The Red Cloud chief., 1899-08-11
REBELS TURN TOTHE powers
A Formal Appeal for Recognition
Of Filipino Independence.
WON'T GIVE UP SPANlARDS.
A Oocumont From Asuinsido Received
by All the Foreign Consuis In Msniia
Claimed that tn, Islands We're Not
spain's to Code.

MANILA, Aug 0-Aguinaldo has
appealed TO ths powers for rccogni-
tion OF Filipino independence" In n
document da,el from Tarlac, July 81,
and signed by Buencamino. IL has
been received by all the foreign con-
suls In Manila with the request that
they forward IL to their respective
governments
The Filipinos use their old argu-
ment that they had conquered the
sovereignty of these islands from
Spain before the signing of the treaty
OF Paris and, therefore, Spain was In
no position to cede themto the United
States. They argue that the posses
sion Of 1000 Spanish prisoners, cap
tured, with their arms, lighting
against the Filipinos sis eloquent
proof OF the nudity of Spanish sover-
eipnty. as when they surrendered
SPANS hold wa, i~rrevocably lost"
The document then says: 'Reply-
ing 10 the Spanish committees request
10 release the prisoners because Spain
no longer had political interests In
the islands, we asked for n treaty OF
peace and friendship between Spain
and the Filipinos, whereby the pris-
oners would be released. But tho
commissioners refused, because 1t
would mean our independence. This
Is equivalent to saying that the pris-
oners must stay In our hands indeh'
nitely. because their possession Is our
most eficacious method to adjust ac-
count with Spain and obtain from
her recognition OF our independence
The Filipinos claim that they con
oucrcd all the country except Manila
and that they co-operated in securing
the city's capitulation by surrounding
Il Mt the cost Of thousands OF lives
They also claim that they conquered
the country uuassisted, except for
sixty guns that Admiral Dewey gave
Apuinaldo, and that Admiral Dewey
and tho British and Belgian consuls
recognized the Filipino sovereignty by
asking for passes to visit the country
They repeat tn, claim that they
have letters from American consuls
and generals recognizing their sover'
ereignty and promising that the
Americans would recognize their In
dependence, (which was at the dispo'
sition OF the powers"
The Filipinos attempt to MAKE cap
ital out OF the statement that Admiral
Dewey had such confidence that
Apuiualdo would observe and fufU
the rules OF war that he gave him n
hundred spanish prisoners which the
American navy n captured.
Final y the Filipinos appeal to the
powers to influence Washington to
bring to n termination 1.-THE unjust
war which is devastating the coun-
try"
WAsulYaroN, Aug. 9.-The state de-
partment is entirely without informa-
ton as to any address by Aguinaldo
TO foreign powers for the recognition
al the Filipinos, either as b%elligerents
or az constituting an independent
government. The appeal puts this
desire into rather formal shape, and 1t
NAV bring to an issue the attitude OF
outside governments There is no APP
prehension, however, that any for
eign government will heed the nd
dress.
Up to the present time therc mas
been no intimation to the state de-
partmcnt that any foreign power had
even the remotest idea OF giving rec
IGNITION to Aguinaldo and his assor'-
ates. On the contrary, there has been
most friendly feeling maintained be-
tween this government and foreign
powers throughout the Philippine
conflict.
The State department D not
share the apprehension which is said
10 have arisen among army officers
that China has given indirect reeog-
milton to the Filip,nos This appre'
hension grew out of u report from
General Otis that horses could
not be secured for cavalry
use from China because they were
.contraband OF war" At the
state department 1t is said that the
matter has not assumed a form involv-
ing the recognition OF q state OF war,
but that Minister Conger reports Chi
mas course is due entirely to certain
domestic regulations prohibiting the
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