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Show WAS MERE FIGUREHEAD Admiral Dewey Thus Char-acterizes Char-acterizes Aguinaldo. STRONG MEN AROUND HIM Declares That the Plllplno Chief Took the Lion's Sharo of Froperty Gathered by tho Insurgents-Had Nothing When He Landed in Manila Ma-nila and Upgnu Immediately After Arrival to Tako Every Dollar In Sight General Keport Was That Aguinaldo Betrayed His People. Washlnrton, June M Tho third da i tesllmonv given b Admiral Dewey before the Senate Committee on the Philippines began with a refucnce to the statement made by the Admiral at tho first day s proceedings concerning concern-ing the proffer m ide by the hpunlsh Ciovernoi-deneril to suriender to him Senator Cirmaik enlled attention to tho fact that the pres made it nppear that he had said during the next twenty-four hours after the destruction of the bpnnlsh fleet on May 1st, there had been several proffers of surrender on the part of the Oov ernor. Ihe Admiral replied that ho had said thnt between JIa 1st nnd Augutt 13th the Oovernor-Otneral had pent word to him more than onco that lie would bo I based to surrender tn the navy. Tho first prolTcr. he said, was In Mav, through the English Consul, nnd subse-Unt subse-Unt prorfern weio made through the Uelglnn Coisul. At the time, the Admiral Ad-miral admitted. Aguinaldo had begun opentlons around Manila, and was working toward tro city. NATIVES rUIENDLY AT FIItST. Tak'ng up Iho tluead of the Investl-gallon Investl-gallon where It was dropped esterduy, Senator Cnrmack asked the witness If all tho troublo In tho Philippines had been due to Aguinaldo 'I won't sn that," tho Admiral rc-tlkd, rc-tlkd, 'but," he continued, "I will repeat re-peat that It we bad had MM troops nt Manila on Mny 1st, the cllv would have been taken posfesslon of nrd we would have, nt hast for the time, no trouble with the natives. They were our friends then" In r!y to other questions put by Senator Carmnck concerning Aguinaldo the Admiral said; AGUINALDO A FIC.UIIEIIEAD. "I Ihlnk jou cro making too much of Aguinaldo He was a n ero figurehead, nnd was surrounded by wronger men than himself. Mnblnl was ono of theso and Gen I.unn, whom ho had killed, was another." Hepljlng to another question the Ad-nlial Ad-nlial said that It was tho general report re-port throughout tie East that In 1RDT Agulnnldn had bctraved Ms ;cople to the Spaniards for money. Nor did he lemember that this report had been derled by American ofTlccra In tho Philippines Among other officers quoted In this connection was Geil. Greene, nnd tho Admiral clld attention to tho fact thnt Gen. Greene had not given his authority. "If," he said, "Agonclllo told him I don't think the nuthorlty was good" "Why do jou say that Aguinaldo took the lion's share of tho property gathered gath-ered by tho Insurgent"!? ' TOOK ALL IN SIGHT. "liccause no was living at staioios like a prince. Ho had nothing vv hen ho larded In Manila, nnd could havo procured pro-cured the means for this ostentntlnn In no other vvny. Ho began Immediately after orrlval tn take everj dollar In right It mny bo ungrateful In mo to state the fact, but It Is true that he wnt cnttle to mc herds of them for the ships. Tho stock wero taken from the Philippine people." ' Wsh any statement made of this circumstance at the time?" "No, that Is war, as jou know." ril.iriKO ARMY A MOPS. Continuing his leply to this question the Admiral said the Philippine army was then only n mob, without organization, organi-zation, nnd had to he f-.il and clothed. ' He did as many have done; he made the lountry support him." "Did ou regard that proceeding as pillage and loot?' ' Well, we did not do that way. For Instance, I took all the coal In sight, but I paid for It." Mr Patterson Do you refer to Aguinaldo Agui-naldo Inking property for the support of the arms ns loot and pillage? Admiral Dowcy That Is ono part of It Senator Carrrack You did not object nt that time? Admlrnl