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Show THE SURRENDER OF MANILA. It is probahl natural that On Anderson An-derson shoul 1 llsagree with Admiral IVwev with respect to the agreement in sui render Mar I In nnd that he shoul resent the Admlinls Jaunty statement that the assault and suirinlei wns a pre arranged nlfalr to sootlio the feel-li feel-li s uf the Spanish captain Oeneral And t wrrnt the Admiral testllled to In IhlH respect Is an old stor Tho cliy was at his mercy, he repeated! slated that he could take It nt nny tlr e undoubtedly he could have done so nny day for three months or more before tho any of its actual captmc Oen Oreene pilntedw pat er 111 u magi-ilne magi-ilne two years or so ago which said prncti all the same thing that the dmlial now i cites under oath No one look exception to It then und we see no reason why there should V ristntment of It now It Is probable that Oen udorsen did not know of Hie tirranwement und that the Impetu-mity Impetu-mity of his troops caused them to suffei losses heavier than had been ex-pected ex-pected but wc liuvt no doubt nf the substantial verity uf dmlral Dewe s ptiilemuit lie cty was absolutely defenseless aiulnst tho nival fr r a few shots would nt any time have foi eel Its capitulation bm the tiouhln was lhat until tha urrlvnl or the iroms In sulllclent numheia their wus no force to ganlson the town mil snve It finm loot unci destruciim The most powerful nrrumtnt agalnat the iiotm Hill) of any Miliar e by iii miles with the Filipino Insuri t tlonary I an Is Is lhat the natives wer i ot and om not le given thf. ic !ble .hinge nor even bo allowed to share In It T.iey were unfit for allies and could not ho even admitted to tho city of Manila Wo do not see any reason to doubt the story told by Admiral Dewey, and Oen (Ireenes magazine nrtlclo shows that he had the same understanding under-standing The general officers ought all to have understood what vvns on foot, so that they could havo protected their troops and saved loss of life by preventing nn Impetuous advance that didn t allow time for the Spanish troops to retire hut compelled them at some points to make a defensive fight |