| Show GO MILES TURNED DOWN REQUEST TO BE SENT TO THE philippines IS REFUSED secretary of aarand are went dont ap or of Istle yin dealing with the washington post says lieu tenant general nelson A mile of the army blade made a aped bo flo request to the avar department to be cab sent to the phil Ip pInes and in connection therewith submitted a plan by which in hia his opla opinion louthe the war could be brought to an find without further loaa loss of life on either aide side tie lie proposed to employ methods similar to those used by him so suc successfully in hia indian cam secretary root af after ter due lion tion denied general miles request and disapproved of the blau submitted the papers ao so iad indorsed by the secretary were sent to the valte house and the president concurred in the action the final adli purling of the matter la Is eald said to bear the date march 5 1002 in to effect president roosevelt and secretary 9 ecret ary root hold that the war var in the philippines la Is already redy at tit an end or virtually eu so and that the adoption ot of general miless plan involving a change of policy polity in dealing with the inhabitants of the archipelago would be unfair to those officials als military and mud civil shoji j work ha has brought about almost complete lom pacification |
