Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-12-07
RlzAl., BRYAN, AGGlE.
'sThe Glorious Trinity of Filipino Re-
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San Francisco. Dec. 6.-Mail advices
from Manila give the following extract
of the Filipino proclamation, notable
for its reference to w. j. Bryan, Rial
and Aguinaldo, the substance of which.
was cabled and published some weeks
ago.
The proclamation was published in
Tarlac in La fndependencia, the official
organ OF Aguinaldo, October 2s. As
translated from Spanish the preface
reads:
"a message of gratitude to the illus
trious democrats of the United States,
the true representatives of the institu-
tions founded on liberty, and proclaim-
ed by the great men of the North Amer
lean republic, in meeting will be cele-
brated tomorrow in the capital of the
nation. Initiated by the sons of that
grand liberal association that dominat-
ed the country, which interprets very
well the sentiments of the people and
the desires of the governments, this
meeting in the presidential palace for
tomorrow was organized"
After announcing the official program
of the assembly the proclamation COLI
tinueS:
I'm Praise of Bryan.
"All preparations that have been GO
ing on for the past few days are GER
tainly worthy of the ilIustrious head of
the anti-imperialist party. American by
birth, he has been educated in and has
practiced the teachings of the greatest
presidents of the United States and for
that reason cannot consent that ambi-
ton for power shall send TO useless
and shameful sacrifice the sons OF
Americans, and for that reason he has
sympathized with President Aguinaldo,
when he recently acclaimed the hero
of this country, the follower of the
teachings which have immortalized
Washington, Monroe and Jefferson. The
historians of the philippines ought TO
write in the pages of gold the name OF
this great American crusader for JUS
tice--for that ideal justice of which
Zola spoke in an address to the French
youth. In this struggle which we have
sustained with the old sovereignty the
word of freedom was Rial and the
arm which put the idea into execution
was Aguinaido.
I'm the present time Bryan replaces
the great martyr, a sublime lesson for
the very enemies which ,ney meet with
among their own brothers, who are
fighting THE injustice which they are
coming to commit upon a weak people.
$50 what grade OF justice-if there
be grades of justice-has our cause,
when it finds champions, not among
the foreigners, but among the very sol
diers OF the great republic?
The Glorious Trinity.
"There should be pictured then in the
Filipino history, with the same glory,
Rial. Bryan and Agninaldo, the glor-
ious trinity of our political redemption
and for the foreigner who has Anglo
Saxon blood in his veins, to defend our
cause, we ought to look upon with the
same yeneration with which we regard
our greatest martyrs and heroes.
Bryan, American by blood, by ideas,
is an illustrious son of the Filipinos.
Bryan is the clasp that links and un-
ifies two friendly peoples. torn by the
same dissentions and deserving OF the
applause and admiration of the world
American Friendship Claimed.
"The American people are not hostile
to the Filipinos. The people have all
the time been victims of the lust OF the
men in power. This war, the president
of this republic has said, is not one oil
| a people against a people, but of a
party against nation, if weak in force
4 Giant in heroic courage ard sublime
sacrifice. \ thousand lines there has
been shown this friendship that united
the American people with the Filipinos
| in the clubs, assemblies, associations
| and meetings; consequently these man.
ifestations which The people are tc
make tomorrow in honor of Bryan and
! the party dedicated by him, the repre-
lsentatives of the good sons of Inc I'm.
ion, as debt of gratitude and duty
of friendship.
God grant that in no distant time we
may see fulfilled the aspirations OF the
two friendly people.
| Meanwhile let the organizing com.
mittee receive our message of congrat
ulation, which faithfully expresses the
desires of the Filipino people, on whose
coat of arms appears the gratitude tc
all who, yesterday or today, have inter
ested themselves in our cause"
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