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government will probably cease to ex-
list and will be replaced by the civil
government under a civil governor.
Troops i'm Philippines.
Washington, April 2s.-Adjt. Gen.
Corhin authorizes the statement that
no material changes will be made in
the ormy 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-
thur of the command Of the military
forces in the Philippines ON June 30,
and present expectation is that gen.
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 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
ton 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-
footed. 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 2e.-Ex-sen-
ator Charles A. Towne was shown a
! copy Of Aguinaldo's proclamation
Friday night by representative OF
the Kansas City Journal. He said;
"It is clearly the utterance of Q
man who yield. only to force, and,
considering the occurrences of the past
| two years, it constitutes one of the
i 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
! sition and government by this republic
of distant colonial dependencies
Wrong as the policy is, and cruel as il
| is against the Filipinos, it is infamous,
ly more wrong and cruel from the
standpoint of the welfare of the Unit
/ ed States.n