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Show PACIFICATION OF ISLANDS. Admiral tlrw.r xavs flll tnoa are capable ot Ntlf UuverniiiaMt. New ork, Aug 5J The London correspondent of the World, In an In tervlew with Admiral Dewey, asked him If the Phlllpplnca were likely to lie pacllled soon 1 he admiral replied: "I have the question of the Philippines more at heart than has any other American, hecauso I know the till-plnoa till-plnoa Intimately and they know I am tkelr frlund 1 he recent Insurrection la the fruit ot the anarchy which baa long relgurd In the Islands, but the In sargenla will have to auhiiilt theui-aelvea theui-aelvea tt the law after being aoena-toiaod aoena-toiaod to ins law a,t alt "I bvlleve aud afllrui, neverthelrM, that the I'bHlppIno iiieatlon will be very shortly aolvcd The rlllplnoaare eapablo at governing themselves; they bava all qualltloatlona for It It Is a quaalloa f liaia, but tba .miIjt way to settle the lusurreotlonaudosturt proa-ptrlty proa-ptrlty to the arohlpelago Itto coute.lo is If govarnmenl U the luhabltaata That would be a aolullun of many quettlona and would aatltfy all, especially espe-cially tha Filipinos, who believe tlem-ttlvat tlem-ttlvat worthy of It and are ao "I have never been lu favor of violence vio-lence toward the 1 lllplnoa lhalaltnda are at title moment blockaded by a fret and wtr reign. In tha Interior. Thlt abnormal etata of thlnga should cesss I should Ilka tu ace autouomy flratcoo-ceded flratcoo-ceded and then annexation might be talked about Thla la my opinion t should like to ace violence at ouoe put a atop to. According to my view, tha concession of aelf goverumentoughtto be tha most Jual anil most logical so-lutloa so-lutloa H |