The Daily soliphone., 1902-04-30

Washington, April 30.-The senate
 ,,,,,;t+ee on the Philippines resumed the examination of witnesses III coia- nection with the investigation ol aA fairs in the Philippine isianos. ueh Artbnr Macarthur continued ms eA- animation. He explained the sIa'o- want in his annual report of June ao 1900. that ''the United States hau ecouired sovereignty by treaty, anu ,n :, way owned the Philippine is lands. but did not own the rniiip- nine people," by saying that 1hese conclusions were reached after con varsa+ion with an infinite number or people and observation, and that 1hcy renresented the bulk of the views oi the nationalist party. lie theh' III ie snonse to questions by Senator Tat +arson. described the different towns embraced within the American mes on the night of February 9' io.., when the outbreak occurreu' identified what purporteu U
 .anv of the order of Gen. Luna TOT .ha Ssacre of the foreign residents oe aron;la. Senator Patterson sought = show that it was difficult to deceive Aguinaldo by forgery, and referred to his canture bv Gen. Funston, through a forged letter signed "Lacuna. ten. MacArthur, with considerable ehi- nhasis. declared that Gen. funston was not responsible in any way TOT any methods which obtained Tn the "a pture of Aguinaldo.
 II am responsible in that matter Ill every way and particular, sald 1eh' Macarthur. Tt was one of the de- ceptions frequently practiced in war, and whatever deception attaches thereto l take.
 With regard to the order for the Manila massacre Gen. MacArthuf- answering further questions oy sen etor Paterson, said the order he saw was signed by Sandico and not oy Luna. Gen. MacArthur detailed the efforts made by him to ferret out Luna's connection with 1t.
 The witness could not recall let ter of Gen. Reevs, who was the chief of police at Manila, in which he stas- ed that he did not believe massacre was intended. because it was entirely contrary to the manner in which the Philippines had waged war in the past.
 Reverting to the Sandico order, Senator Patterson quoted from re- port of Dr. F. c. Bourns, surgeon ln the United States army, as to how ne came in possession of it through Filipino who made copy of the orig final. The senator referred to later rtatement by Dr. Bourns to the ef- feet that the Filipino might have stretched things little." Gen. Mac Arthur claimed there might have been two orders. "Would you hang yellow dog on the testimony that IS paraded here as to the genuineness of those orders?" asked Senator Pat terson.
 The witness said it would depend on what kind of yellow dog it was.
 Gen. MacArthur disclaimed any re- spcnsibility for the orders of Gen. Jacob II. Smith to make Samar a bowling wilderness.
 Replying to a question by Senator Beveridge, Gen. MacArthur said that absolute chaos would result should the Filipinos be given complete inde- pendence and the United States en- tirely withdraw from the islands, but he said he would like to explain this statement at another session of the committee. He was thereupon eX- cused until Wednesday, the commit tee going into executive session to further consider the advisability of sn,,,n,or;D,s 1vitresses asked for by