Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-05-11
General Otis Again Says No
to Request of Filipino
Peace Seekers.
ABSOLUTE SURRENDER.
Ibis is What He Fixes as the Price OF
Peace Still Refuses TO Recognize
Filipino Government.

Authority to surresdsr Untn Congress.
Mests-Full Am.esty Promised by Oiis
in Case of Surrender
Washington. May 2.-The follow
ing has been received at the War pt.,
partment from General Oris.
Conference with inSurgenf repre-.
sentatives teriRinated this forulio0n.
Ihey request cessation OF hpsrilitiex
three weeks 10 rnabk lhen, 10 c;i!t
their Congress to decide whether IL.
continue prosecution Of war or proIniSs.
terms of peace. Proposition decincd
ana full amnesty promised on snrreM-
der. Believe insurgents tired OF wa4'.
nut seek Ia secure terHs of peace
through whar they deHotninate thct!
representative Congress. OTIS"
Manila. May l.--G-n D,is, at tla.
the second conference with the twy
Filipino envoys again refused their r.
quest for an arislsrice. The delegates
returned to The insurgent lines.
II Is regarded as practically crr1aiB.
however. that the next Offer by rtfe
FiliplnoS will be unconditional Spfren.
der.
pressed his Willingness to Snrrend..
ted States grant an independent furi@
of government Ia the isiands nh,Ier
an American prUtcctorate.
ihc last conference between General
Otis and The Filipiae commissioners
lasted three hours. 1t was again wit;
oui results. ADMIRAL Dewey and Pro
fessor Schnrnau. of the Philippine
Commission, were present during the
parley
General LHHa's enyeys were the
same as previously Colonel Maaue,
Arguelles. General Lhna's chief oi
staff, and LieutenaAt yase Bernat
The Filipino officers simply renewed
he request made before that an arms
tice be granted until the Filipino Cos
gress could meet and act.
They frankly admitted 10 General
Otis that the tjlipinos were whipped,
and knew it. Tbcir contention was.
however, that .Aguinaido, Luna and
other leaders had not the power to Sn''
render without the sanction of their
Congress.
General Otis emphaticatiy refused
the request for an arnisticr ai tbosr
conditions. The Americans, he said,
did not ana would not recognize ts.c
so-callcd Filipino Congress or Govera-
ment
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have thus far been barren Of results,
the best opinion in Manila. both among
the Americans and The prominent ma
tives. is that the incident is thc begin
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