Show fred grants opinion at a dinner of the te patria club in new now york city brigadier general frederick D grant who talked about the philippines said you hear bear a great deal of the force necessary to keep these degenerate people in subjection there are 12 soldiers eol diers out there my department in the east maintains 14 men to kep keep you citizens of new york boston philadelphia baltimore and other coast places in the straight and nar row path As a matter of fact there Is one brigade mobilized in the phil ready to strike I 1 think in favor of the open door in china rather than against the filipinos |