The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-24
Made BY Filipino Junta to Senators
and congressman.
THEY WANT RECOGNITION
DECLARE THEIR ABILITY TO
GOVERN THEMSELVES.
Cooperation Was Offered and Rem
dered by Consuls Wildman and
Pratt-Republic Practically Rec
ognized By Dewey and Other
United States officers.

New York, Nov. 23-The Filipino
junta at Hongkong is becoming more
active as the meeting of congress draws
nearer. Senator Fairbanks. in COM
pany with all other senators and repre-
sentatives now in Washington. accord
| ing TO a Tribune correspondent, have
received through the mails pamphlet
signed by Felipe Buencamino Philir
/ Good Road, so-called secretary for
| foreign affairs of the Filipino republic
! setting forth the various reasons why
/ his government should be recognized.
The pamphlet has an appendix contain
/ ing the various dispatches, kilograms
and orders that passed between the
/ United States representatives in the
| islands at the time of the war with
| Spain. On these documents Senior Blu
encamino seeks to raise presumption
| that the Filipino republic was to re-
.ceive recognition from the United
States.
The secretary begins by saying that
ii has come to the ears of the Filipino
government that the president of the
United States is about to call a session
of congress for the special purpose of
and that he desires to lay before it the
reasons why the independence of the
islands should be recognized. He ar
CUES that the larger and more powerful
state, the greater is the obligation
resting on it to support the independ-
ence of lesser states.
For instance, it appears evident that
the powerful and wealthy nation which
you gentlemen represent in congress
has been deputed by God to assist the
Filipinos in their arduous and difficult
task of restoration of independence"
Cooperation From Consuls.
The alleged cooperation offered and
rendered TO Aguinaldo by Consuls
Wildman ard Pratt is then referred to.
This cooperation. says the secretary.
consisted in the fact that the McCulloch
conveyed Aguinaldo to Manila. that
Admiral Dewey received him with the
honors due to a general and gave him
sixty rifles. and that he was allowed to
establish at Cavite, then held by the
United States, the headquarters of the
republic.
Mr.. Pratt. in one of his letters APP
pended, congratulated Aguinaldo on
his speedy triumph. as it proves his
own wisdom in recommending him to
Admiral Dewey. Consul Wildman. in
another letter, advises Aguinaldo to
treat the Spanish as they would have
treated the Filipinos and keep them on
rice and water-advice which, the sec
rotary says, our humane leader declin-
ed to adopt
But the secretary says that the OBJ
ject of God in assigning the United
States to free the Filipinos has been
frustrated. by whom he asks. He
then proceeds:
Alas, esteemed citizens of the great
American republic, you know well who
is the cause of such reckless perturba-
81 r. IT, H.
Kinley, who, using as a preteXt alleg-
ed rights obtained through the purchase
of more than doubtful sovereignty from
Spain, gives evidence Of his intention
to ignore the bonds of friendship which
should unite the two nations by impos-
ing upon US by force of arms the SOW
ereignty of the United States.
End the Inhuman War.
rs this conduct in line with the can
ons of morality whereby the United
States grew great? Surely not. For if
moral obligations are applicable to in
ternal affairs, there should be no eva
sion of the great republics duty to
stand by and protect the Filipino ma
and of national honor, / ap-
PEAL TO the citizens of the United States
TO fulfill these obligations by passing a
just resolution recognizing our indie
pendence, thus ending a wicked and in
human war"
The second point is that the Filipinos
5000 prisoners and set up
republic and were practically recognize
ed by the United States officers; that
Dewey wrote to Aguinaldo asking for
passes for British subjects to travel
the islands: that Otis, Ander
son and Merritt all addressed Aguinal-
do as General commanding the Phil
ippine army" and that General Ander-
son asked him for camping grounds
and quarters, as we'll as other assist
ance against our common enemy
that Dewey handed over to Aguinaldo
a complaint about the French steamer
Compania de Filipinas. stating that he
had no Jurisdiction in the matter: that
Anderson and Merritt addressed tele-
grams to Aguinaldo asking him to
svacuate the suburbs of Manila and |
to negotiate with him after |
ward on the subject.
Sovereignty By Force of Arms.
LAS for the cessation of sovereignty"
proceeds the secretary. 1T is null and |
void for it has been celebrated in con- |
travention of all principles of interna- !,
.ional law in opposition to the principles |
IF Justice. For it is not moral nor just !
nor in accordance with international !!
dN 10 say W a HdllOIs L VIII uclP yOh /
% sweep away Spanish sovereignty and |
make you Independent. and. after help
ng you so to do, / will come and buy |
your sovereignty from Spain and i'm |
pose it by force of arms on the pro- /
.ected people.
Citations are made from International
aw. and then it is contended that Spain
lad lost her sovereignty and could not
,ede what she did not have. The third
point follows in full:
I'VE are community of 5000. 900 peo
Die, politically organized. on well-defin
ID territory, with our own government. |
which is competent to protect our citi-
.ens and to assume full responsibility |
or our conduct toward other states. We
lave an official language-Spanish. We /
lave an enlightened religion-the Ro-
nan Catholic. Strict morality, which
.manates from Christianiziug influen-
.es, governs our manners and customs.
our laws are on a par with those of
,ther civilized states. And, last, we live
n families. in towns and cities, afford
ng permanent evidence of a cultured
md civilized society.
These are the reasons why we APP
veal for recognition to the people of the
United States who are to decide our
ate-a fate which would be better. if.
leeding the dictates of humanity, you.
resident, Mr.. Mckinley. had not chos-
n to wage against us cruel, devas-