The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-09
TACALS APPEALED
Hong Kong Jllta Sends a Me-
mortal to Congress.
AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT
Recognition Of So called Filipino
Republic and Independence
OF the Islands Asked.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The Fill
pino Junta at Hongkong is becoming
more active as the meeting of Congress
draws nearer. Yesterday morning the
Senator'S and Representatives re-
ceived through the mails a pamphlet
signed by Felipe Buencamino (Philip
Good Road, so-called Secretary for
Foreign Affairs for the Filipino Repub-
lie, setting forth the various reasons
why his Government should be recog-
niZed. The pamphlet has an appendix
containing the various dispatches, tel
egrams and orders that passed be-
tween the United States REPRESENT
tives in the islands at the time of the
war with Spain. On these documents
presumption that the Filipino Repub-
lie was to receive recognition from the
United States.
The Seer etary begins by saying that
it has come to the ears Of the Filipino
Government that the President of the
United States is about to call a session
of Congress for the special purpose OF
considering the Philippine situation,
and that he desires to lay before it the
reasons why b independence Of the
islands should be recognized. He ar
CUES that the larger and more power
full a State, the greater Is the obliga-
ton resting on 1t to support the indie
pendence of the lesser States. For in
stance, it appears evident that the pow
erful and wealthy nation which you
gentlemen represent in Congress has
been deputed by God to assist the Fill
iDiros in their arduOus and difficult
task of restoration of independence"
The alleged cooperation offered and
rendered to Aguinaldo by Consuls
Wildman and Pratt is then referred to.
This cooperation, says the Secretary,
consisted in the fact hat the McCul-
loch conveyed A~guinaldo to Manila,
that Admiral Dewey received him with
the donors due to a general and gave
him sixty rifles, and that he was al
lowed to ests blish at Cavite, then held
by the United States, the headquarters
of the republic.
Mr.. Pratt, in one of his letters ap-
pended, congratulated A%guinaldo on his
speedy triumph, as 1t proves his own
wisdom in recommending MIN to Adj
miral Dewey. Consul Wildman. in
another letter, advises Aguinaldo to
treat the Spanish as they would have
treated the Filipinos and keep them on
rice and water-advice, which, the
Secretary says, our humane leader
declined to adopt"
BLAMES PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
But the Secretary says that the OBJ
iect of God in assigning the United
States to free the Filipinos has been
frustrated. "By whom?" he asks. He
then proceeds:
Alas, esteemed citizens of the great
American Republic, you know we'll
who is the cause of such reckless per-
turbations. 1t is your President, Will
liam Mckinley, who, using as a pre-
text ALLEGED rights obtained through
the purchase of more than doubtful
sover eienty from Spain, gives evidence
Of his intention to ignore the bonds of
friendship which should unite the two
nations by imposing upon us by force
of arms the sovereignty of the United
States. Is this conduct in line with
the canon of morality whereby the
United States grew great? Surely not.
For if moral obligations are applicable
to international affairs, there should
be no evasion of the great Republics
duty to stand by and protect the Fill
pino potion. Tn the name of Almighty
God, of humanity, and of National hon-
q ' "r~oo1 to tho citizens of the
OhILSa OldICS " lulul tuCSC ODElSd-
TORS by passing a Just resolution rec
ognizing our independence. thus end
ing a wicked and inhuman war.
CESSION OF SOVEREIGNTY DIS
PUTED.
LAS for the ceSsion of sovereignty"
proceeds the Secretary, cit is null and
void, for 1t has been celebrated in con-
prevention of all principles of interna-
tional law and in opposition to the
eternal principles of justice. For it is
not moral Dor just nor in accordance
with international law to say to a ma
ton, L will help you to sweep away
Spanish sovereignty and make you in
dependent, and, after helping you so to
Dc 7 will come ard buy your sovereign
ty from Spain and impose it by force of
arms on the protected people,"
Citations are made from information
al law. and then it is commended that
Spain had lost her sovereignty, and
could not cede what she did not have.
The third point follows in full.
We are a community of eight mill
lion people politically organized on
wa''-defred territory, with our own
government which is competent to
protect orr citizens and to assume full
responsibility for our conduct toward
other States. We have an official Ian
gra oe-Snanish. We have an enlight-
ened ~religion-the Roman Catholic.
Strirt mornlity which emanates from
Outstanding influences governs our
ard customs. Onr laws are
on a par with those of other civilized
States. And, last, We live in families
in towns and cities. affording Derma-
nent evidence of a cultured and civil
ized society. These are the reasons
why we appeal for recognition to the
people of the United States, who are
to decide our fate-a fate which would
be better, if. needing the dictates of
l..aasi&x- HAHN Dracidonf Mr. MoLir-