New-York tribune., 1898-10-23
PHILIPPINE ANNEXATION.
AGTINALDO AND HIS CoN"Rf''"
FAVOR IT
CONGR ESS
MN. ,r,,,,,p SAYS HE DOES NoT THINK The
NATIVES GENERALLY WILL : =
PORT THIS POLICY

PORT THIS POLICY.
San Francisco. oct. 22.-The United States
TRANSPORT Rio de Janeiro which arrived mere 'o
dav. brought the following advices to The AS
sooiated Press dated Manila, September -
The Philippine Congress has been III Session
since Thursday. September -. The hrst 'nlns
that WAS decided was that the fhllpp'"e nc
public should not countenance any po"'H '"
should be agreed upon whereby SPAN "'",'
have ANYTHING further 10 do with the isldhus
and would resist by force ~ arms any '
measure.
A vot, was taken on the policy or ahleNa
,,or to the American Republic. and annexa-
,tn ,.oo decided upon by large majority
,.,, ar. ~ eight voting in favor OF annexa-
,,, ApuIualdo now expresses himself as per
eoreuv in favor Of annexation, adding tha' lie
docs not think that the natives generalY VIII
supDort such a policy.
- an interview on September II Aguinaldo
s,o,el that his army consists of thlrtN~seN'h
,boueand Insurgents. regularly armed a"u
eou,nped with modern weapons. and that ne had
so,,e nine thousand prisoners Of war al this
time including the larger part now being helu
IN tho vicinity ~ Manila. He stated tha' an
army or one hundred thousand could easily pe
,o,sed ~ fight for the cause of independence
adding. "Indeed the whole population Is VIII
, ,o eob. for the cause of independence, ana
would opposc any European Power taking pos
session" -
Whom asked how It was that some natives
orenlv declare themselves in favor OF anneNa-
,ton to America he stated that natives VINO pro-
,ees IN favor annexation are inslncere IN "ha'
tbev say They are merely trying 10 ascertain
or
;caps He EXPRESSED himself as entertaining the
orootas, friendship for the American people.
adding that he hoped there would be no rouo'e
batween the republic Of the Philippines and the
Republic Of America He entertains the idea
that America and the Philippines are TWO SISTER
republics. allied and hghting a common enemy
the Spaniards He thinks that the American
mission here in these islands has been accom-
pljshcd by the destruction Of the Spanish neet
and the surrender Of the city Of Manila. and
expects that the Americans will soon withdraw
their forces. leaving the insurgents to control
the Islands.
For some time past tie insurgents have been
disarmi1g Americans passing through their
lines but AguinalGo disclaimed having author
lied any such conduct the part Of his men.
Aguiraldo's attention was called to the incident
OF September o. when the Pennsylvania regi-
ment proceeded 10 establish new outpost some
distance beyond the former one within the
lines OF the insurgents and an insurgent COM
peny objected TO !ts being done. The captain
Of the company nearly precptated hostihtles
by ordering the Americans TO withdraw within
twenty minutes. and issued orders to his men TO
intimidate the American offlcer 10 obey his
order 10 withdraw and. further. by refusing 10
allow the reinfotcements which had been sent
for 70 reach the outpost. Aguinaldo was en-
phatic in stating that the Filipino VINO thus at
tempted 20 obstruct the movement OF the Amer
leans was only a pretended officer OF the ihsur-
gent army. and was entirely unconnected there-
with The local governor and military com
mander Pho Rarican explained TO Major Haze
who had ordered out the whole pennsylvania
regiment on being informed OF TINS acton 0,
the insurgent that the insurgent captain na'
exceeded his authority In ordering tos A''s'