The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-17
ALLEGES A PROMISE
AgonciIlo's Attempt to Bunco
the Peace Commission.
DEWEY ON THE FILIPIN0S
Regulars for ManiIa--A Jap
View of Alliances.

| Paris, Dec. 16.-It is learned that Agon-
clio. the representative Of Aguinaldo. the
Philippine leader. has lodged a strongly
worded protest i'm the commission which
thus becomes part of the record. 1t be-
gins with saying that 1.-The very noble and
the Philippine republic had honored him
with "the post of official representative
to the very honorable president of the
United States" AgoncilIo then reviews
of ''frupIoring the armed cooperation
Aguinaldo and the other Philippine chiefs
both the commander of the Petrol, Cap
tain Wood, in Hong Kong, before the dec
laration of war, and the American consuls
general, Pratt, in Singapore, Wildman, at
Hong Kong, and Williams, at Cavite, act
ing as the International agents of the
great American nation at a moment Of
great anxiety, offered to recognize the IN
dependence of the Filipino nation
NO HURRY ABOUT CESSIONs.
Madrid, Dec. ia seni-off1cial note to-
day says: LAS the American senate must
ratify the trtay of peace before it be-
comes effective, our government should
wait for this ratification and not hasten
TO cede territory which the United States
senate may not accept"
DEWEY'S OPINION OF FILIPINOS.
Manila, Dec 16.-Rear Admiral Dewey,
when a correspondent of the Associated
Press called upon him today, courteously
pleasantly but absolutely declined TO dis
cuss the political situation in the Philip
pines, on the ground that his sphere was
purely naval.
The admiral seldom goes ashore and ir-
sisted that his interviewer was in bet
ter position oacquire Information than
himself He then proceeded to cross -ex-
anime the correspondent about everything
ashore. He was glad to learn that she ir-
surgents were releasing the sick Spanish
soldiers they hold prisoners, notwithsrand-
ing Aguinaldo's grandiloquent refusal to
do so. This proves that the insurgents
are very coneiliatory, in spite of their
defiant talk.
Admiral Dewey always believed that the
insurgents were friendly, especially since
the warships of our fleet here have visit
ed the different ports of the islands and
since some of the officers have made tours
inland. peacefully investigating popular
sentiment and judiciously preaching the
gospel of peaceful settlement everywhere.
with highly satisfactory results. A few
influential Filipinos, in an attempt at
self-advancement, are clamoring for indie
pendence, though unable to realize its true
meaning. They are utterly ignorant of the
difference between the name and the real
ity.
The ag1tators here invariably admit that
they would be unable to stand withou5
American protection. But, In spite of this,
they continue their meaningless outcly for
independents and may possibly create trou-
BILE. The admiral, however, believes this
to be improbable at the present junctuIe.
though every tTifiing incident counts
However, every day that passes without
conflict means so much gain, because the
friendly feeling is steadily increasing, the
incipdent roughness is disappearing ard
the agitators are weakening.
The newspapers of Manila are doing
particularly valuable work in the stimuli
taneous publication of conciliatory arti-
cles printed in Spanish and in English.
This course is looked upon as being Gel
tain to eliminate the friction which has
existed bert
The admiral is greatly interested in the
movement among the American volun-
teers to obtain their discharges here ard
engage in pioneering enterprises. He be-