Show GEN MILES TURNED DOWN washington march 17 the post says gen nelson A miles of the army made a specific request to the war department to be sent to the philippines and in connection therewith submitted a plan by which in his opinion the war could be brought to an end without further loss of life on either side he proposed to employ methods similar to those used by him BO successfully cess fully in his indian campaigns secretary root after due consideration denied fen miles request and disapproved of the plan submitted tho papers so endorsed indorsed indor sed by the secretary were sent 0 o the white house and the president subsequently concurred in the secre action the final indorse ment disposing of the matter is said to bear the date march 5 1002 in effect president roosevelt and secretary root hold that the war in the philippines is already at an end or virtually so and that the adoption of gen milea aplan involving a change of policy in dealing with the inhabitants of the archipelago would be unfair to those officials military and civil whose work has brought about almost complete pacification |