| Show philippines WILL BE OURS if the malays balays can be handled the islands will be annexed washington aug 5 A cabinet officer who waa was interrogated today on the administrations policy in the philippines haa has this to say 1 I believe wo we shall annex the whole group of the philippines tand and I 1 think that will be satisfactory to the people who are id in revolt oppression I 1 do not believe that again aldo is going to create trouble lo because neither admiral dowey dewey nor general Al merritt erritt has suggested such an outcome of the present situation bat we want wint to mahe make no mistake and we have therefore left the final i settlement of the future of the phiiip pines to a peace commission not that the president wishes to shirk the responsibility but that he may secure information from admiral dewey that will enable him to act with his eyes wide open that is the position of the administration on the philippines it if Agu aguinaldo Again inalda aldu and bis his followers are ready to throw oft off the yoke ot of spain and have the united states give them an honest and liberal the philippines as a whole will be annexed to the united states or will bo be under the protection of the united states it on n the other band aguinaldo AKUi naIdo is a professional revolutionist and la Is ready to lead a revolt against our rule we abail not feel that our responsibility calls tor for our ending tending a large army array to conquer deop people le who object to either annexation or the protectorate of the united states ve we do not care to drive spain out of the philippines and then undertake to rule the islar islands 19 by shaina methods but even irader the circumstances we W e shall keep Al manila aulls manila bay and the harbor barbor if we have to fight both spain and aguinaldo no consideration tor for either spain spat a or the insurgents will induce this government to surrender sor render manila either to the spaniards or to the insurgents |
