The American Senate has passed a Resolution declaring that the
United States has not annexed the Philippines, but will protect and govern its people until such time as they can govern themselves. The States will then retire on such terms as may snit the interests of the Philippines and the Union. This Resolution will greatly strengthen the Executive, as it prevents any demand from the islands to be admitted as States or Territories of the Union. They must, therefore, for an indefinite time be governed under orders from Wash- ington. The Filipinos do not yet understand how lenient their government will be, but on Saturday Iloilo was stormed after a feeble resistance. The Filipinos fled after spitefully burning the British, American, and German Consulates, and a number of smaller houses belonging to their own citizens. They still threaten hostilities in the interior, but it is said that the power of Aguinaldo is broken, and if the Americans can in any way reconcile or coerce the Church, insurrection will speedily disappear. We hear nothing as yet of the great island of Mindanao.
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