The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-27
DEWEY AND
 AGUINALDO
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Did you recognize the Philippine repub- lic?''
 He replied, T did not. I never gave it the slightest, recognition. l had no authority to do so, and besides, did not consider it an organized government There was a reign of terror ana the Philippine forces were riding rough shod over the community, committing many actS of cruelty. sent word to Aguinaldo that he must treat his prisoners kindly and he replied that he would
 What would have been the effect Of permitting the Philippine forces to enter Manila when our troops entered?
 'The Spaniards were very fearful Of the result of such course and there fore they surrendered to me in advance This was all arranged, and there was no need for the loss of a man in the capture of the, city. It was to be done at signal and no gun need have been fired by us, but for the desire of the Governor Gen eral who said his honor demanded that few shots should be fired So had to fire and kill few people but the span iards did not fire, because of my warning that it would be disastrous to the city for them to do so. They had in the city IS, 900 troops and 47 rified guns.
 Pratt a Busy Body.
 hdAiii dA DCWGy dooc1 pleased to supply the committe with this history. He said 1t had never been printed, and he had been reserving 1t with the view of writing the story him self He had copies of some of the com munications received by him made be- cause of this purpose, but none of those from Pratt, as he regarded him as busybody devoting much time to interfer- ing with the business of other people.
 ''He was consul general for the United States" MT. Patterson of Tennessee sug- gested and the witness replied Yes, but he had nothing to do with the attack on Manila
 Referring to his departure from Hong Kong, Admiral Dewey repeated that he had left for Manila without Aguinaldo, saying he had left as early as he did because he wanted to get rid of him and the other little brown" men, many or whom were constantly coming aboard the flag ship. T was very busy" he said getting ready for battle and they were after me constantly taking up much of my time. None of them went with me to Mirz bay for various reasons. One of them failed to do so because he did not have his tooth brush with him."
 The Hong Kong Filipinos, he added, had not told him of any insurrection in
 
 sented to see them on the same principle that one gives money to a man often to get rid of him. Indeed. he had himself given Aguinaldo the first information the latter had received the Filipinos were assembling near Manila.
 When asked in cross-examination if he had not repeated his original statement to the Navy Department that the Fili- pinos were more capable of independence of government than the Cubans, Admiral Dewey replied in the affirmative, saying:
 T did; and I still think so.'
 Senator Carmack called Admiral Dew eys attention to the fact that he had given arms to Aguinaldo. notwithstand- ing the Governor General had told him he would surrender the city at any time and asked why he had done so in the face of that understanding.
 The reply was to the effect that he considered it a proper military act.
 Filipinos Our Friends.
 ''The Filipinos were our friends he said "and they were doing our work. believed that they were so delighted to get rid of the Spaniards that they would accept us with open arms Even. he added, when Aguinaldo was at the height of his power at Molos. Admiral Seymour of the British navy had told
  jeans as they were his best friends. The FiIipinos then were our friends and were helping us. We had no troops to land. and l knew that the more closely the city was invested the easier it would be to take 1t when our troops should arrive. Still I think we could have got on as we'll without them. It was their own idea We all know that hindslght Is bet ter than foresight. Looking back, would not have had the Filipinos join me. But thought they would be friendly and think it very ungrateful in them to have turned against us. When I permitted Aguinaldo to go ashore did not know that any United States troops would be sent to the Philippines I was long way from home; there were no ca bles and I was meeting emergencies as they arose. Whatever I did, I did accord ing to my best judgment at the time. Later I said to Aguinaldo, There is the enemy; you pursue your course and we will pursue ours think that is the wis est thing I ever said. They were assisting us and at the same time fighting their own battle. had in mind in dealing with the Filipinos the assistance that the negroes had given the Federal forces dur ing the Civil War. We availed ourselves of that assistance and I thought I would ac- cept the aid of the Filipinos in the same way. Their one idea was to get rid of the Spaniards and believe that if on May 1, before the insurrection was or ganized. we had had there a few Ameri-, can troops the Filitinos would have ac- cepted us and that they would have re- mained loyal"
 His reason for taking possession of Subig Bay was because he "did not want any other power to interfere"
 The Admiral was still on the stand when the committee adjourned until tomorrow.
 A letter was submitted from Secretary Root inclosing a cablegram from General Chaffee relative to the oft-denied report of the shooting of one thousand Filipino prisoners at Irosin. General Chaffee shows that the matter has been thoroughly in- vestigated. Private Walker. who was said to have written the letter containing this charge to his father in Massachusetts, denies 1t and the officers of the command all deny it. Details of the operations of the troops are given to show that the re- port Is untrue.