The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-02-22
ACTING UGLY
Insu' gent Leader Attempts TO
lLcile His People to Acts
OF Violence.

OF nee.
Washington. Feb. H-The following
dispatch was received this afternoon from
General Ots
Manila. Feb 2i.
Adjutant General, Washington:
Following issued 10y an important---
-ofhcer Of insurgent government at
Malolos, Feb. 10. 1S9Q for execution dur
ing that evening and night In this city.
OTIS
First-You viii so dispose that at
8 o'clock at night the inaividuals Of the
territorial militia at your order will be
found In all Of the streets Of san Pedro.
armed with their balos and rovolvers, or
guns and ammunition Sc convenient
Second-Phiippine families only will be
respected They should not be molestod
but all other individuals. OF whatever
race they may be. win be eXtermlnated
without any compassion after the exter-
mlnation of the army Of occupation
Third-The defenders OF the Philippines
In your command viii attack the guard a
Bllibad and lberate the prisoners and
'presidlaros and having accomplished
us they will be armed saying TO them:
" Brothers, we must avenge ourselves
on the Americans and cxterminate them,
that we may take our revenge for the In
fanny and treachery which they have com
mltted upon us; have no compassion upon
tenn: attack wit vigor All Fihplnos en-
masse will second you-ionE live Filiplnos
independence
Fifth he order which viii be followed
in the attack will be as follows: .Ae
gH.
win begin the attack from without. and
these shots Will be the signal for the mil
iua OF Troso, Bnonde, Quiato ana Sama-
paloe to 60 out into tho street and DO
their duty: those OF Pake, Ermita and
Malate. Santa cruz and San Miguel win
not start until 70 o'clock unless they see
that their companions need assistance.
slNth--The militia Of fonda VIII start
out 1T o'clock I'm the morning. II all do
their duty. our revenge will be complete.
Brothers, Europe contemplates. we know
how to de as men, shedding our blood In
defense Of the liberty OF our country.
Death to the tyrants
War without quarter TO the false Amer-
leans who have deceived us.
Either independence OF DEATH
The portion Of General Otis dispatch In
. Gated by dashes, the officials were un>
able 20 decipher tonight There ia no
fourth" paragraph in the insurgent
statement as furnished TO the press
owing To the lack OF punctuation and
regard to economy IN cable tolls. General
Otis bulletin Is not very clear IN some
essential points particularly to ,he ref
erence to the Island Of Me- ,oo7. A careful
study OF the dispatch on tha- point has
convinced the official here that General
Ous means TO say that four representa-
tive inhabitants Of the island of Negroes
have come TO Manila, having hoep sent
hy General Miller to meet and confer with
General Otis IN regard TO extension a
American occupation TO that island Ne
grocs is the fourth island in the Philip
pine group in Importance. II lies at It's
nearest point about ten miles from the
island OF Panay and General Miller
forces have been in plain sight of tho
Negroes island during the weeks pree ,cd-
ing the capture Of Iloilo.
Just To- the east Of Negroes, separated
by a very narrow straight, is he island
OF Ccbu, which Il Is also part Of .encral
Otis purpose 20 occupy. From General
Otis dispatch Il Is gathered that neither
AT luNL point nor At negroes Is lhtIf
10 be a very substantial resistance.
Hong Kong Feb. 2i-The following
statement has been issued by the Filipino
junta hero:
Information which has LEAKED thr juBh
the Pinkertons sent here by President
Mckinley TO investigate the shipment Of
arms to the Philippines shows that the
first shipments OF arms to Aguina.1o
were made by order OF the American gov
eminent through Consul Wildmon, hence
the shipment per the Wilma Fol The Am
erican government subseq lantly te'e
graphed 10 cease this, coincdent with the
change Of policy 70 annexation Mr.. wild
man and Rear Admiral Dewey promised
10 pay but nave not yet paid, for a sub
sequent expedition by the Abbey. auth
orlzed by Admiral Dewey, who afterward
seized the steamer and she Is still helo
Papers respecting these are now IN pos
session of the secretary OF the navy. The
protestauons from Admiral Dewey and
other Americans. that they have made no
promises are ridiculous, In view OF these
facts. let the American people Judge how
the nations word Of honor was pledged
20 the Filipinos and conided in by tlem
ana violated by the recent treachery OF
General Otis.