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SOME SHARP
QUESTIONING.
Senator Patterson Puts Pertinent
Questions to Gen. Hughes,
HIS ANSW ERSQUlTE GOOD
flipinos Aided Americans MATERIAL
" by their knowledge OF the Conn
Try, but Scarcely Otherwise.

Washington, March j.--Gen. Hughes
was subisrted to series of questions
Dy Senator Patterson and other min.
orlty members Of the senate committee
on the Philippines In the course Of his
testimony before IN, committee today
In reply to these questions he said the
Filipino forces would have been but OF
llltle assistance If i, had been neces-
Sary 10 capture Manila from the Span
lards by assault.
Tile capture OF that city was by pre-
ARRANGEMENT between Gen. Merritt and
AdlnIial Dewey and the Spanish com
mander was It not2" Mr. Patterson
asked.
Il know nothing about IT," replied
Mr. Hughes.
AS u military man, what II your
Dtllri founded uDOn your cOnVorBa-
uon with your superlors?" Mr. pattcr-
son then asked.
Senator Beveridgp insisted that the
question was not proper but Senator
Patterson Insisted that It was.
! would ask said the witness, ~
IL would not be much better TO excuse
me from answering In view of the
Tact that Cen Merritt Is In Washing
Ton ana you can get the information
from him first hand?'
u prefer to ask you, and you can
answer as you see ft"
u don't think | ought to answer
that question: replied Gen. Hughes
Continuing his testimony In reply to
further questions the witness said the
Flllplnos had aided the Americans ma
terlally by their knowledge OF the coun-
try and the accommodations they had
supplied, but that the Filplnos never
have been considered part of the
iighting force In the operations against
The Spanish forces, 1.-THE principal con-
sideratlOn with them was TO keep them
away said Gen. Hughes.
In response to further questioning by
Mr. Patterson, Gen. Hughes said he
certainly would construe Gen. Otis re-
mark, referred to In his report OF
September 49, 1898, that he would use
force tO compel the lnsurgent troops to
retire to the lire designated by Gen.
Merritt az meaning that he would use
the United states military forces.
Senator Patterson was pressing Gen.
Hughes as to the motive of Gen. Otis
for requiring the insurgents TO retire
10 the line designated, when Senators
Beyerdge, McComas and Lodge OBJ
iected saying 1t was unfair to the Wit
ness to ask the question. Gen Hughes
said however, that AguInaldo complied
with the order, except as to one small
outlying district, and that at that time
there was no indication of enmity on
the part Of the Filplnos,
Senator Patterson, after reading from
the report OF Gen Otis, In which h,
had stated that with the navy on on,
side, and the insurgents on the other
the Spanards had been bottled up II
Manila, remarked that this statemen
did not coincide with that OF Gen
Hughes.
why not?' sharply asked the gen
eral.
MIR, Beyerldge vigorously objected t.
this line OF questioning. tending, h
said, TO put Gen Hughes In the atti
tude Of crlticising superior officer.
Gen. Hughes, showing some impa
tIence, said There Is no difference
between us. No civilized man woulC
have left Manila to the insurgents
Senator Lodge. addressing Senator
Patterson with some degree Of irrita
hllity, said: "You must not ask Gen
Hughes to criticlae his superior officer
his reports or anything else.
Gen. Hughes-Gen. Otis Is strong
enough to stand criticism.
Mr. Patterson dlsclalmed that ht
was criticisIng Gen. otis, whiel
brought a quick retort from Gen
HUGHES, who remarked; Then you ar,
trying 10 criticise me-
81 am only trying to reconcile IN,
difference between YOU and Gen. GUS.
answered Senator Patterson.
III there are any differences between
Gen. Otis and myself, and you vii
point them out, win try to set them
Alright" replied Gen. Hughes, win
some warmth OF feeling.
This ended the coloquy, and Senator
Rawlns asked few questions OF the
witness, intended to bring out an adj
mission that the initial outbreak oc'
CURED outside Manila. but Gen. Hughes
insisted that II happened inside the