The Worthington advance., 1899-01-12

Panay and the island of Negros. where
camp will be established.
There is no change in the situation
here. On Friday night public demon
strations were held in Pampangas prov
ince in ratification of AguinaIdo's proc
lamation and the excitement was in
tense. All natives who enter the city
in the night time are searched and
every other precaution is taken.
Ships and Men to Go.
Washington, Jan. 9.-Secretary Long
has ordered the Solace to proceed to
Manila as soon as she can be made ready
for the voyage. Besides the Solace Sec
retary Long has ordered the gubboats
Princeton and Yorktown to the same
point. The Princeton is now at New
York and will go via the Suez The
Yorktown is at San Francisco and will
cross the Pacific. Admiral Dewey has
asked for supplies of various kinds and
the Solace will carry heavy load Of
these, sufficient to supply the q. ct on
the Asiatic station for six months a:
least. The vessel will be attached to
Dewcy's fleet and in all proba bility. II
this voyage turns out successfully, she
will form one Of the regular line Of
transports which will ply between the
United States and the Philippines for
the special benefit of the navy TIE ves-
sci is now at the New York navy yard
and is expected to sail for Manila. via
the Mediterranean and Suez. in about
two weeks. The navy department is
now making up the details of her Off
GERS. Secretary Alger has decided to
send four regiments of infantry to the
Philippines. The Fourth. Twelfth and
Seventeenth have been designated and.
in addition, the Third infantry, uow at
Fort Smelling, Mimi, will go by the
same route. across the Atlantic.
AguinaIdo Objects.
Manila, Jan. 9.-Within a few hours
of the proclamation issued by Mai. Gen.
Otis in behalf of President Mckinley,
the agents of Aguinaldo billed Manila
with manifesto which attracted con-
siderable attention. The revolutionary
president protested against Gen. Otis
signing himself military governor Of
the Philippine islands.
Aguinaldo, in his manifesto, declared
he had never agreed at Singapore, Hong
Kong or elsewhere to recognize the
sovereignty of the Americans here, and
insists that he returned to the Philip
pines on an American ship solely to con-
quer the Spaniards and to win inde-
pendence. He asserts that both bis
proclamations of May "a and June 12
stated this fact officially, and he claims
that Maj. Gen. Merritt confirmed this
by proclamation several days before
the Spaniards capitulated, stating
clearly and definitely that the Ameri-
can forces came to overthrow the Span
ish government and liberate the Fill
pinos.
Says Americans saluted His Flag.
In conclusion, Aguinaldo declared he
had natives and foreigners as witnesses
that the American forces recognized
not only by acts that the FiliDinos were
belligerents, but by publicly saluting
the Filipino flag 'as it triumphantly
sailed these seas before the eyes of all
nations"
Aguinaldo then solemnly protested,
in the name of the Deity, who empow-
cred him to direct his brethren in the
difficult task of regeneration, against
The intrusion of the American govern
ment, and reiterated that he can pro-
duce proofs that he was brough: here
on the understanding that the Ameri-
cans promised him their cooperation to
attain independence.
The revolutionary leader then called
upon all his followers to work together
with force and assured them he Is con-
vinced that they will obtain absolute
independence, and urging them never
to return from the glorious road" on
which they have 'already so far ad-
vanced."
Maj. Gen. Otis attaches no Importance
to the manifesto. He says he feels con-
fident that the opinion of the better
classes of the Filipinos is not expressed
in it.