Édouard André (consul)

This article is about the Belgian consul. For other people, see Édouard André (disambiguation).

Édouard C. André[1] was a Belgian consul to Manila in 1898. His services were sought by the American admiral George Dewey in order to assist in Spain's surrender of Manila after the mock Battle of Manila Bay. André took this role after the sickness and death of British consul Edward Henry Rawson-Walker, and acted as intermediary with the Spanish governor Fermín Jáudenes.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ Karnow, Stanley (1989). "Edouard André". In Our Image: America's Empire in the Philippines. Random House. ISBN 978-0394549750.
  2. ^ Leon Wolff Little Brown Brother - Page 118 - 1961 "When the British consul died, intermediation was taken over by the Belgian consul, M. Edouard Andre; and, as US troops poured in, everything began to fall into place. Jaudenes promised that he would not use his artillery if the ..."
  3. ^ USS Olympia: Herald of Empire - Page 99 Benjamin Franklin Cooling - 2007 "Fearful of what the Filipinos might do, the American and Spanish authorities anxiously negotiated a way out of the thorny issue of Manila City. Aided by Belgian consul Edouard Andre, Dewey, Merritt, and Augustin "
  4. ^ Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War - Page 175 Donald H. Dyal, Brian B. Carpenter, Mark A. Thomas - 1996 "After Rawson-Walker's sickness and death, Belgian consul Edouard André carried on the diplomatic exchanges between Dewey, General Wesley Merritt,* and Jaudenes. Through these diplomatic exchanges, early in August Jaudenes began to ..."

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