New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-29
FILIPINOS SEEK PEACE.
pEBEL ElNISSARLES CONFER
WITH GENERAL OTIS
AT MANILA.
,cruvALDO ASKS FOR A CESSATION
oF HOSTILITIES - THE REQUEST
NOT GRANTED-TO CONFER
AGAIN TO-DAY.

Nfanild
...x peace. Colonel Manuel Argueleses and
.,..,snant Jose Bernal, chief of General Luna's
- entered General MacArthurs line to-day
.ns Aag of truce They were sent on to
,sr,la BY train to confer with General Otis re-
..,,,ng terms Of surrender
rs. Filipino advances for peace have been
.-,,,,sss. Colonel ArgueleseS and Lieutenant
,.o, told General Otis that they were repre-
..,,at,ves of General Luna. who had been re-
os.aa hv Aguinaldo to ask General Otis for
..,.tson of hostlities, In order TO allow time
T.. che summoning Of the Filipino Congress,
,,.s ,oav would decide whether the people
wanted peace. General Otis replied that he did
49,. ,acogn,ze the existence of Filipino govern
r,.o~a will be another conference to-
morrow.
RECEPTION OF THE FILIPINO OFFICERS
rn. Fnpino officers walked down the rail-
,..,, 20 the Kansas regiments outpost at
O O'clock this morning. The Kansas captain IN
.,ora there escorted them to General Whea-
TOMS headquarters. where they were provided
NTH horses and sent to the headquarters or
General Macarthur. The latter invited the Fill
r,ros 70 sit down at lunch with him. and con-
...rs.a with them for some time. He refused,
however. 10 speak authoritatively on the sub
,ect of their errand, referring all inquiries 10
General Otis.
The FYlipinos were then escorted by Major
- . c...oro, NocAr+hur,s staff 10 Ma
Mia. reaching this place at p m General
otiss aid, Lieutenant Sladen, was awaiting
their arrival at the station with carriage In
which they were driven to the palace entrance
The Filipino officers attracted much attention.
They we're dressed in uniforms of checked blue
and white cloth, and wore straw hats. They
carried no sidearms. They were escorted direct
~ IN the office OF General Otis. Jacob G. Schur-
man. president Of the Philippine Commission,
and Colonel Charles DENLY. member of the
Commission. soon Joined the party there.
The news of the arrival of Filipino officers
under flag Of truce spread through the city
rapidly, and many officers gravitated to the cor
rdors Of the palace, while a crowd of natives
gathered in the square opposite.
At 5 o'clock the two Filipino officers. escorted
by Lieutenant sladen and Major Mallory. left
the palace They did not look at all elated as
result of their talk with General Otis and the
members of the Philippine Commission.
AGUINALDo's CRAFTY SCHEME.
Agllnaldo is evidently selecting the army as
cloak for his Congress. hoping by subterfuge
to overcome General Otis's consistent policy of
ignoring the Filipino government The Fill
pinos argument is that il is impossible to ar
range an armistice without the sanction Of the
Congress. General Otis punctured this assump-
ton by remarking that If Aguinaldo could make
war without the Congress he could stop 1t with
out reference to that body. One of the confer
rees afterward remarked that they are shrewder
than white men in diplomacy. as the Malays
are credited with being.
While the insurgents are undoubtedly tired OF
the war the leaders are torn with dissensions.
There is a suspicion that it was hoped by means
OF a conference TO ascertain what terms they
could expect. If they saw that anything is to
be gained by continuing the war, armistice
would afford them opportunity for recuperat-
ing their demoralized forces.
1t is an interesting commentary upon Agui-
naldo's scheme that only sixty Of the three hun
dred members of the Filipino Congress have
taken the oath Of allegiance which their Consti-
tuition requires.
FILIPINO PROCLAMATION.
Filipino proclamation replying to the proc
lamation OF the American Commissioners has
appeared. 1t is signed by Madini. for the Presi-
dent and is dated at Caniasdro April 10. 1t is
In the usual grandiose style. and declares that
President Mckinley issued the proclamation in
order to force the American Congress to ratify
the cession of the islands under the Treaty of
Paris. This contract of cession was made with
the Spanards after Spanish domination had
been ended by the valor Of our troops" the pro-
clamation asserts. The proclamation complains
that the Filipinos not represented at Paris
during the negotiation Of the treaty. and that
they are without assurances of the fuhment of
American promises. It dilates upon the alleged
Anglo-Saxon hatred of blacks and asserts a. de-
sire to enslave them. Deploring lack of for
eign aid in prosecuting the war. the proclama-
tion says in conclusion:
I'VE stand alone. but we will fight to the
death Coming generations will pray over our
graves shedding tears Of gratitude for their
freedom"
LUNA'S REGIMENTS SCATTERED.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING