The record-union., 1899-11-25
THE JUNTA'S APPEAL.

which is a curiosity The burden of it
may be thus epitomized: ''If in this
Congress about to assemble, any declar-
alton is made against US. it would be
bitter disappointment, and would tend
to injure our cause. Therefore we ap-
peal to you to labor to secure from
Congress recognition of the independ-
ence of the Filipino Republic"
1t will be noted that this corresponds
precisely with the expression of General
Wheeler, with the single exception that
the General declares that a resolution
by Congress adopted on the very first
day of it's session and without any
waste of time in long -winded debates
and contentious, declaring the purpose
of the United States to command obe
dience to its DEGREES and to establish
its sovereignty in the Philippines over
any insurrection, in the face of any
opposition, would do more to crush
the rebellion than armies and cannon.
He adds that it will save hundreds of
lives to the nation and millions of
money, since the main stay and hope
of the insurgents reside in the belief
that the anti-expansionist party is
strong enough in the United States to
COW Congress.
Those sneering people who still tip
tilt their noses and ask friends of the
nation if the result of recent elections
in towns and cities have been tele-
graphed to Aguinaldo, and if they had
any effect upon the fight in LuZon, may
take but small comfort to their souls.
Their satire is ill-timed and without
point In the teeth of such sneers we
reaffirm that every election which went
Democratic in the current month, did
appreciably give aid and comfort to
the insurgents because the present
leader of that party has emphatically
declared in favor of recognizing the in
dependence of the so-called insurgent
Government, with the proviso only, that
we should retain certain harbor and
naval privileges in the Philippines.
The Filipino insurgents have their
agents in New York, San Francisco,
Washington, Chicago, London, Paris,
and even in SO small a city as Stock
Alva Udell is announced by the dis
patches as declaring himself the au-
thorized representative of the Filipino
insurgents. 1t is therefore entirely log
ical to hold that these agents, Juntas
and bureaus report to Aguinaldo every
incident which however seemingly triv-
ial, gives hope and encouragement to
his deluded followers.
The Hongkong Junta in it's address to
our congressman, makes a bold bluff
in assailing the President. 1t overshoots
its mark, however, when it declares
that the President is the bold, wick
ed man to whom the war is wholly
chargeable. and that but for him the
F1lipinos would be gay and happy, en-
joying themselves to their full in lording
1t over the Spanish in the islands, play
ing ducks and brakes with the rights
and property of foreigners, to say moth
throat-slitting of the ecclesiastics who
have incurred their displeasure
The American people will not receive
the assault of these rascally rebels
upon the President silently and without
demur. The insurgent Junta has undone
Itself completely. 1t has made a sad
mistake also in it's effort to bolster
UP claim of recognition by Dewey.
Anderson, Merritt, Wildman, Williams
and Pratt. 1t is weak effort. for it
rests wholly upon the recognition of
belligerent conditions, not of rights The
proclamation or address of the Junta
clearly reveals that Dewey never made
promise or pledge to Aguinaldo that
Anderson, Merritt and Otis treated him
simply as one having an armed force
in hand with whom it was more dis
Greet to avoid trouble than to fight,
until we were we'll out of difficulty with
the Spanish; that neither of the three
Consuls named made any promise to
Aguinaido regarding independence and
that the inferences of the Junta upon
which they base their claim are wholly
without foundation.
The most brazen thing about the
document, however, is the claim that
the Aguinaldoites stand for, represent,
and are the voice of the entire pop
ulation, when as matter of fact
they represent less than one-sixth of
the native inhabitants of the archipel-
ago. The document will excite mirth,
though in its indecent attack upon the
President it will kindle justifiable wrath
among the American people,
The proposition is now upon legs to
use $25,000 of the sum raised in San
Francisco to give fitting receptions to
returning volunteers-all are now at
home and there is a big surplus Of
money on hand-to erect a monument
to the valor, history and honor of the
First California Regiment. Would it
not sound better to devote that money
to relief Of the returned volunteers who
are out of work, and some of whom
are starving? AS far back as last July
the Record Union" forecast as proba-
bic the present deplorable state Of af-