Show O nIle nr to 10 Sortie SOllie IIa 11 I Oct Orl Secretary ot of the war department hR has the following letter to lion W J Bryan Dran who spoke at al Peoria toda today lit 6 Sir In Ih Si press r rep reports tl ot of your Our address at Tipton Ind In which you 01 referred to 10 the 01 o lit of human In iii the States StallS resulting from the or of 1 the hI armies of 01 the you ou are tilso reported as 1 saying In that We fought then for the tho adoption tf a amendment that pr provided that no mati could own a slave and yet t Ih the ar Is ended We have the Sulu I treaty tea 0 which slavery Permit me to invite your attentIon to the following from the letter cc the or of war t to MaJ Un Clan UnE ClanE E s II Otis United Stares tot In the Ibe Philippines under date lIale or of October 77 The Instructs mu me to ad 1111 advise vise Ie YOU that the agreement signed August to 20 between Brig Un ClaIm John e C ThUs Rille the its Omitted lit of the on one smart part th tile sultan or of Jolo Job th Dam Dalo th the Dato Mattik the Date Dato Calbi and Dato Dalo of at Ih the other part I is con Confirmed firmed Ormed and ad approved subject tu to the action atlon of Congress for tor In the cl clu ot of the treaty ot of Iween the United Stat States amid Spain which provides time lights nd th the cat cal Ila or of the native inhabitants ot of the territory ceded to Ih the Unit Unite e States shall bit be by Con Comm gress with time anti which should be 11 n 11 I to 10 the ot of Jolo Job Ih that 1111 I is nut nol to l be bein In anyway DY to or give time the con coil sent ot of the states to th Chic ex ax islamic ot of slavery in the Sulu roo 0 a thing which is III made impossible b I nit Ibe Arn to tie ot of Ih the United States It is II probably unnecessary to 10 call your lour to time tRot fact that In iii the ot of the approval ot of Ih the 1111 deut deat It is II impossible for tor Us UI to 10 haVe tb the Iu treaty treal or any other I treaty rial ery O a D I 1 lion W J Bran Ill III |