Show DEWEY ON AGUINALDO Admiral Declares Before Senate Committee Com-mittee That Filipino Chief Was After Lopt Alone Washington Juno 27 Admiral DeweY continued him testimony before the Senate Conimlttcortin tIme Philippines today Ho testified concerning the urms sent to Manila Ma-nila by Agulnalrto and Senator Dietrich asked the Admiral 1C he did not believe that time anna were purchauud with mono previously paid by Spain to I tieenre peace amid that It was his Intention to mimic the money to foment another Insurrection for the purpose of train The Admirals reply waa Kxaclll tin AGPINTALDOS PROCLAMATIONS Mr ratlcrson next called attention to a number of uroclnmntlonn forwarded by him i to Washington In May hut Admiral Dcwey said he did not remember having road them and In explanation of lilt failure fail-ure In tills respect lie said The days and iiluhts wore not lana enough for me to cot through wllli my work at that time Evidently 1 dfd not consider the proclamations ay of importance as I did not read them and 1 muncie no comment on thorn thornHIS HIS VIEW OF FILIPINO 4CIIH3F Knowing1 of Agiilnaldo expectation to secure Independence said Mr Patterson In beginning a ntc > llori But before he had concluded he was Interrupted by tho witness who said No I did not know thatThen Then you believed such to be his purpose pur-pose I did not believe It and since you have asked my opinion I will say that I I I believe lit was them for paln for loot for money and I further believe that Independence ever entered his head Replvlng to another question by Senator alternon the Admiral said that while gulnaldo was located at Cavltc and was nder his observation he was always hu inane but that ho did not see much of him after the army came CAUMACK TAKES WITNESS Senator Carmack then put a number of questIons to the witness Replying to I heno tho Admiral 1 said It wan true ho had assisted Agnlnaldo In organizing his army by supplying him with arms etc that at liat time there were no American soldiers sol-diers In the Philippines and that Agul laldo had comrlett control of bin own forces and that ho was under no re traJnt Having laid the foundation by securing hese sin tmnentP which were In rcltcni lon of what the Admiral had said yester day Mr ririnnek aiked the witness why lie had done so much to I aid a man whom ito regarded as a common robber and Blunderer A LI IS FAIR IN IVAn The Admiral did not reply Immediately I his face reddened and ho inn titec I to hen said tho Senator had not quoted him accurately but admitted t that t he had mild gulnaldo had gone to Manila for plllag mil plunder Uo added You know the old saylnc that All Is fair In war Do you consider It fair In war to assist a known plunderer and robber In an en emys territory to pillage without restraint re-straint I bellevr It Is as T read history Then you admit that you assisted this robber and plunderer to organize otc7 AGUINALDO AFTER LOOT I did not then call him a robber and Plunderer J called him the insurgent eader 1 have said here that he Was there for money and loot 1 think thoe wore my word and I think that Is what lie was there for Do you he askod timing Interlocutor himself do you think he was there for anything clue I do renllfd tho Senator Well 1 dont said the Admiral am as if to express his opinion still morn emphatically he repeated I dont ant added I swear I dont Do you think you knew Agulnaldo better bet-ter than Gen Otis asked Senator Car mack KNEW AGUJNALDO WELL In some things I think I do the Ad mlral replied M i think mv Judgment Is better ID some matters than the Goner ala I dont believe ho over saw Agul naldo and I saw him fifty times Moreover More-over 1 know his history and I think I know him better than any of our olllccrs Did Agulnuldo tell you that he wa there for money and loot 1 saw In Ills action that ho was IIc had not been there t fortyeight hours be fore he was taklnir everything In sight provisions munitions etc 1C Gen Otis and Gen Bell should say they regarded Agiilnaldo ns personally honest In money matters would their statement Influence your opinion In regard to him Not in the slightest degree You ont know of a single dishonest act on the part of the man and yet you regard him as a thief ADMIRAL IS ANNOYED Just before the question was asked Senator Lodge as chairman of the committee com-mittee had announced that 12 oclock the hour for adjournment had arrived The Admral took advantage of this announcement announce-ment to cut short a line of Inquiry that was plainly annoying to him lie roso as time last question was being propounded and when it wan concluded said I Chink I shant answer that question Tie then took his hat and left the room with a polite word of adieu but without being llnnllv dismissed The examination of the Admiral will be concluded tomorrow |