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their forces in the moments Of danger
and strife.
"The noble general Emilio Aguinaldo
and the other Filipino chiefs were soli-
cited to place themselves at the head of
the suffering and heroic sons Of that
country to fight against Spain and to
second the action of the brave and skill
full Admiral Dewey.
cat the time of imploring their armed
cooperation, both the commander Of
the Petrol and Captain Wood in Hong
Kong before the declaration of war
the American consuls general, Mr..
Pratt in Singapore, Mr., Wildman in
Hong Kong, and Mr.. Williams in Cav
lite, acting as tn international agents of
the great American nation at a moment
of great anxiety, offered to recognize
the Independence Of the Filipino nation
as soon as triumph was attained.
"Under the faith of such promises an
American man-of-War, the McCulloch,
was placed ait the disposal of the said
leaders, and which took them to their
native shores; and Admiral Dewey
himself, by sending The man-of-war, by
not denying to Gen, Aguinaldo and his
companions the eXacting Of his prom
Uses, when they were presented to him
on board his flagship in the bay of
Manila; by receiving the SAID General
Aguinaldo before and after his vic
tories and notable deeds of arms, with
the honors due to the commander-in-
chief Of an allied army and chief of
an independent state; by accepting the
efficacious cooperation of that army
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the Filipino flag and permitting it to
be hoisted on sea and land, consenting
that their ships should sail with the
said flag within the places which We're
blockaded; by receiving a solemn no.
tification of the formal proclamation
of the Philippine nation without pro-
testing against it, nor opposing in any
way its existence; by entering into re-
lations with those generals and with
the national Filippinos' authorities re-
Gently established, recognized without
question the corporated body and au
tonomous sovereignty of the people
who had just succeeded in breaking
their letters and freeing themselves by
the impulse of their own force.
And that recognition cannot be de-
MED by the honorable and serious peo-
pies of the United States Of America,
who ought not to deny nor discuss the
word given by the officials and repre-
sentatives in these parts, in moments
so solemn in gravity for the American
republic.
ITO pretend to put now in question
the attributes of such public function
aries, after the danger, would be an
act of notorious injustice which cam
not be consented to by those who have
unavoidable duty of preserving I'M
stained the brilliant reputation of the
sons of the great nation, founded by
the immortal washington, whose first
glory was, and has always been the
constant fulfllment Of their word of
honor.
."It must be remembered here that
the Filipinos did not fight as paid
troops or nereenaGies of America. On
their arrival they only received a re-
duced number of arms, which were de-
liyered TO them by the order of Admiral
Dewey. The arms, ammunition ana
provisions with which the Filipinos
have since sustained the war against
the Spanish forces were acquired some
by their gallantry and other bought
with their own funds, those latter be
ing exclusively provided by the Flip
pino patriots. And it would not be no
BE now, after having used the alliance
to deny the courage, loyalty and nobil-
ity Of the Filipino forces in fighting at
the side of the American troops, lend
ing them a decided support, both en-
thusiastic and efficacious.
without their cooperation and
without the previous siege, would the
Americans have been able SO easily tC
have gained possession of the walled
city of Manila?
destroyed it by bombardment, but
without the foregoing armed deeds
and without the rigorous circle in
which the Spanish army was enclosed
the sham fight of the attack and sur
render which took place could not alb
solutely have been realized Admiral
Dewey gloriously destroyed the Span
ish squadron, but he had no disem-
barking forces, and could not incon-
siderately dispose of his ammunition
and provisions; and under sucn condi-
tIons tie support, which, as compan-
ions in arms, was lent to him by the
Filipino generals and their forces. is Il
positive and undeniable advantage.
Without them Gen. Anderson's troops
and those which afterWard disem-
barked probably would not have been
able to haya arrived at Manila before
the suspension Of hostilities and the
signing of the protocol of Washington.
Truth and sincerity in their places.
Now, if the Spaniards have not
been able to transfer to the Americans
the rights which they did not possess,
the former have not mlitarily con-
quered positions in the Philippines; if
the international officials and repre-
sentatives of the republic of the United
States of America offered to recognize
the independence and sovereignty of
the Philippines, solicited and accepted
their alliance, how can they now con-
stitute themselves as the sole dispos-
ers of the control, administration and
future government of the Philippine
islands?
IF, in the treaty of Paris, there had
simply been declared the withdrawal
and abandonment by the Spaniards of
their dominion-if they ever had one
over the Filipino territory; if Ameri-
ca, on accepting peace, had signed the
treaty without prejudice to the rights
of the Philippines, and with the view
of coming to a subsequent settlement
with the existing Filipino government,
thus recognizing the sovereignty of the
latter, their alliance and the carrying
out of their promises of honor to said
Filipinos, it is very evident that no pro-
test against their action would have
been made
But in view Of the terms of the
third article of the protocol, the pro-
ceedings of the American commission
ers and the imperative necessity of
safe guarding the national rights Of my
country, 1 make this protest, which /
have made an extensive one for the be-
fore said reason, and with the corre-
spending legal restrictions against the
action taken and the resolutions passed
by the peace commissioners at Paris,
and in the treaty signed by them.
And on making this protest, ] claim
in the name Of the Filipino nation, in
that of their president and govern
ment, the fulillment Of the solemn
declaration made by the Industrious VIII
liam Mckinley, president Of the repub-
lie of the United States of North
America, that on going to war, he was
not guided by any intention Of ag-