The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-06
TREATY ADDENDA.
Details OF the Negotiations at Paris
Official Correspondence.


printed volume of SIS pages. This in
cludes. among other things. al of the
credentials Of the American Commits
sioners to Paris and the protocols
which are The records of the daily
proceedings of the commissioners that
led up TO the final treaty of peace, enl-
bodying necessarily all of the prop ISL
lions and contemporaries of the
past printed in both languages Eng
fish and Spanish. From ar inspect ton
OF these it appears that the l,ress re-
ports from Paris during the proceed
lngS OF the commission set these out
with remarkable degree OF accuracy,
considering the secrecy which was
supposed TO overhang the proceedings
There is also included all the carrie
spondence that passed between the
French embassy here and the state
department, which led up TO the sign
ing of the protocol, but the interesting
feature, namely. the effort Of the
Spanish minister of foreign affairs, to
Withdraw the sovereignty of the Phil
ipplnes from question. has already
been published unofficially Included
in this correspondence is a letter from
NJ. Theibaut, the French charge, pro-
testing against the continuance Of the
operations Of the insurgents in the
Philippines. which he assumed was
with the knowledge and consent of the
American commanders. and suggest
ing that the Spanish troops captured
at Manila be allowed TO fight the
Filipinos. To this Mr.. Moore, acting
secretary. replied on Sept. 3 that upon
Investigation he had found that most
of the statements were groundless.
There was a sort OF a suggestion from
the first charge to the effect that the
families of the Spanish officers who
were captured at Guam We're suffering.
CONSULS CAUTIONED.
There is included all of the corre-
spondence that passed between the
department of state and the United
States consuls at Manila Hong Kong
and Singapore, relative to the Philip
pines. Consul Williams. at Manila. be-
fore the actual outbreak of war, re-
ported q series Of most horrible out
RACES by the Spaniards upon the
FtlipinoS. He declares that per cent
of the latter are loyal to Spain. He
complains of being surrounded by
spies everywhere. saying that even in
his consular office he is not safe from
them. Consul Wildman at Hong Kong
on Nov. 3rd telegrapned that Gen.
Agoncilio was coming to Washington.
He said:
He has power to make treaties with
foreign governments and has proposed
an offensive and defensive alliance
with the United States"
Agoncillo asked for arms to aid the
rebellion. Acting Secretary Cridler,
Dec. Is, replied telling Wildman to ad-
wise Agoncillo that the United States
does not negotiate treaties and it is
not possible to forward arms.
You should not encourage any ten
dency on the part Of Agonctllo to COM
municate with the department.
A long letter, of date July Is, from
Consul Wildman. defends Agoncillo as
a man who has been Systematically
blackened. Says he:
According to his own statement he
has been approached by Spain and
Germany and has tempting offers from
the Catholic church
April 20 Consul Pratt telegraphed
from Singapore:
''Aguinaldo gone at my instance;
Hong Kong arrange with Dewey CO.
opera ton with insurgents. Manila
June 20 Secretary Day telegraphed
Mr.. Pratt, among other things:
Avoid any negotiations with Phil
ippines insurgents.
Mr. Pratt replied that he had no in
tentions of negotiating. Says he:
Left that to Dewey, who desires
AguinaldO to come
Secretary Day again admosished Mr..
Pratt to be cautious to create no I'M
preston that might embarrass the gov
eminent and lead to misunderstanding
in it's future action.
July 2. Mr.. Pratt reported to the de-
partment that the sultan of the Sulu
islands was negotiating at Singapore
for the annexation of his group to Brit
ish Borneo, which should be watched.
GEN. MERRITT'S IDEAS.
All of the statements made by Gen.
Merritt before the American commits
sion at Paris, appear in the document.
In substance he said the Insurgents
would fight if the attempt was made to
surrender Luzon to Spain. Spain
could not produce the islands unaided.
Asked whether the insurgents were
capable of government he replied that
it would take time; they would have to
be educated up to it. Senator Frye
asked if the natives enlist under the
American flag, and if Aguinaldo could
be given command He replied in the
affirmative to both questions. Further
he said that Maj. Bells report showed
that the insurgents had $500 stand of
arms. Aguinaldo had 100000 in the
bank in Hong Kong, and s220,000 of
public funds in Bacor. Maj. Bell eX-
pressed the opinion that if the United
States should govern the islands for
a year Aguinaldo would have no army
left.
Gen. Green's estimate is also produce
ed. He said there were 1900 Spanish
prisoners in the Philippines including
400 officers with $4,000 arms and %, 00O,-
600 rounds of ammunition. He describ-
ed Aguinaldo's character and said much
tact would be required in dealing with
Aguinaldo. In his opinion that chief
tain did not command the support of a
large body of Filipinos. Then 1t must
be remembered that the insurgents
were all Tagalis, only one of the thirty
races in the Philippines. At the time
he spoke none of the 2,000,0 900 Visayas
a people of equal abilities, had taken
any part He was asked what chance
there would be for native govern
ment. to which he replied: mo native
government can maintain itself without
the active support of strong foreign
government. 1t is difficult to see how
any foreign government can give this
protection without taking such an ac-
tive part in the management of affairs
as is practically equivalent to its own
name"
There is a vast amount of other mat
ter included in the papers extracts from
newspapers, upon the resources of the
islands; historical treaties, statistical
statements of the values of imports and
exports, and, intact, they comprise an
encyclopaedia of the Philippine islands
MIR. Dingley's Condition.
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