The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-21
TERMS OFFERED FlIP|NOS
What the Schurman Peace Commits
SIGN rendered Aguinaldo as
Price Of Peace.
EVERYTHING EXCEPT SELF-G0VERHM ERT
wouId Allow Him $1,000 During
Peace. and Appointment of Minor
Municipal OGicers-Otis Makes Re-
quest OF Department for Addi-
tionaI staff Officers.

| tionaI STAFF Officers.
New York, Sept. 16.-A special 10 the
| World from Ithaca, \. T., says: Your
| correspondent is able TO say on author
ity that the Schurman peace commits
| sion offered every possible inducement
| short of absolute self-government TO
| Aguinaldo and his followers. Aguinaldo
was promised, as the price for the res
| toration of peace in the Tagalos tribe,
| n bonus of more than $4,000 year
| while the Tagalos remained peaceful.
lie was told that he could choose men
| from his tribe for the minor municipal
| offices.
| The commission went so far as to
promise Aguinaldo the moral support of.
| the United States government, II such
were needed to make his leadership of
| the Tagalos thoroughly secure.
Declined to Yield.
With all these inducements, tempt
| ing as they must have been, Aguinaldo,
as the recognized head of the insur-
gent movement, declined to yield. He
insisted upon immediate self-govern-
| ment. and. as his insistence was so firm
as to make an agreement Impossible,
| the American commissioners ceased ne
! gotiations.
President Schurman was frank in
| telling your correspondent a day or SO
ago that he favored giving to the va
rious tribes the largest possible meas
| ure of home rule at the earliest mo-
| ment He thought the several tribes
! could administer their local afalrs,
elect municipal officers, establish courts
| and penal institutions, judiciary, ETC.,
but he did not believe it possible to
allow the natives to participate in the
| general government.
No Use for Envoys.
Washington, Sept. 16.-ln talking
| over the Philippine situation cabinet
officer said: "The recall of Commission
ers DENLY and Worcester from Manila
was only formal. The commission
ceased its real work before the depart
ure of Chairman Schurman. The 9TH
| er two civilian members, Col DENLY
and Prof. Worcester, remained only
| that they might be able to present
verbal report on the conditions in the
| islands at the last possible moment.
Must Deal with otis.
| Hopes of peace really disappeared
about July /. The commission was
civil body, while the problem before
us now is purely military. Hereafter
| Aguinado, as a military commander,
must deal with Gen. Otis direct, and
| the surrender. when it finally arrives,
must be on military basis. The terms
will be such as one general extends to
| another who has been leading rebel
lion, and will not include specifications
as to future government
| Military Problem Comes First.
'The energy of the administration
| will be directed almost exclusively to
the solution of the military problem,
leaving civil questions to be determined
later on. Aguinaldo will be fought in
season and out of season. If necessary,
we will sweep the island of Luzon from
one end to the other. When Aguinaldo
and his followers acknowledge the SUI
| premacy of the United States it will be
time enough to establish civil govern
ment. Until then the military govern
ment will control on the land and the
navy will blockade every important
| port on the island"
To Leave by November.
! New York, Sept 10. - A special to
the Herald from Washington says: Ar
rangements have been made by the war
department for the departure for
| Manila by November / of all the troops
intended for Gen. Otis. This means
that Secretary Roots statement that
every mothers son of the reinforce
ments will eat his Christmas dinner in
Manila" will prove correct.
Ask for Conference.
| Washington, Sept. 2o.-After five
months of unsuccessful resistance,
Aguinaldo has made another request
| upon Gen. Otis for conference. a
dispatch from Gen. Otis says that two
| insurgent majors entered the Amer
lean lines under flag of truce. They
| visited Gen. Macarthur and offered
to release IS American prisoners, in
Guiding Lieut.. Gilmore and his men,
| from the gunboat Yorktown. who were
captured at Baler on April IL last. In
return they merely asked permission
to send these prisoners through the
| lines, accompanied by Filipinos who de-
sire to confer with Gen. Otis. The re-
quest was granted. 1t is believed that
the Filipinos desire to confer with Gen.