The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-27
ADMIRAL DEWEY QUIzzED
Senate Committee Oh Philippines Ask.
ed for Information.
REHEARSED OPERATIONS AT MANILA.
The Naval Hero Declared Emphatlcally
that He Had Never Recognized
AguinaIdo's Government.

| the early operations ut hHDild, Nu'u nc
was in command II the American forces in
| the Philippine waters The ldnlral's state
mcnr contrbur d an important addition to
| the history of the surrender of the city OF
| Manila. THIS consisted of positive state
mcnt by the admiral to the effect that 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 Senator Lodge.
| He said he first heard from Aguinaldo and
| his friends about April /, 1898, month
before the battle of Manila bay, when 1t
became certain that there was to be war.
Il then heard thar there were number
of Tillpinos who desired to acc ampany the
feet to Manila he continued
AN Of them were young and earnest.
did not attach much Importance to them
or to what they slid. The day before we
left Hong Kong I received Il telegram from
| Consul General Pratt, located Mt singapore,
| sHYtng that AguiiddO was at Singapore ana
W uld join m IL Hong X ng. | replied:
All rights tell him to come aboard
| attached so little importance to the mes
sage that sailed without AguinIldo and
| b, forc he arrived There We're then many
| promises ms to wnat the Filipinos would do,
| but ! did not depend upon them Consul
! Williams assured me that upon our arLsvsl
| ana the UIlOE tI the UISt gun lDtIU Illl-
| pinos would rise. None did rise and | fire.
quenrly joked him on this point
! Admiral Dewey said the Spanish governor
wanted ia SUR, ndcr the CITY TO him after
! the destruction OF the lect and that he
/ D'Wey) would have accepted the formal
surrender If he had had 5000 troops to garri-
/ son the city. He told about AguinIldos
/ arrival. saving that he nut him ashore and
| tnld him to OF gauizo his pcople, Agu:naIdo
| came back discouraged ana wanted IL 80 to
japan, but the admiral told min to continue
tnStn1 VS. ganoidn a s4 nro e u V ~
| indppendcpcc of the Ffiipfnos. Speaking Of
| Aeiuoldo's IN Iitarv oper8tjons. he said he
did wonderfuIiy ln whining the Spaniards,
&duiraI bevey said elnn6atiroliv that he
nevrr had rerngnizcd AIntnoido's GOVERN
mont nor d,d he salute sgTinoldo's Har
! ~ oo ,IioI 't'iTd . s.,i,'t,oI, h,7t
- nrNcI S"neu ASHlIa'uo HVte'"i o"'
Th a,i ntI s, t i ma, ,,,.or +no
me aumlraI saiI ne had never given the
| Philippine republic the slightest recogni-
/ ton that he mad no authority TO do SO ana
| did not consider 1t an organized govern
ment. lie said the Spaniards were fearful
OF the tlllpinos entering Manila ana there
fore surrendered to him in ADVANCE he
said there was no need for the loss of Il
| mau in the capture OF the city No gun
would have been tired but for the desire
Ind To- IRE ana kin n few peonle." sa1d
the the admiral. T but the spaniards did not
tre berat,sa he dewey had warII;~l them
| nor to 40 "a
! III ~ Az uT ~ hopo,.o enc r-,ur,ros could
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luIuh WyIe sIeatlS ueni i,., ne "u,
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oohsui itHlt Ssa'i,G mn he mus 20 l utate
| VITA Asu'h9'1o. ne sulu 'hat ItatI Wrolc
NUMBER oi io"uSn 'eIlerS ABOUT Lual tihie,
| Admiral Dewey sald ne mad written inc
! navy department that the blIIplnos were
| more capable of selt-government than the
/ CuhanS because he saw that congress con
| templated giving Independence 10 Cuba and
| he knew that the American people had lit
| tie information concerning the rilpinos
| In explanation OF hts statement that the
| city Of Manila had surrendered on the day
/ OF the destruction of the Spanish meet, Adj
/ mual Dewey said that during the naval
/ ougagcmgnt several guns had been fired al
1 MIN from the shore batteries and that as
/ snou as the Spanish squadron was de
stroyed he steamed toward tue city, send
| ing word to the governor that II another
! shot was fired from the shore ne would
hre upon the city.
"rhe governor rcplicd." tine admiral went
| on. that If / did NOT FIRE upon the city, the
| shore batteries would remain silent rha
! Spanish nag WAS not taken down lint white
! h5gs were raised ir Ups a surrender and
| If | mad had with me 5000 troops with
! which 10 occupv the civ. could have
! taken it and held It, anchored my shins
! under his guns 900 wards away and i5y
! there twentv-four hours During that time
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