Waterbury Democrat., 1901-02-27
LAST STATEMENT
Made By Consul Wildman Before
 Sailing.
PRINTED IN HONOLULU PAPER

Said It Was Most Difficult Thing to
 Prophecy the Future of China-The
 Last State Document of the Consul
 Has Just Been Received, Also, and
 Made Public.
 San Francisco Feb 21.-The last statement made for publication by United Statese Consul General Rounse vile Wildman, who lost his life in the wreck of the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro is printed in the Honolulu Republican of February II. The Re publican says:
 Among the more prominent passen- gers who are passing through Homo lulu on the City of Rio de Janeiro is Rounseville Wildman, the present United States conSul-general at Hong Kong. MT Wildman is returning to the states, just to see how things are looking after a four years absence as he expressed it. When asked con- corning the situation ill the Philippines Nh. Wildman said:
 Before answering your question. let me say these words in q predatory way: Our present administration has acted most wisely in handling this matter. The Philippine question is
  can keep the insurgents under con- trol during the rainy season, and l be lievc they can. the matter will solve itSlef. The insurgents are being cut off from all external communication. They find it harder and harder to se- cure food stuffs. They long ago were prevented from receiving anything in the way of firearms. They have scarcely any powder. and. in order to carry on their warfare. fill their s,llells with the heads of matches. The force generated by the detonatiOn of this material is of sufficient force to drive a ball through an inch plank. Agui- naldo I believe, is dead There is considerable dispute as to this. but from indications 1 am inclined to be- lieve that he is no more. General Sandico. the chief of Aguinaldo's staff. Is trading in AguinaldosS name- and is in very unhappy plight It was he who issued the proclamation to the in- surgents to kill all foreign women and children. We have the proclamation in his own handwriting. He is mak- ing threats over ASuinaldOS name. and seeking for peace at the same time. declaring that if terms adVan- tageous to the rebel foreign protec- torate were not made the war would be renewed with much more severity.
 
 MT 'Wildman continued. is q most diff cult thing to do. but I may safely hazard this: China will be divided into five distinct divisions and to those 1t will again revert. There is abSo- lutely no sympathy between the north ern and southern portions of the Flow CIV Kingdom. In this north q Caucau- sian'S life is never safe: in the south he may travel anywhere with i'm punity.'"
 Washington. Feb 27.-The last mali report of the late United States Con Sul General Wildman received by the bureau of foreign commerce. state de- partment has been made public The report is dated at Hong Kong Decem- Der o1. and is taken up chiefly with statements to show that American az riculturAl machinery is not wanted among the farmers of China. He also calls attention to the utter uSelesSneSs of mailing trade papers devoted to inc carriage and harness industry to thn consulate. saying wittily that he had already mentioned the fact that 'wc have but three carriages and q hearse here all of which are in a fair state of preservation
 He advises carriage manufacturers to turn their attention to Manila. which lie says iS alive with carriages of every description. and where the demand will increase from year to year as the roads improve.