Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-01
HE urYTA PROTESTS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VA
EXCLUSION OF FILIPINOs FROM
THE COMMISSION RESENTED.
ALLEGED OUTRAGES BY SOLDIERS.
Alleged Gross Abuses Also ut Manila
Custom-House-F In Europe
roor o,tbreak of Hostilities ns
Soon ns Treaty is Ratified.

HONGKONG. January 3l.-The Filipino
Junta here publishes its protest against
the refusal OF the United States to asso-
clate with the Philippines commission rep
resentative Of the National Government
adding that 1.-The usefulness Of the COM
mission will necessarily be greatly limit
ed by the exclusion Of Flipinos."
The protest continues: ut Is impossi-
BILE for the commission. sitting only at
Manila. unaided by the friendly co-opera-
ton of the National Government, to reach
a proper understanding Of the actual con-
dition Of affairs in the Philippines the
unanimity of the aspirations Of the peo-
pie and their capabiIity for self-goyern-
ment
Colonel Denby's utterances in the No
vember Forum are too pronounced to in
spire confidence.
Last week a Filipino boy was shot by
an American soldier in a suburb Of Ma
Mia. because he was wrangling with a
Chinaman I'm the market. The soldier
was not prosecuted, but the boys father
i'm revenge. attacked an American outpost
armed with knife, and killed three oil
them The rest fed. The Filipino es-
capped
FILIPINO OFFICER KILLED.
"a Filipino officer was killed while
walking in Manila by an American SOL
der There was no prosecution.
"The American army is daily provoking
hostilities by acts Of vandalism
The junta also asserts that the 'allega-
80 Hf Fa q
and anarchy are lingo falsehoods.'
"The whole country" it is asserted
has declared its unconditional support
Of Aguinaldo. whose authority has never
been deled. The public evidently ignores
the fact that every province in the aren't
pelago is represented in the Congress.
General Otis's action in prohibiting
! code kilograms is a fragrant breach or IN
ternational law, but the truth IS leaking
out"
The Filipino newspapers denounce al
! legged gross abuses at the Manila custom
house.
The Eastern Telegraph Company an
nounces that the prohibition against code
kilograms 10 Manila has been removed
although they are still censored.
EXPLANATION OF THE PRoCLAMA-
TION.
PARIS, January 31.-The Filipino Junta
here has received a cable message from
Hongkong explaining the second procla-
nation Of the Philippine republic The
message says:
The first proclamation in August was
the work of Aguinaldo and the generals
The second is the unanimous work OF
the Filipino assembly"
BUSINESS AT ILOILO SATISFACTORY
LONDON, January H-A dispatch re-
ceved from an English house az llollo
Yesterday says business is proceeding
satisfactorily, but the Hongkong agents
Of the same firm cable that the llollc
telegram is unreliable, as nothing unfa-
vorable to the Americans is allowed tc
pass the censor"
The Filipinos in Europe think the stu
alton has in nowise improved. They feai
an outbreak Of hostilities as soon as the
peace treaty is ratified They add that the
Fiupinos who surround Manila number
| 10000 and that they will not permit the
American 10 land reinforcements on the
| Island of LuZon.