Dewey No, but he soon sot bei on J me WOULD NOT CIUTICISE ARMY. A numl er of quistlons were asked 1 legird to tho statements by Oens Oicen, Hell nnd others, but tho vlt-prss vlt-prss nnked to bo excused from crlll-lining crlll-lining the army nnd tho chair (henntar Iteveildge) said ho was not required to answer nn BUeh questions, tho replies tn which would Involve such criticism Thereupon the Admiral mid ho was vers glad," nnd Senator Gnrmack said he knew of no such rule, hut ho supposed sup-posed he vv-rvild have, to submit The Admlrnl ndded that no opinions by others would chaniu his oIllcUl opinion opin-ion of Aruinaldo. AGUINALDO FORCED UPON DEWEY. Senator Cnrmack Then Is It a fact that jou took a man to Manila to bo a lender of the natlvo peoplo who but recently had belrajwd those peoplo for Admiral P'-vey I think that would havo made no dlfterencc. Tho country was under a reign of terror. "Thin jou wanted a man who could orgnnUo tho natives?" "Vo I HI not want nnyone. Aguinaldo Agui-naldo nnd hl people were forced upon me by Consul Pratt and others." Did th Consul and others havo any power to force these people upon y DID NOT WANT REFUGEES. "Ves, by constant pressure. I did not wont the Filipino refugees because I did not lellevo that a hilf-dnzen of them would do any good In view of tho ictH,rt that thousands would rlro uvin insurrection uton our crrlvnl at Mn-Jilla Mn-Jilla I thought they would play a very Ihen jou placed tho country at tho iretcy of a man who would plunder nnd rob, notwithstanding jou lad no need fm his Bin Ices?' HULLING OUT TO AMERICANS. Tlili question the A tmlrnl declined to answer nnd Senator j'attermn took tho wltncs, nsklnif If Ajruliialio had ever talked to him on tin basis of soling out to tho Americans 1 he Acm ral ie-piled ie-piled In the negative nnd Mr Pittir-ton Pittir-ton then asked If the Philippine leader r w e v r nske 1 him for mot y rh r 15 wis that Autnal! hit aek J hit to ex. h mge jw I i r M vl 1 1 d I 1 wns preits 'uri ns in whin h. fad gitten the dollar as he had nnl broiiRH them with him sili' the 1 mil il nnd 1 tlnught thu tho fi t thai ho wuntid uoM was pretlv 1 la Ik itlon thnt he wns gettlivf n i ly to lenvi I hat w is v mt mik m I think thit Hie man was feilhnl g h s ov n host but It v n onlv a us I I u Here the AUmlr.il vgain refo-red to Agulmtldn stjla at Mnlolos nnd s'emiUir l'vltetsim asMt t If that stvlo I nd iiit tirvcil tie purpose of exiltlng ihe ndmlrnllcu of Ms followers and holding their nlkitlnne In this In-quliy In-quliy the wltners leplldl that the style as probnblv more Inspiring In thtm than lo there from whom the properis had been tnkon " QLlMTItiN DlSCOFRTFOl'S 'Do jou think thnt Is proper testl-monv? testl-monv? nsked Mr l'ntterson nnl Chairman Dnverldge Inkrfered with strong protest against tiimirmlne against Admiral Dewes He considered the question disciiurleous Mr Patterson, however dlsrlnlmed uns Intention to he othirwlsp limn re i-putful nnd Im ri.ntlnu.d his ques tlnns Do voti know he asked, whethet Amilimllo bus a dollar to-da to-da ' I don't know," wns Ihe leplj 'I have nut been In the l'hlllpplnes for three jeus, how should I know " di:ci.im:s to avswhii ,u Do """ t-f'w fmm sour experience hut there was never a dny while he was Hi aims thnt he could not have modi himself rich nt tho expense of the American Government it Im had elvcn up? The witness hesitated and said he tould ret nnoner the question, ns he ,w,,'d 'y "18 Clnl1 ,llnt ''" nw-1 'im di kion," Mr Fitto-son went on tint there wro several win anl P"ud fat o'llies?' The replj was In the negative. The ultncM nlso said le knew nothing noth-ing of the pajment ,,f monej In the Cuban General Gomes nnl he nddel the suggestion to Senator l'atterson thit he should not put such uuistlons to rlin Renalor Patterson nlso asked n number num-ber of questions conromlig A. mini Dewej's association wllh Gen Andei-son Andei-son after arrival, mil his visit to Aguinaldo in company with