Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-10-14

this recognition, the little impostor got
up ponderops document for foreign
circulation, and
Formally Recognized HIMSELF
obtaining his own signature and that
of his secretary of statei The whole
story about his alliance was broad
farce, and, as to fact, completely false.
Dewey's come at once" to Aguin-
aldo was occasloned by the admiral's
knowledge that If Aguinaldo desired
to see him before the war began he
must make the utmost haste to Hong
kong. or course, the admiral was
seeking information about Manila, the
Spanish fleet the batteries on shore
and the torpedoes in the water, and
any source of intelligence was well
come, and such was the urgency OF the
cables from Singapore that he thought
Aguinaldo might tell him something
useful.
That was all there was of that great
and famous transaction. Aguinaldo
arrived at Hongkong the day after
Dewey destroyed the Spanish feet at
Cavite
Consul Wildman, at Hongkong, re-
lates officially tina tit was two weeks
before he could get
THE AdmiraVs Consent
that Aguinaldo should go to Cavlte.
By that time the admiral had al! the
information he wanted about Manila
bay and its surroundings, and there
was no occasion for Aguinaldo. The
Aguinaldo party in this country tell
us that he was sent to Cavite on a ship
of war; the truth is he was, after per-
suasion that amounted to beggary,
permitted to go on dispatch boat.
That was not a recognition of him as
the imperial master or the republican
ruler, or the self-appointed dictator of
the Philippines.
Three weeks after the battle Aguin-
aldo met Dewey. and found himself an
ODJCNl Vi " lnG
This greatly discouraged him. There
is official testimony of this fact But
the Filipinos were wild with joy over
the Americans, who had destroyed the
power of the Spaniards, and finding
Aguinaldo accepted as the friend OF
the Americans, and received In
friendly way by the victorious Ameri-
can admiral he began to get the
Confidence of His Own People.
He was a native of Cavite-knew all
the by-ways, and where the Spanish
garrlsons were that had been cut off
from Spain and from Manila, and
were without hope of help; and he was
smart enough, as they wanted to sur
render themselves and were hunting
for somebody to accept their submits
sion, to take them as prisoners of war
and pick up their guns.
The greater number of these Span
ish troops were native Filipinos. There
was no fight, no military operation in
their surrender; but he issued a lot OF
Asiatic proclamations claiming great
victories and deceiving some of the
Americans, and a great many of his
own countrymen, and this was the
BeginninG of His Greatness.
He began soon to disregard his
promises to the American consuls
They had been his best friends. They
had believed his professions of Amer
icanism. He expressly promised Con-
sui Wildman Of Hongkong, Consul Will
liams of Manila and Consul Pratt OF
Singapore, if he was permitted to go to
his own country under the American
flag he would be obedient in all things
to the American admiral. He said he
and his friends wanted the Philippines
to become colony of the United
States.
That was the understanding upon
which he was permitted to go under
the American flag, and all the while
he had been carrying on
An Intrigue with the spaniards.
He parted with Admiral Dewey
when the admiral refused to believe
him when he said that he was about
to capture Manila. The admiral knew
that the fellow couldn't capture Ma
nilla. What he wanted in approach
ing the admiral in that way was that
Dewey would cooperate with him, and
that then he could give his troops, then
quite numerous in the bushes, the
privilege of robbing the town to pay
themselves for being patriots.
That's where the present war COM
menced with us and Aguinaldo imme-
diately made a business matter out of
TIE siege of Manila. He was engaged
in carrying on what he called a siege
when General Tom Anderson arrived,
and he was insolent, jealous and mali
cious to Anderson; arrested two
American officers who ventured beyond
the line guarded by Dewey's marines,
and demanded to know of Anderson
what business he had to land troops.
He insisted that Anderson should an
nounce to him what the purpose of
the Americans was TO come there. In
the meantime, he was
Making Money out of the Siege.
General Tom Anderson's scouts cap
tured six men who had passes signed
by the captain-general and Aguinaldo
himself; and there was in Manila and
in communication with the Spanish au
thorities the most confidential of the
aids of Aguinaldo, one Lagardo. The