Show MM I t M M HM I t M I M 1 t lOt 1 THE MILES PROPOSAL i M M MH M I M M I M HI M M I M 1 M M M M The announcement that General Miles has made a proposal for the pacification of the Philippine Philippines Philippines' Philip Philip- pines pine and that it has been turned been I turned down by the thel l President resident and Secretary of War Val will not surprise anybody except to the e extent tent of some astonishment that the General should trouble himself to offer otTer advice or pr prepare pare plans which by this time he should know would be rejected no ilo matter matte what their character I IThe The details of the Miles Mile's Mils Mile s proposition are given in our despatch which states ho however eYer that it was to send him to the Philippines and permit him to wind U up the insurrection after his mann manner r of conducting his Indian wars In reply the Secre Scare Secretary tar tary of War Yar says that the rebellion practically is ended and hen hence e no change of policy or procedure is ne needed ded And I the President observes that a achang change chang at this time would appear to be a reflection upon the eminent military and civil chil officers who have contributed so so o nobly to the satisfactory condi condi- tion of affairs which General Miles desires to rec ree The General will retire for age in August during dui dur ing the interim he will not be given gien the slightest show to do anything which might tend to popularize popular popular- ize hi him ni lIe He never has Ims been given an any since the Spanish 4 war broke out This is gr greatly atly to be regretted re ie- in the case of a man of the splendid military record that N lson A. A Miles can show in the service of his countr country and the Chinese should and will be ex excluded eluded from Hawaii Ko No doubt the whole scheme is is rough on the Mongolian M breth brethren en whom we tn try so hard to evangelize and hence bence are supposed to love but ut it would be rou rougher her on us to have them here and nd charity begins gins at home |