the general. gen-eral. W HAT DEWEY SUGGESTED He sold ho bad sugsestid to Gen Aiidersnn on tho on avion of 'Is v'slt that ho need not wnir his uniform or put on hln sword but Hint bis hlouro would bo sulllilent, nnd the sugginllmi had been adopted Refenlng to n report re-port of that report made bs Oen. Au-i"trson Au-i"trson nnd lo loiies of lettcis written bj Gen Arderson Jn which Aguinaldo v ns nssuied of a dlre for amlrnhlo rilatinns, Admiral Dewiy said that bo did not remember that ary such sur.ance had been glvin Speaking of Gen Anderron's letters to tho Philippine rhlerialn the vvltmsa sold. " hen I heard thnt I o wns writing writ-ing letters to Agulnnldo 1 ndvlsed him ngalnst doing so" Ho mined that ho wai not conversant with all of Gen Ar.deison's nits before tho nrrlval of Gen Meirltt, ns tho general hail gone his own was, vvhllo he (Devvej) had gone lis He olso said Oen. Anderson Ander-son had offended Aguinaldo on the oc-enilnn oc-enilnn of their visit by his qu-stlonn. Mhe Senator Pntleinnn pressed other questions calling for reference to state nentH mado by army olllcers nnd others, tho Admlrnl declined to arswer, saying DON T LIKE QUESTIONS. "I am hero to testify to what I know, nnd I will glvj nil tho Information I can lu that wnj but 1 am not reriwn-slblo reriwn-slblo for what others have slid I don't like your question.-., and 1 don't think 1 ought to bo required to reply to them" The chair assured tho vvllrcss that ho need not nnswer. Iho Admiral slid, however. In reply to furthei presslrg that his views did not coincide with those oxprtsm.il by Oen Anderson In n magazine ankle 'Thej do not coincide," ho sold "Mo differed very muth from tho begln-nlnir" begln-nlnir" QUESTIONED RY OTHERS. Senntors lleverldgo nnd Dietrich then asked a few questions alio former reminded tho iidmlrnl of a visit that ho (Senator Ileverldge) had paid tho admiral on the llagshlp Olym-pia Olym-pia when she lay In tho harbor nt Manila, and asked him. If bo remem- hired a conversation that ho sail had occurred between them vvhllo they wero looking out from the dock, tho mini mi-ni I nil hnvlng mild, In legnrd lo the sut cess of tho Ainorlcnn arms, that ' he could not lulp thinking thnt It was nil duo to a higher power than ours." ' I do," reHponded the ndmlrnl "I remember that I said that, nnd It Is my opinion now," Senitor Ileverldge reid extracts from the reports of tho llrat Phlllpplno torn-mission, torn-mission, of vihleh Admiral Dewej' was a member. In which the stutemint wns mate tint tho Filipinos wero In-cnpablo In-cnpablo of standing alone, and If tho Amerlcnn rapport vus withdrawn, they would lapse into nnurchj', nnd usked him If thnt hid been his opinion He replied In tho afilrmatlve, adding that he still entertalnid that view. benntnr Carmaik Was that nhvays jour opinion? Admlrnl Dewey Yes True, I rando a cnmpailson once with the Cubnns, sajlng tho Filipinos wero more lapnble of self-government than the CuIhiiih I think that neither tho Filipinos nor tho Cubans ure capable of self-government. DID NOT TRUST FILIPINOS. Bcnntor Dietilch's questhma were In-tendel In-tendel lo show the state of Admiral Dewey s mind concerning tho Filipinos nt the tlmo of tho engagement with the Spanish nquadron, He linked Ihe admiral if It wns not true that If bo had recognized tho rillplnns ns nlllis trusted fiem ns such, nnd considered them capable of taking ehnrgo of Manila, Ma-nila, he would have accepted tho prof-fer prof-fer for tho surrender of .Manila before the nrrlvnl of tho Amerlcnn troops. Yes," replied tbo witness, 'that Is true, nnd It Is a good Idea I had not thought of It and I am glad you sug-gisted sug-gisted It. It makes my testimony stronger. It Is truo nnd tho fact that I did not ncctpt tho surrender nnd put them In charge shows thnt I did not trust them It never enteied my head tn do thnt." With this Admlrnl Dowcy was excused ex-cused and ho cxpessed himself ns much gratified to securo his release. |