The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-27
IF WEY EXPLAINS MANILA MANEUVERS An Important Addition to His- tory of the Surrender FltlPlNOS ARE UNGRATEFUL Says Emphatically That He Never Rec oenized AsuinaIdo's Government
 Nor Did He Salute Agui-
 nado's Flag.
FItIPINOS ARE UNGRATEFUL

Washington, June 26--Admiral Dewey made a statement before the Senate committee on the Philippines today con corning the early operations at Manila when he was in command of the Ameri- can forces in the Philippine waters. The admirals statement contributed an i'm portant addition to the hist ory of the surrender of the city of Manila. These consisted of a positive statement by the admiral to the effect that the city had been surrendered to him at the time the Spanish fleet was sunk, and when the city did surrender 1t was in pursuance of definite understanding between him. self and the Spanish governor general. The admiral was questioned by Sena- tor Lodge He said he had first heard of Aguinaldo and his friends about April 1, 1898, a month before the battle in Manila bay, when it became certain that there was to be a war.
 FiIipinos Wanted to Join Him.
 T then heard that there were a num- Der of Filipinos who desired to accompa- ny the fleet to Manila" he continued.
 
 I did not attach much importance to them or to what they said. The day be- fore we left Hong Kong I received a telegram from Consul General Pratt, To- cated at Singapore, stating that Aguinal- do was at Singapore and would join me at Hong Kong. replied all right tell him to come aboard, but I attached so little importance to the message that I sailed without Aguinaldo and before he arrived. There were then many promises as to what the Filipinos would do, but I did not depend upon them. Consul Williams assured me that upon our arrival and the firing of the first gun 5000 Filipinos would rise. None did rise and I frequent ly joked him on this point
 Spaniards Wanted to Surrender.
 Admiral Dewey said the Spanish gov ernment wanted to surrender the city to him after the destruction of their fleet and that he (Dewey) would have accept ed the formal surrender if he had had 5000 troops to garrison the city. He told about Aguinaldo's arrival, saying that he put him ashore and told him to or ganize his people. Aguinaldo came back discouraged and wanted to go to Japan but the admiral told him to continue his efforts. The admiral said he paid no at- tention to Aguinaldo's proclamation Of independence of the Filipinos' Speaking of Aguinaldo's military operations, he said he did wonderfully we'll In whipping the Spaniards.
 Admiral Dewey said emphatically that he had never recognized Aguinaldos government nor did he salute Agui- l naldos flag He never called Aguinaldo General" but addressed him as Don Emilio.
 The admiral said he had never given the Philippine republic the slightest recognition; that he had no authority to do so and did not consider 1t an or ganized government. He said the Span iards were fearful of the Filipinos enter ing Manila and therefore surrendered to him in advance. He said there was no need for the loss of a man in the cap ture of the city. No gun would have been fred but the desire of the governor, who said his honor demanded that q few shots be fired. And so had to fire and kill few people," said the admiral, but the Spaniards did not fire because he Oewey) had warned them not to do so."
 Flipinos Could Not Take City.
 
 have taken the city unaided, but the Spaniards were greatly demoralized. The admiral said he never received a letter from Consul Pratt telling him he must cooperate with Aguinaldo. He said that he wrote a number of foolish letters. Ad- miral Dewey said he had written the Navy Department that the Filipinos were more capable of self-government than the Cubans because he saw that Con- gross contemplated giving independence to Cuba, and he knew the American peo- pie had little information concerning the Filipinos.
 The admiral said that when the Filipi- nos were at the height of their power | the British Admiral Seymour had advised the Filipino chief to tie to the Americans, as they were his best friends. He said that when he let the Filipinos have guns and ammunition he thought 1t was a military necessity. Looking backward he could see that they were not needed. He considered them very ungrateful in turning against the United States. l The admiral said that he, and not the