The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-16
SUPPLEMENT.
El Heraldo de la Revolution.
Official

Official
Manifesto of the President of the Revo-
lutiOnary Government. >,
TO nv brothers, the Filipinos and to all
the Consuls and other foreigners
The proclamation of General E.. s; Otis,
of the Volunteers of the United states
published Yesterday in the pape-s Of Ma
Mia, obliges me to circulate the present
so that all may know who read ana un-
derstand this my most solemn protest
against what is contained in General OTIS
proclamation 1t is my duty, before my
conscience, before Coo, before my ponI-
ical engagements with my loved country
and In view Of my relations in particular
with the officials of North America. GEN
eral Otis calls himself in the proclamation
Philippine Islands" and | protest once
and a thousand times and with all the
l soiemnly proclaim that l have never
had. neither in Singapore nor In Hong
kong nor here in the Philippines, any
undertaking or agreement. neither py
sovereignty of Aemrica in this my loved
country. On the contrary. L say that L
returned TO these islands on board an
American warship on the 18th of May OF
last year with the decided and manifest
proposition to carry on the war with the
Spaniards. to reconquer our liberty ana
our independence. l stated this In my ON,
ciaI proclamation on the 24th or the SAD
month of May and It was pubnSheQ IN a
manifesto to the Philippine people on the
18th of last June. when in my native town
of Cavfte | exhibited for the first time
our holy national banner as a sacred EN-
blem of that supreme aspiration; and FUR
Their this was confirmed by the American
General Senior Merritt, the predecessor or
General Otis in the manifesto which ne
directed to the Philippine people days De.
fore he intimated to the Spanish General
Jandares that the town OF Manila had
capitulated; In which manifesto II was
clearly and definitely stated that the sea
and land forces of the United states had
come here to give US our liberty, over
throwing the bad Spanish Government
state the case once ana LOT
all. nationals and foreigners are Wit
nesses that the land and sea forces which
are here of the United States, have reGog-
niZed. even if only If their acts, the tlll-
pinos as belligerents, not only as tney
have publicly saluted the Philippine nag
which triumphantly. sailed IN these seas seas
before the ewes of all foreign nations, rep
resented here by their respective consuis.
In the proclamation of General Gus ne
alludes to instructions written Tor MN pS
his EXcellency. the President OF the
United States, referring to the adminstra-
ton of affairs in the Philippine Islands.
I solemnly protest in the name or 600:
the root and fountain of all justice, and OF
all right, and who has given to me the
power to direct my dear brothers IN the
difficult work of our regeneration, against
this intrusion of the Government of the
United States in the sovereignty or these
islands. Equally l protest in the name OF
all the Philippine people against this IN
trusiOn. because when they gave me their
vote of confidence. electins me, though
unworthy. as the President of the nation,
the duty to sustain to the death their
liberty and independence.
Lastly, protest against this act so lit
tie expected, of the sovereignty of Amer
lea in these islands, in the name Of all
my possession referring to my relations
with the American authorities, which
prove in the most unequivocal manner
that the United States did not bring me
from Hongkong to make war against the
Spaniards TO benefit the Americans, but
to help US to gain our liberty and indie
pendence for the attainment of which
object the American authorities promised
me verbally their decided and efticacious
cooperation. And so you must under
stand. my dear brothers, that. united by
bonds which it will be impossible TO
break. such is the idea Of our liberty and
our absolute independence. which have
been our noble aspirations, all must
work together to arrive at this happy
end with the force which gives conyic-
ton. already so generally felt among AL
the people, to never turn back in the road
of glory. on which we have already so
far advanced. EMILIO AGUINALDO.