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Show I mj j nil f j wlamil Hi MB Mill i If " T" TIM 1111' I)' M OLiN MILLS TURNED DOWN. REQUEST TO BE SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES IS REFUSED. Hrrtnrf ttt Warinf I'rntd-nt Ho Mot Ap prnve of heitae of I'ollry la lleal-ln lleal-ln with rillplnna. The YVenhliiKL"n I'ont aaya: Lieu-tenant--. cnf-ral lnoti A. Mllea of the army made a apecitlc requeat to the var department to he aeut to the Phil ipplnea. and In efnnectlon therewith auhmitted plan by which, In hia opinion, the war could be brought to an end without further loan of life on either aide. Me proposed to employ mrlhodfl aimilar lo tbon tiaed by him ao aucceanf ully In bla Indian cam paitfna. Secretary Hoot, after due conaldera Hon, di-uied (leneral Milraa rcititnt, and diMipproveil of the plan submitted. The paper, ao linhit.-d by the aecretary, aecre-tary, were aetit lo the White Houne, and the president aiiliniivntly concurred con-curred In the necrclary'a action. The final indfirrvpuient deponing of the matter mat-ter ia -n id to bear the dale March A. 1WU'.'. InelTei't, I'rrn'ulrut Hooaevelt and Secretary Koot hold that the war In the rtiilippiuea la already at an end. or virtual y ao. and that the adoption of General Milea'a pUn Involving a chatiKc of policy in dealing with the tuliatiitaiita of the archipelago, would be unfair to lhne olliriala, military ni't civil, whose work baa brought llnuit altuonl complete pni'i Hciition. |