Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-29
MOVEMENTS OF THE JUNTA.

One OF the most SlSnllCdHt DIS OIL lHloT-
nation relating to the war in the Philip
pines is the cablegram received from
London today, which reads as follows:
Marti, the representative of Aguinaldo.
who was recently in Europe, and later
went to Hong Kong on his way to Manila,
has returned to London. where the men,
bers Of the Filipino junta are endeavor-
ing to obtain an interview with Senator
Hoar and other Americans, with the OBJ
ject Of securing concessions to Asuinaldo
and promoting peace. The departure
from Madrid is also imminent of a promi-
nent Filipino, who is going to Washing
ton with a similar object as a representa-
tive Of the Manila autonomist peace com-
mittee.
While the conditions justify an effort on
the part Of the Filipinos to secure con-
peace, a great many patriotic Americans
will inquire why the junta is seeking out
Senator Hoar land other Americans as
Intermediates. If anything is needed
to conclusively prove that the Filipinos
have prolonged their fight against the
Americans on account Of the attitude Of
the copperheads and traitors in this
country, the fact that their junta in
London is seeking terms of peace through
Senator Hoar supplies the deficiency.
Aguinaldo has been kept advised of the
situation in this country, as it was under
stood by the junta, n the so-called
"anti-imperialistic" movement has been
interpreted to mean that so large and in
fluential a body of American citizens are
in favor of Filipino independence that
the. administration would soon be COM
PEELED to withdraw the troops from Luzon
and turn the Philippines over to the
rebels!
From the time the disgraceful and un-
patriotic fight was made against the rati-
fication Of the treaty with Spain up to
been led to believe that their final hope
of success lay in American opposition to
the course that is being pursued by the
government. Every copperhead in con-
sress and ont, every blatherskite with a
self-acting mouth, every penny-a-liner
suffering from writer's cramps in the
conscience and a flow of intellect to the
feet, has kicked against the efforts of
this government to subdue the rebellion
in the Philippines.
When, to the strident Trades of such
distinguished grandmothers as Senator
Hoar was added the efforts of the demo-
cratic leaders to convert the Philippine
question into a national issue, and array
ganization against the proposition to hold
those islands as the legally acquired
property of the American republic, the
followers of A%guinaldo had a right to fee,
encouraged over the outlook. Often on
the verge of surrender, they received
fresh advices from the junta in London
as to the growth co of American senti-
ment in their favor, and they went back
to their guns refreshed with the knowl-
edge that their friends in the camp of the
enemy were multiplying! With what
Aguinaldo's friends in this country MIGHT
call a holy zeal in the cause Of freedom.
the Filipinos returned to the butchery of
our wounded soldiers and the mutilation
and torture of their prisoners of war.
But the Filipino junta in London is be-
ginning to realize "that God reigns and
the government at WASHINGTON still
lives 1t is beginning to understand
that the copperheads who are s%nappine
at the heels OF a patriotic administra-
ton are working their forked tongues in
vain. Knowing that the destruction Of
the red-handed cut-throat at the head or
the rebel government is but a question Of
time, unless peace measures can he
agreed upon, the junta intends to interest
itself actively in Aguinaldo's behalf.
Instead of going direct to the duly con-
stisuted authorities, it will seek to oper-
ate through Senator Hoar. who has been
one of their leading champions from the
Inception Of the war. and other Ameri-
cans" It will insist upon knowing iust
what help may be expected in a practical
way from the copperhead element in
America. aud whether it Is profitable for