crum, as consul of the American Government, informed
the State Department that his official mail had been opened and read by
the British censor at Durban, and if so, what steps, if any, have been
taken in relation thereto; and

2. "What truth there is in the charge that a secret alliance exists
between the Republic of the United States and the Empire of Great
Britain."

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 5, 1900_.

_To the Senate_:

In response to the following resolution of the Senate of January 17,
1900, requesting the President--

If in his judgment not incompatible with the public interest, to
communicate to the Senate all communications which have been received by
him or by any Department or officer, civil or military, from Aguinaldo
or any other person undertaking to represent the people in arms against
the United States in the Philippine Islands, or any alleged government
or public authority of said people, and all replies to such
communications;

Also, the proclamation sent by him to be issued to the people of the
Philippine Islands, as actually directed by him to be issued, and the
same as actually proclaimed by General Otis, if in any respect it was
altered or any part of it was omitted;

Also, to inform the Senate whether any approval or disapproval was
expressed by his authority, or that of the War Department, of such
change, if any;

Also, all constitutions, forms of government, or proclamations issued
by Aguinaldo, or any congress or legislative assembly or body claiming
to be such, or convention of the people of the Philippine Islands, or
any part thereof, or claiming to represent them or any part thereof,
of which information may have come to him or to any Department of the
Government;

Also, all instructions given by him to the commissioners of the
Philippine Islands, or either of them;

Also, any information which may have come to him, or any Department of
the Government, since January 1, 1898, in regard to any plans of the
people in arms against the United States for the pillage of Manila, for
risings in the city, or for the destruction of foreign property and the
massacre of foreign residents;

Also, any information that may have come to him, or any Department
of the Government, of the treatment of the other inhabitants of the
Philippines by those in arms against the authority of the United States,
and of t