the army Immediately to 10000
men. With a view to relieving all the
regular troops who have had long
period of service in the Philippines the
secretary of war has decided to re-
place them as rapidly as circumstances
will permit with the new regiments
now in course of organization in this
country. A plan has been adopted by
which troops will be given one years
service in the United States and two
years in the Philippines. Its opera
tlon will result in each regiment al
ways having one battalion in reserve
in the United States. The regular
troops in the Philippines will be
brought home gradually, and the
movement will begin as soon as the
necessary arrangements can be per-
fected. The troops having the longest
service in the tropics will be the first
to return to the United States.
Towne on the Manifesto
Kansas City, Mo, April 22.-Ex-sen-
ator Charles A. Towne was shown
copy of Aguinaldo's proclamation
Friday night by a representative Of
the Kansas City Journal. He said:
"It is clearly the utterance of a
man who yields only to force, and,
considering the occurrences of the past
two years, it constitutes one of the
most pathetic incidents in history.
see nothing in the proclamation on
which to base any imputation on the
good faith of Aguinaldo There is,
however, an expression that some-
what alters my opinion of his astute-
ness, based on his previous conduct.
He says that the Filipino people will,
under the sway of the United States,
obtain all promised liberties
He cannot have forgotten the as
surance of Gen. Anderson in 1898 as
to the justice with which our allies
against Spain would be treated or the
solemn promises of the president at
the beginning of the era of benevo-
lent assimilation
"One thing should be borne in mind;
the surrender of every hostile force
in the Philippines, and the absolute
acceptance of our dominion through
out the archipelago does not dispose
of the question involved in the acqui-
sition and government by this republic
Of distant colonial dependencies.
Wrong as the policy is, and cruel as it
is against the Filipinos, it is infamous
ly more wrong and cruel from the
standpoint Of the welfare of the Unit
ed States"
Says Feudists Have Surrendered,
Middlesboro, KY, April ga re-
port reached here Saturday morning
that a majority Of the Reynolds band