Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-12-15
ANOTHER ONE GIVES VI.
Gen. A1ejandrino, Wounded in Bat
tie With Hostile Bandits, Anx-
iouS to Surrender.
Ae0aClLL0 ISSUES A DEFIANT WARNING
FnipInos Must Have Territorial aad Politi-
cal Independence. He Says, or Eternal
War-He Thinks American Politicians
Are Ignorant of the Malay Character
and Do Not Know What Is TranspIring.

Manila, Dee. Ian expedition head
ed by the battleship Oregon left Ma
Mia for Subig last night. It is report
ed that the Filipino commander, Gen.
Alejandrino, with his staff, has sur
rendered. There is also a rumor that
he is at Aguilar, suffering from a
wound received in fight between in
surgents and bandits, and that he will
be given an opportunity to surrender
and will be properly cared for.
American Prisoners Threatened.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Considerable
concern has been felt in official circles
for some time respecting the fate OF
American prisoners still held by the
Filipino insurgents. This is due to an
intimation made by Aguinaldo in
note to Gen. Otis, delivered a month
ago, that grave injury might befall the
prisoners if recognition of the so-called
Filipino republic by the United States
was longer delayed. 1t was in answer
to this threat that the president sent
message to Gen. Otis, for transmission
to Aguinaldo. announcing that if the
prisoners were maltreated in any
manner, he and his subor binates would
be held personally responsible.
Another Interview with Agoncillo.
correspondent at Paris cables as fol-
lows:
While the American army has been
sweeping back the Philippine forces in
the great, hot valley that stretches
from Manila to the gulf of Lingayen,
Senior Felipe Agoncillo, high commits
sioner of the Philippine republic, has
been explaining to me here in Paris
the terms upon which the revolution
airy army of the Philippines would be
willing to lay down its arms. ut is
matter of great sorrow to me-" said
Senior Agonci1lo, that President Nc
Kinley has not sent a commissioner to
meet me. All the blood that has been
shed in the Philippine islands since
last February is on his head
Neither territorial nor state govern
ment under American sovereignty
would satisfy the nation / represent.
America is too far away to make the
state system successful in the Philip
pines. Even now the American peo-
pie do not know what is going on in
the island of Luzon. Your politicians
and statesmen are absolutely ignorant
of the Malay character. 1t is impossi-
BILE that they should ever be able to
see things from the standpoint of an
Asiatic people.
1--WE are fighting for territorial and
political independence. Until that is
achieved we cannot consent to peace.
We may be crushed by the force of SUI
perior numbers and wealth, but if our
army is beaten in the field you will
have to keep great military force in
the Philippine islands, for, whenever
there is an opportunity, the population
will rise in arms. If you capture our
firearms, the patriots will retire to the
hills and continue to fight with bolos
and bamboos. Our children and their
children will continue the struggle.
There can be no peace except that
which great standing army can en-
force. And your people must pay and
pay and pay to keep US in subsection. I"