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what the Mr. Wildman has failed to consent with my application and me I am informed
what he refuses to refund the money.]
The _McCulloch_ left Hongkong at 11 o'clock in the morning in May 17 and it arrived
street Cavite (Manila Bay) among midday and 1 in the evening the 19 the same. No
it had sooner the left _McCulloch_ fall anchor that the throwing of the admiral,
bringing his/her Assistant and Private Secretary, it came long to bring
me the flagship _Olympia_, where I was received with my Assistant
(Sr. Leyba) with the honours because of a General.
The admiral introduced me in his/her private quarters, and after the
exchanges of the usual regards that I have asked to _whether it was true that
he had sent all the telegrams to the Consul to Singapore, the Mr. Pratt,
what that gentleman had told me he received in respect to me. The
Admiral answered in the affirmative, while adding that the United States had
comes to Philippines to protect the natives and to free them from
the joke of Spain. He said, America is besides exaggeratedly,
well street as territory of regards, income and resources and therefore
necessity any colonies_s, finally to assure that me that _theres, were not occasion
for me to entertain some doubts anything on the recognition of the
The independence of Philippines of the States_ Unito. Then the admiral
Dewey asked if I could incite the people to rise against the
Spanish and ago a short, acute, and decisive country of him.
I said in it replies that events would have spoken to them, but while
a certain consignment of arm (respecting Consul Wildman was duly what
it informed that you/he/she would have been sent by an I bring Chinese) it was deferred
in China we could not do anything, because without arm every victory
it would surely claim us the lives of a lot of brave and audacious Filipino
warlike. The admiral offered to send a steamboat to expedite therefore
on the consignment. (This, both it borne in mind, besides the
You order General he had given the Consul to assist us to get arm
and ammunition.) Then he put immediately to my disposition all the guns