Show GEN MILES DOWN philippines IS REFUSED of r and donot d not ap prove of chango Chai ift of I 1 in real deal ing with filipinos the post says saya lieu tenant general nelson A miles of the firmy roada made a specific request to tho the var ivar department to be sent bent to the phil Ip pines and in connection therewith submitted a plan by which in lilt hla opinion the war mar could be brought to an all end without further furl liei loss of life on either side lie he proposed to employ ethoda in similar to used by him so successfully in its ills indian cam secretary root after due clue considers cons tion denied general miles Mi lest a request and disapproved of the plan submitted ilic capets pa pel a so BO endorsed indorsed indor sed tied by the secre tary were ere bent to the chite hit louse house and the president pies ident concurred in the secre action III UK final indor bement disposing of the matter la Is said to bear the date march 5 1003 1902 in effect Pies president ident roosevelt and be creary root hold that the war in the llie philippines is already at an end r virtually so and that the adoption of general miles a plan involving a change of policy in dealing with the inhabitants of the archipelago would bo be unfair to those officials military and civil whose work lias has brought about almost complete pacification |