The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-24
FIGHTING AT ILoLIo.
AGUINALDO'S PLAN.
Wants TO Buy independence For the
Philippines.

New York, Novembe 2S.-The Worlds
has the following letter from its CORE
spondent mt Hopgkoug:
Hongkong, October 70. Tho World cor
respondent has come into possession I'd
what Is probably thu most remarkable In
terview ever obtained from Aguinaldo. II
comes from an American VINO has lived
for yenrs In the Philippines. and has
known Aguinaldo fpr q long time. He
has been through the lines, and has been
two weaks with ths insurgsnt command
er in-chief.
This American Is q business man. with
several American correspondents on the
New York Produce exchange, one of the
firms running line OF steamesr to Ma
Mia. Whit was said by AGuinaldo thIs
American Iotted down and forwarded to
Hongkong through the mails to his bust
ness correspondent there.
Aguinaldo wants pc zoe, and to get 1t hs
is willing to repay tbs SO 100000 which
the United States paid to Spain for the
Philippines, and will cor sent to American
soldiers remaining in Manila till the debt
Ia cancelled. lie wants republic, to
consist of a PRESIDENT congress and
Judiciary. The letter detailing the inter
view is dated ut Manila, October IA. II
reads:
"ReferrIng to the war, Aguinaldo re-
peatedly stated that 1t had besn begun by
ths Americans, anu that nothing could
possibly have been further from his ex-
pxtat ons or 1.oip lions. He asserted
rap atedly that he had heen assrre by
the American officials and officers ii a.
the FIJI p nos should havs their ind' p mt
snce and their own government. free
from any Interference by the Americans.
He denounced In unmeasured teams what
he called the hyp CRISP of Mckinley who.
he said, WAS determined to suhdue the
pscpls OF tho Philippines through war
aud devastation. In ons Interview he
ussd the following language:
How win the American government
establish their consistency whsL they war
on US for seeking liberty exactly as the
immortal Washing ton and their forefash-
ers did In I7762 They call US rebels and
Insurgents. So did the English call their
forefathers repsls. And they were rebsls
They rste,isd against the English govern
ment that had bsen established there for
q hundred years, whereas the Americans
had no government here, and we are not
rebels against their government. Their
government had, and has no right here.
Washington and their forsfathers vera
a,tOJ. We are more than three times
as many.
Mckinley sends warships and
thousands OF soldiers here to prove in 1891
that Washington was wrong In 1915 My
principles are described in the American
declaration of Independence. I wish i
could speak TO every American citizen.
and then / would say to him, 'Thsre,
that was your declaration Of indepsnd-
ence. Take 1t across the seas from me
and say adopt It. 1t expresses my
oresd."
They have slaughtered hundreds and
hundreds Of our poor people, have burned
our homes and laid waste our planta-
tions. Their coming has been marked by
tr all Of blood and ashes. They are
brave soldiery. The have bayonsted our
wounded men In their trenches and shot
them to death as the rsadiest way OF get
ting rid OF them. They have assaulted
our women. o, shame shsms.
How long will this war lastf 1t will
end when there are no Filip!nos TO kill.
1t will end WHEN our children cease to
grow m N to avenge the wrong put rp1n
their fathers ana mothsrE.
They want to kill me especially.
They have even offered reward TO some
of my p'tple to take me, dead or alive. 1
have read somewhere that a similar re-
ward was offered by the English for
George Washington early In the war of
the revolution. Very we'll; they may kill
me. / am only ons. They may cap.ura
me. And then WHAT Do they think
there will re NO more WARP Folly Other
and better leaders will arise to avenge my
pseple. They will succeed. Then whati
What will they getf A land of widows
and helpless children. They will possess
q land Of mourning and of tears. hut not
Of slaves. No. never
81 asked Aeuinaldo II he Gould not
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