The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-08-10
WARTS RECOG0NITION
From all the Foreign Powers
Does AguinaldO, and Writes
Many Appeals


Manila. Aug. sAgnnaldo has appealed
20 the powers for recognition Of illpi'
no independence" In a document dated
from arac July q. It has been received
by all the foreign consuls In Mania " tn
the request that they forward g 20 their
respective governments.
The Fripinoz use their Old argument
that they had conquered the sovs.eisnty
Of these Islands from Spain bstors ne
gning the treaty OF peace and there
fore. Spain was In no position 90 cede
them to The United States. They argde
that the possession OF 1000 Spanish pris-
oners. captured with their arms Gghtns
against the Filaplnoa lis eloquent proc,
OF the pulllty Of Spanish soverelEn-f, as
when they surrendered spaln's hoi1 was
irrevocapiy lost"
WON'T GIVE Up SPANS PRISONERS
The 5ocumen; then says, Replying to
the span sh committees requests to re-
lease the prisoners because Spain no
ourer has poLucal interests In the islands
we asked for treaty Of peace and friend
snip between Spain and the FlllpinOs.
whereby the PRISONERS would be released
But the commission refused. because 20
would mean recognition or our indepen-
dence This is equivalent 20 saying mat
the prisoners must stay In our hands in
dedn tely because their possession Is our
most efhcacious method TO adjust our ac-
count with Spain and obtain from her
recognition Of our independence.
The Fnlpinos claim that they conquer
ed an the country except Manila and that
they co-operated I'm secur ng the c.ty's
ht. 4f no
of thousands of lives. rncy also claim
rhat they conquered the country unas-
sisted, except for sixty guns that Admir-
al Dewey gave Aguinaldo and that Ad
miral Dewey and the British and Belgtan
cousuls recogn zed the Filipino sovereign
ty by asking for passes to visit the coun-
try.
CLAIMS ABOUT AMERICAN LET
TIERS.
They repeat the claims that they have
letters from American c3nsuis and gcner-
ais, recognizing their Sovereignty and
promising that the Amarcdps would rec
ognize their Independence. which was at
the dsposu'cL Of the powers.
The Fil.pinos attemrt to make car.tal
out of the statement tho, Adm'ru dewey
had such conhden1n that Aguinaldo
would observe and fulnu the ru.es OF
war. that ne save him a hundred Span
ish prisoners which the American navy
had captured
Finally the Fnpnos appeal TO the pow
ers to influence Washington TO bring to
termination the unjust war which is
devastating the country"
NEWS TO WASHINGTON
Washington. Aug 9-rne state depart
ment is entirely without information as
TO any address by Agunaldo to foreign
powers for the recognition OF the Filipi-
/ nos, either as belggerants or a. consti-
tuung an Independent government The
appeal puts this desire into rather formal
shape. and Il may bring 20 an issue the
| attitudes OF outside governments. There
IS no apprehension. however. that any
foreign government will heed the address
The International usage as 10 recog-
milton was quite freely developed during
| the Cuban insurrentlon, at which time
the question was exhaustively discussed
in congress and was the subject OF
lengthy consideration in the messages Of
The President. The general view at that
time was that recognition Of bell. .gerancy
was not IN itself a cause Of war
THE POWERS FRIENDLY TO US
Up TO the present time, there has been
no lndmaton TO the State department
that any foreign power has even the re-
motest idea Of giving recognition 10 Ag-
uinaldo and his associates. on the con-
trary there has been most friendly feeling
maintained between this government and
foreign powers throughout the Phil. .ppn
conflict
The state department does not share
the apprehension which Is said to have
arisen among army ofnceds that China
has given Indirect recogu.i on 10 the FIJI
pinos. This apprehension grew cut Of
report from General Otis that horses
could not he secured for cavalry the.
wsre "contraband of war" At the Stat
department .h 10 said that the matte
has not assumed form Involving the rec
ognltion OF a state OF war but that Min
ister Conger reports China's action a
due entirely TO certaih domestic regula
lions prohibiting the exportaton Of horse
or pop'es