The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-06

(SeaD RAFAEL CERRERO.
Accompanying the treaty is great
mass of correspondence, making
printed volume of 675 pages. This in
cludes among other things all OF the
credentials of the American Commits
sioners to Paris and the protocols,
which are the records of the daily pro-
ceedings of the Commissioners that
lead up to the final treaty of peace, en-
bodying necessarily all of the PROPOSE
tons and counter-proposlt1onS OF the
past printed in both languages, Eng
lish and Spanish. From an inspection
of these it appears that the press re-
ports from Paris during the proceed
ings of the commission set these out
with a remarkable degree of accuracy,
considering the secrecy which was sup
posed to overhang the proceedings.
There is also included all the CORE
spondence that passed between the
French Embassy here and the State
Department which led up to the sig
nature of the protocol, but the inter-
esting feature, namely, the effort of the
Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, to
withdraw the sovereignty of the Philip
pines from the question, has already
been published unofficially.
Included in this correspondence is a
letter from M. Thiebaut, the French
Charge, protesting against the contlnu-
ance of the operations of the tnsur-
gents in the Philippines, which he as
sumed was with the knowledge and
consent of the American commanders,
and suggesting that the Spanish troops
captured at Manila be allowed to fight
the FilipinoS To this Mr.. Moore re-
piled on September that upon investi-
cation he had found that most of the
statements were groundless. There
was a sort of suggestion from the first
charge to the effect that the families of
hn officers
at Guam, were suffering.
There is included all of the CORE
spondence that passed between the De-
partment of State and the United
States Consuls at Manila, Hongkong
and Singapore, relative to the Philip
pines. Consul Williams, at Manila, be-
fore the actual outbreak of war. re-
ported a series of most horrible out
RACES by the Spaniards upon the Fill
pinos He declared that per cent of
the latter are loyal to Spain. He COM
plains of being surrounded by spies
everywhere, saying that even in his
consular office he is not safe from
them.
Consul Wildman, at Hongkong. on
November 8, telegraphed that General
Agoncillo was coming to Washington.
He said: He has power to make treat
les with foreign governments and has
proposed an offensive and defensive al
lance with the United States" Agon-
clio asked for arms to aid the rebel
lion.
Acting Secretary Cridler, December
Is. replied, telling Wildman to advise
Agoncillo that the United State does
not negotiate treaties, and 1T is not
possible to forward arms. You should
not encourage any tendency on the part
of Agoncillo to communicate With the
department.
A long letter dated July IS, from Con-
sui Wildman, defends Agoncillo as a
man who has been Systematically
blackened. Says he: According to his
own statement he has been approached
by Spain and Germany and has tempt
ing offers from the Catholic church"
April % Consul Pratt telegraphed
from Singapore: "Aguinaldo has gone
by nv instance to Hongkong to ar
range with Dewey for cooperation
with insurgents at Manila"
June 20 Secretary Day telegraphed
Pratt. among other things: Avoid
any negotiations with Philippine insur-
! gents"
Pratt replied that he had no inten-
ton of negotiating. Says he: Left
that to Dewey, who desires Aguinaldo
to come.
Secretary Day again admonished
Pratt to be cautious to create no i'm
preston that might embarrass the Gov
eminent and lead to misunderstanding
on its future action.
July 2 Pratt reports to the depart