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Dewey Advocates Philippine Autonomy

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Sep 6, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 36.

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Dewey Advocates Philippine Autonomy

A PRESS correspondent, writing from Naples while Admiral Dewey's flagship was stopping there, reports that officer's expressed sentiments as follows:
"I have never been in favor of violence toward the Filipinos. The islands are at this moment blockaded by a fleet, and war reigns in the interior. This abnormal state of things should cease. I should like to see autonomy first conceded and then annexation might be talked about. This is my opinion. I should like to see violence at once put a stop to. According to my view, the concession of self-government ought to be the most just and most logical solution."