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Show f DEWEY ON PHILIPPINES. I Believe lulted States Shonld Ecp the I-I I-I lauds Increasing Fleet. I Washington, Oct. 7. Concerning the : government of the Philippines Ad-j Ad-j ruiral Dewey believes in American con- trol through the medium of a eoramis-f eoramis-f sion allowing great latitude for the j local government of the sixty or mors ! tribes, considering their different habits hab-its and conditions. lie has given his unqualified approval ap-proval of the policy that there shall be no faltering in maintaining the vtc-torie vtc-torie won in Manila bay. He is of the opinion that by increasing the force of warships it will be practical to maintain main-tain a stricter blockade and prevent supplies from reaching the insurgents as well as to impress them that recognition recog-nition of the sovereignty of the United States will be compelled. The admiral expresses a stroDg con--viction that the United States should retain permanent control of the Philippines Phil-ippines and spoke of their great value from a commercial standpoint, emphasizing em-phasizing what many officers have said about the immense resources of the islands. |