SCARE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
WASHINGTON, December 15. Captain "Winterhalter, aide-de-camp to Mr Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, explained before the House Nava) Committee that,in May, 1913, Manila was placed'in a state'of. seige. The harbours were mined, and'the troops provisioned for two years. The gunners at Corregodor Island stood to ■their guns night and da.}'. The garrison anticipated 1 an immediate attack. When questioned as to.the ground for the belief that an invasion of the Philippines was then impending, Captain Winterhalter stated that that was a subject for a confidential inquiry. The committee did not press further questions.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 9020, 16 December 1914, Page 8
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