The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-13

many will take a cOallnS station mere
and that Spain will retain the remain
der of the islands. The last Spanish
garrisons at Ilocos and Laguna have
surrendered and the whole Island OF
Luzon is said to be in the hands or IN
surgents. except Manila and Cav1te.
Aguinaldo went to Lelollos on FRIDAY.
He has announced his intention OF con-
vening an assembly Of the Fll1plnos on
September Is, in order to decide upon
the policy to be adopted by the nsur-
gents The correspondent here OF the
Associated Press has had an interview
with Aguinaldo, who said there were
| 67. 900 insurgents armed with rlnes. he
added he could raise 100000 men. IN
deed. the insurgent leader pointed out,
the whole population of the Philippine
Islands was willing to fight for their IN
| dependence.
Continuing, Aguinaldo said he had
5000 military prisoners, including sooo
in the vicinity of Manila, besides civil
prisoners. Later Aguinaldo said the
provisional government" was now OPP
Grating twenty-eight provinces. he
asserted that on August they elected
delegates in numbers proportionate 10
the population.
AS to the Americans, Agulnaldo re-
marked that he considered them as
brothers.: that the two sovereign re-
nublics were allied against a common
! enemy"
when questioned as to whether the
| future Filipino policy would be apso-
lutte independence, Aguinaldo excused
| himself from replying and asked what
America intends to do: -
The correspondent being unable 10
answer this question, Agulnaloo coh-
| tinued: a
I'VE have been fighting for independ-
ence for a long time. The natives VINO
profess to favor annexation are lnsln-
cere 1t is merely ruse TO ascertain
| American views"
Asked if the F'1lipinoS Wouio opJeS'
! to the retention Oh Mahii1 as
| declined to answer.
would the Filipinos object 70 amer :.
| loans retaining coaling station, IL
recognizing the independence OF tne
islands or establishing temporary
protectorate over them! Asuiiiaiuo
again refused to answer
Pending the conclusion Oh the as
sembly Aguinaldo said he was conn.,
dent there would be no trouble between
America and the Filipinos. Inc lnsur-
gent leader denied having received
request from General Otis ana Rear
Admiral Dewey to Withdraw MS troops
| to a prescribed distance from Manila
and Cayite, and he declined to discuss
the effect of such request.
guinaldo further asserted that ne
had never conferred with the American
authorities since the capituiation OF
Manila. and that he had never author
lied the insurgents to search OF us
arm Americans crossing the line.
The correspondent closely questioned
hin, about last Saturdays incident,
when the Pennsylvania troops pro
ceeded to establish a new outpost. The
| Filipinos objected and nearly preclpi-
tated hostilities, ordering the Amerl-
cans to withdraw In twenty minutes
They issued ammunition and inter
cepted the American reinforcements.
FINALLY General Hale ordered all the
Pennsylvanians to advance and the
rebels withdrew.
The local Governor has explained
that the incident was complete mis-
take and has repudiated his subordi-
nates, action. Aguinaldo declared to
the CORRESPONDENT that the Filipino
who made the trouble merely pretended
RI he an officer and Is entirely uncon-
nected with the insurgent army. Aguln-
aldo complained that the Span1ards
were disseminating false reports Tor
between the Filipinos and the Ameri-
cans"
The whole interview conveyed the
! inonression that Aguinaldo desires alb
solute independence, regards the mis-
sion of the Americans here as accom-
plished and expects their WlthdraWai,
i'iust as the French with Lafayette
Withdrew after helping the Americans
in the war of independence, war OF
Inst now Aguinaldo maintains the
role Of extreme friendship:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-The Mad
rid dispatch in regard to the American
reply to the spanish hote pIo.es' 80
against hostilities on the part OF the
insurgents of the Philippine Islands
was shown to the first secretary or the
French Embassy. He said that En-
bassador Cambon had been absent
from Washington several weeks and
the reply was not sent by him person.
! ally If such a reply had been made 1t
would have gone through the hands of
the first secretary, but he declined
positively to say whether or not he had
| forwarded a message Of such charac-
ter. The officials of the State Depart
ment also refused to make known the
nature of the communications ex-
changed between the two governments
regarding this matter 1t is known,
however. that in response to urgent ap-
peals of the Spanish Government to
protect the Spaniards living in the
Philippines from the insurgents during
the continuance Of the truce now in
force, General Otis was instructed to
use his influence with the insurgent
leaders to cause them to stop. active
hostilities for the time. Touching the
departure from Manila of insurgent
parties on ships to carry the revolution
among the other islands Of the group
1t is learned that no such expeditions
have been sent out since the signing
of the protocol and the incident which
formed the basis of the Spanish repre-
sensations on the subject happened
some time ago, when it was warranted
NEW YORK, Sept. 12.-The Wash
ington correspondent of the Herald
telegraphs: Acting Secretary of the
Navy Allen said tonight that Rear
Admiral Dewey has not repeated his
request of several weeks ago for the
assignment of a battleship and an
armored cruiser to his squadron. The
Oregon and Iowa have been ordered to
the Pacific, and will go to Manila as