The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-04
Alternative Of FilipilN Seeking
Independence.
TWO AGUIHAID0 MEN HERE
one Talks Frceiy-RcbcI Chief
Stands ou; Asains; Annexa-
tion-Roaoy For a Fight.

The America MaTu has sn board a.
throuEh passengers. tvo members OF
AEsJIinaldo's special commission 10
Washington. The ether three mem
beers of the commission passed throaeh
GA che Nippon Maru las; month
General u. Ricgo de Dios and Scnor
NJ. Rivera are the commissioners now
With the other members bBi were de-
taiued tn Yokohama on accssInt of the
sickness Of the General. General Dios
- Al old soldier and has bccn Aguinsi-
dos companion throughout several
revolutions Iic is . thorough Filipino.
has never been outside 90 hts nzSivc
country and speaks his native tongue
only. Mr. Rivera ts the secretary OF
the commission. Sic - 80 years of aEc
and u an interesting conversational
lie vas educated in the English schools
of HoagkonE and has bcen interested
In Aguinaido's secrets and intrigues
from his boyhood days
Mr. Rivera TALKED quite freely 10 the
Advertiser las, evening.
''Aguinaldo's second proclamation.
said he. which hc issued to hss people
shortly after the departure uf cur com
mission from Manila. called Cor either
death Ur Independence. our Congress.
which is tn session "a Nalolos. has
passed q vote nf confidence in AEui-
naldo and authorized him so make war
ON the Americans Ehcnever he may
deem tt advisable.
General Otis gave out = prociamz-
tiun to the people of the Philippine
Islands early In January. and titled
himself "a Military Governor. He also
gave out impression that it Ezs the
intention of the United States TO annex
the Philippines. In responding Co this
proclamation. AEuinaido protested Co
General o;is calling himself Military
Governor of the Philippines Our Pres
idcn; so,emnly proclaimed that bc did
nos place himself under any obligation
Co acknowledge the sovereignty OF Am
erica in our beloved eo.l. either IN
Singapore. HonEkonE or the Plslip-
pines. On the contrary Aguinzido in
sists that he VAS given to understand
by Admiral Dewey and General Mcr-
ritt that the purpose of the United
States In Wsging war against the Span
isrds Wss to give the Fiiipinos their
freedom and Independence.
''AguiBsido In his second proclams-
tioa. in which he declares hrmiy for
absolute Independence or death. gives
ia detail his side % a.. present con
troycrsy. The proclamation Vas sd-
dr,-ssesi to all foreign nations and stat
81 sn positive terms that u hossiiitics
began. the Tnit.i States alone ~as 90
blame. This document created much
excitement thrUaEhout Manila and all
the province
Do yol thins that AEuinaido ap-
prcciatci the military resources of the
United S,a,esg~
Yes. fully. quickly responded Mr.
Rivera. "Aguinsido iyaoEs tina, -. are
~csk and that the Uaited States ss
mighty. bus that o. not the Issue. gIe
- seeking the freedom and iudePend-
encs % his people % ls thaf and moth
Ing else. AEuinaido and aIi his fol
lowers will give up their lives bcfor.
Submitting 60 AneT5rsn rlIr. o. Is II
Dependence OF Desth.
Ar. Rivera stated that Azuinaido
has never been outside uf the Philip
pines excep; recently whsn be- visited
Honkons and Shanghai