Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-11
.SPAINS BASE DUPLICITY
SPAIN AGREED TO CERTAIN REFORMS
hut vioistcd the Agreement, Hence Gen.
ATuiuaido aud insurgents Have No
Further Confidence In spanaris.


Vancouver ~. C..Junc ii.--somc worry
interesting information was brought
boy the steamer Empfcm Of Japan. from
iiongkong. regarding negotiations be-
tween Philippine rebel chief and the
United states Mt singapore 10 seems
that Just before the actual outbreak
of hoailitltB between Spain and the
United Safes. Singapore was the scene
Of secret political arrangement by
which General Emilio Asuinullo 3
FomI. supreme head u the revolution
AIRY movement In the Philippine. cu-
tered into direct relations with Admiral
Dewey while that officer was san at
Hougk1ug
in order 10 urdHratand and appreciate
this interesting historical Incident prop
crly. u viii boz necessary tu altitude tu
the causes leading 20 this second APP
tsarnucc Of she rebellion In thr Philip
pines which wac almost vOlncldyut
with. though not inriEntcd hy tho
strained relations between Spain and
the United states
In December last General Primo
Rivera, who above an other Spanish
the country ana ~ Inhabitants, found
the position uuirnnhlp f1r both parties
Neither of these had the rymotrst
chance 60 terminate the rebellion dee
risivriy. the rebels being secure In their
mountain flstneHanpa. tho spaulnfdH
holding the chief towns and villages on
the coast Primo Rivera Therefore, sent
two wol known Philippine natives. oc-
cupying hiEh positions In Manila, 60
propose terms Of peace 20 ATulnnldl To-
rlAC Ma Eato. 4 council ~ the rrvnlu-
t1nnry government was hnld IN which
they ngrotd 10 lav down their arms, on
condition ~ certain reforms being In
troducod.
Primo a. nlvorn agreed 10 these re-
forms ln substance. ana made itf c0ndi-
tion that the principal rebel leaders
must leave the country during hiH ma
icsiy's pleasure. AZ these leaders had
Lost an NJ their property or had 10 cuu-
iischtod ana plunderrd. thu government
agreed 90 provide them with funds 90
live In a becoming manner ON foreign
soil The rohclH laid down their arms
ana peace was apparently secured. hut
No sooner Ind they done Ro and roe
turned 10 their homes than m intrAnHl-
rennt religious orders commenced az
once 10 again prosecute them and
their rr.arrgat Tho = inmsh gov
eminent on ~ magazine itself so-
cure. dralHtgd from carry
Ing ont the promised reforms think
ing trick like that played nu the Gu
hans after u peace arTang'ment by
Marines d. Cnmpna uirht succeed, The
Philippines, however, refused 90 be-
made dupra and had taken mp arms
again. not along IN the immediate dis
triciH around Manila. hut throughout
the archipelago General Aguinaldn
accompanied hy hi ala dn camp,
Cnia-ai Narcpio dfi victor and Private
Secretary Levhn. arrived incprnito In
Singapore from Saigon ON the 2iHt Of
Aprii. 1885 In Saigon whore Agulualdu
had remained for one week, h. had In
torviHwrd one Or twn old Philippine
friends now residing there. The spec
rini purpose 0f Aruiunldn's visit 20
Singapore was o. consult other friends
there, particularly Howard bray, an
Old and Intimate English friend. for
uftcen years resident In the Philip
pines. about the welfare Of the islands,
Inrtirularly na a. the possibility ~
war between the United States and
Spain, aud whether In the event Of
success the United States would even
tunllA recognize the Independence OF
the Philippines, providing he lent hi,
cooperation 90 tho Americans In the
conquest NJ the country The situation
was thus. That the conditions Of the
honorable peace concluded on the IAN
nf December 1897. between Aguinalda,
IN behalf NJ the Philippine rebels. ana
the governor general Primo Do Rivera,
on hchtlf NJ Sualn. had not been car,
rlod out. although their immediate exc
cutiOn should hc vnuchrd for In thu
agreement These reforms could have
provided protection To- the people
uruinst tho organized oppression and
rlpuoltv a. the religious fraternltiea.
and would have secured Improved
civii and criminal procedure IN courts,
and have made good In many ways tho
Improvement IN fiscal conditions Of the
poole
Tho population hy the spanish gov
ornmGut M those conditions made by
Rivera lrft the rrhel leaders who had,
for the most part gone "a iiougllnng,
free TO act And, IL was IN pursuance
Of that freedom ~ action that Aguln-
aldo again sought counsel OF friends of
Saigon and Singapore with a view Of
the Immediate resumption VI hoatlllties
Bray was introduced 10 spencer Pratt,
consul general OF the United states,
who was anxious, IN view Of contlngen-
Giles. to learn me- much AZ possible the
real end ~ the Philippine. II was O
few days after this that Agulnaldo ar
rived AZ Singapore, whom he az once
met his friends, Including Bray
warluye. Bray, after a conversation
with Pratt. eventually arranged for
an Interview between that gentleman
and Arunaldl. There were present
General Emlho Agunaldu frmi ~.
spencer Pratt, consul general ut the
UutCd states Of America, Howard
Bray, AHuiulldo'8 private secretary j.
Leyha, Colonel NJ, II, Del Filar and
Marfcluo Santos.
FollGwine mis- came tho meeting and
arrangement with Admiral Dewey as
previously detailed.
Chinese Girls Sold Into slavery,
omaha, June il,--JudFe Scott % hear
linz the cnse Of three Chinesa Girls who
have applied Tor haheng corpus. They
charge that they and a. others arr held
here In slavery ana are being sold for
immoral purposes. They say seven
have already been SOLD and sent to,
San Francisco within the month.