The sun., 1899-11-03

whlp and ~ shoot and abuse tho people as be,
slapi,a more than Two hundred men wore
executed. As direct result ut these iur'hti
np',yinrcs 0i Iuzom, but thcy had nothing ~
Tho rohcrcilro or strength ot the orlGna'
mo'rmcg, being aemhiS TO ST: syspss 'sr'Se tH se
euro general reform. Ihe ttraEEllhR hllu
numerically insigniilcnh, insntgrnt 9t. i9Lces
S,ain dsbandcd her volunteer flinlno
militia and prepared to sepI nsi nsr regular iRdsr
hal ended the war. which; with a.. exception
OF IN unimpGrtant outbreak IN onou; naa T., ptea
otbsr Islands never having Dcen questioned
aud tho thought Of independents never having
"" WhiiS III. country was n thl. condition Gen
Augustlns came to Manila as Governor r, G,n. ,i,n
before hostilites broke out betWeep Spain and
tho United States; lie wished the filipino., TO
"reSnI9c "nG " the militia oycss lie called in The n
surscnts who had laid down their a, ms after the
cisd WsEsd 10 defend srsin aaapsi A%srsa; "a TEo
Hovernor-Gs.nersl promised that u ths Eli. ri,n,
somsl.ie nHs %oSti SutoSo"s woald be syen to them
lie also formed e9nsTtSttiyss nist scisie Sae'nStd ad
twpivs or fourteen filipinos appointed BY him.
but his plan met with little success. becaus:
spsn shs t'ThhSss WThSs we're % nSs % pStsy di.edsd
Then came ths first q hsy: ls,s. ss and tn, .h.
Of sns sPan.Sd :' ss a 81
prestige to the sPSnsrias Thea m SHns 5an
on this subject has been furnished the COM
mission by admiral Dewey;
MEMORANDUM OF RELATIONS WITH AGuiNALDo.
On Aprl "a. 1893, the following cphsr
despatch was received at Hong Kong IRON MI;
T. Spencer Pratt, United states Consul General
at Singapore
Aguin,ldo. insurecnt leader here. win come
Hong Kong. Arrange with Commodore for general
cooperation insurgents Manila II desired, Tels
eEraph. fhAiI'
graIhed sir. Pratt: Tell AguInaldo come. soon
as possible'-thc. necessity for haste being
HS iaoi IS " the I iS"S Mons Soy.5am,n . is.y.
those waters by the following day. Thesquad-
s M l 9T say N9Pr ON a es % aa
not leave Singapore until the 18th. nnd so did
Il hat been reported to the Commodore as
M9yi@ Snna s paS.
had broken out into instruction against the
spani.h Susho,ty IL H. ncIpity Of Manila and
Five thousand rebels armed IN, camp near
city, Loyal to us 10 case OF war" lron the ar;
that that there was no insurrsetion t9 speak o. and
It was accordingly decided 70 allow AGuinalto
2 srfi2ed f WITH thirteen oi his .tar on Nay il and
Immediately came on beard the Olympia
which hs was allowed to land at Cnvita
and organize an army. This was dope
United e State. iorScs md wsaEsnlmg those "i q
tho enemy. No alliance OF any Kind was entered
ni aIi Iiiind%.pendencs % nadc to him. then W or at any
other time; shortly Afterwari The Filipirds
Tss wesH" rapidiy % % aurmen,ei Gy the militia. who
had beem given arms by Spain. all OF whom re-
y2,es Tn" .ncc.sses . foliowed many spansTGs r.re
taken prisoners and while the Spanish troors
now remained amistly 70 HSn.a' ne , fillnino
island. except that city.
On the arrival OF the troops eommanded by
Gen Anderson at tavit'. AGuinaiio was re-
GueSted by Admiral Dewey to evacuat- that
place aud he moved his headluarters to tho
time arose the idea OF national independsnre.
Aguinaldo issued a proclamation 10 which he
ps@nl. On behalf Of tn. American Go2ernmrnt.
although he admitted freely in private conysr
Admiral Dewey nor any other. American had
made him anv such promise. lie had already
himself with a cabinet, The landing. Of
American troors AT, farannaus on July
sr that he wished 10 attack at once.
sut was detorre oy lack of arms and ammu-
ia OF Manila. "s Snter The city with The Ams
can troor:: secure tnr arm arm OF me e. sraniSh
M.aanwe hsS.E he sen orlsr. 1 t t" tH" nai:hSore zig
towns Tor a PASSIVE, resista9ee and Tor the
The second expedition went into camp. the
frost toward Manila and about 100 yards
sarlp was ca led CAMP Dewey ~ the time
OF landing the Filpmos maintained line
from point on tho roast about nyr miles
south Of Manila and tire" miles north ot Camp
Dewey eastward. and turning to tho north
in the rear Of camp Dewey. The troops i'm
medla,ely threw out line II posts. extending &
from The coast around the camp and eastward
10 Phxay and beyond.
Upon lnndng and Joining III" troops nt Camp
Brgader- General, assumed command Of tho
division, shorty afterwards. upon the arrival
that our troop. Intended to com m enc. opera
tions against Manila. and would ESTABLISH aIine
Of works. commencing At the las" and extend
ing east in front o,ths outpos:s then nninta ne.
by them. This moI"msnt was not received
kindly by the fiIpnO-, hut on the establish
ment Of our line on their trout tEey gradually
rcrcd"l. There wrr" no conferences between
with view Of Operating against III. sranisrds
nor was ther" any corporation o' any Kind be-
tons between the two torcc- were -trainel
rom the beginning. lpon our landing they
;;lnrnlshed our forcr. no rro'estiyn orsupport
and were onlyIuietyd bythc assurance that IN,
United States would pay foral' the damage don,
and for all wood aud other articles consumed
There never WAS any prcCOncertcd operation o
any com bined movement tho United STATE.
and tho llilpinos against the Spaniards
AGuISALDOs DEMANDS.
When tho city of Manila Was taken. on Aug
13. The Filipinos took no part IN the attack. bn
' cy and ws. only y m rom M d5sR 80
cur i@cs. ,St tTs~ @ ,5'W b e%ynns S RI
The ce.sion OF the palace OF Malncnran Tor him
sci, ana the ceSSiOn oil an the churches %
Manila. PacO and Ermita, and also that part @
tho money which was taken, from th
Spaniards as spoils OF war should be given NJ
and above all that ho be given the arms Of th
spanish prisoners, Tbs confirms the state
nirnt alrendy made that he Intended 10 re
possession OF these arms " wth the hope Ol nj
tacking us. All these demands We're refused
Alter, the taking OF Manila the l"snr be-
tween the Americans and the insurgents grow
worse day by dav. AL manner oi abuses wer
INDUCED ia by tho lnsurRcnt troops. who com
mtted assaults and roDDores, and under IN
order of Gen. Pio del Pillar even kidnuppA,
natives who were friendly toward ia. Ain.ri
cans and carried them OF into the mnuntain
or Killed them. In tho interest Of law un'
order II htrnm"ine"cssury to order tha fIllpin,
forces hack and this order made them angry
Aguinnldo removed his seat of government I,
NalOlOs, in which the SO-called Filipino CON
gress assembled. The ant'. american reslin.
was steadily nouTishch hv the Filipino uows
rauers, which were directed 10 foster it \
this time SandicO began TO establish whn
were called popular clubs" In Mana and H.
neighburlnE villages and towns, O,t"n4irl
they were lutcndsd t. promote -pral inter
course aud the education Of tbs ucoplc. thei
actual object was IT, provoke bitterness tu
stFI laY a. In ,V4a