i in favour of annexation of the
Phillipine
6
it
may
}
be that his
delay in delivering the cham attack, a arranged
to save the
face of the Spaniards was partly
due to this cause.
that the
Goes Carried es
7
The story arrangement was far that bruschblocks
some of the Spanish ques
were on board the American Ships _ Gen. Merritt knew
that peace
was in the air, &
if
he had been keener he could. have settled the Phillipine question before betaking himself
to Paris
4) Those who have visited Manila. since its fall report
that the desire of the Americans there is rather to get out of the Islands then to annex them. Even the rank ofile quote the
5
268
Monroe doctrine & "quess" that
they have no
There:
legal right to be this feeling of home-
sickness however is more common
then in the havy
in the army I all speak of the good behavior of the American citizen Soldiers & of the cheerines, with which they did much hard work su landing when there was us transport available & nove doubt that they would have fought right well had the
occasion arisen
no
6 There is a rift between Aguinaldo
& the American generals & it is not clear that the fault is entirely Agunaldo
The U. §. A. Consuls at tong
Manila & Admiral
Kong
oat
Dewey gave Agumalds the support o backing which secues