The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-01

to receive officially the representatives
OF tho revolutionary Government and en-
distinguished gentlemen with whom / had the
pleasure to converge a few evenings since. fou
WIN eSe tat WITH s
has been onsistept. and II has panied me that
have not been nble to receive and answer
Government at Malo,os. fearing that l might
be erroneously CHARGED with lack OF courtesy.
Of tho serious MISUNDERSTANDING which exists
SetTee the fpn9 Te2RS snd tns
and which hope that our Comm fasteners. by
slHcePe9 Believe ,Sat AZ dss hI peace
"y have as been %
think that wo occupy the position Of adverse
s Tns Fsn, Tb h Fl tho Tader
The srGs 1Tsrs o. the Sod Pr cobrt 2
the MSy the 3 dssnrbed
and uniriendly attitude Of the reyolution;,
n fsoG assc Hns Rha as active have
been determined upon although L must be
clearly within the. comprehension Of unprelu-
and happiness Of the, Fillpino peorle de-
pend upon the friendly, protection o. the
and is she hasa has acknowsds ledge before the World
that NIL her claimed rights in this country have
Departed by due process OF inw This ,i HS
accompany it. awaits ratification by the Senate
Of tho United States. and the action OF its
Executive Executive Of %I that Government can proc aim
definite policy. That policy must conform 70
pressed through its representatives in Con-
rress.. For that action the Fiirino people
should wait. at lenst. before severing the exist
/ am governed .by n desire to further the
interests OF the Filipino people and shall
bs " n6 yin rcss end IN veT
avoid It. and still shall en,leavor to maintain
n position to meet all emergencies that may
".rermit me 70 subscribe myself General.
with tn" highest respect Your most d q0edleht
Major Gen L. s. Volunteers. Commanding. >
Two members OF the commission appointed
by Aguinaldo were officers OF his army. the
the United states. Gen n T, Hughes. Col: J;
+ so E th0 rSSTn JUDGE SuRfs5s
commission had severnl sessions, extending
over period OF some three weeks. hut no con-
clusions were reached. as the insurgent mem
bers could not submit any formulated state
They presented as the desire Of the insur
gents absolute independence under the pro
lection Of the United states, 5ut the nature tyre
could not explain. and the conferences resulted
IN failure.
gents along their established lines and within
tho city exhibited Increased aggressiyeness.
assuming defiant, attitude, SO much 80 that
any demon STATIONS which might be at
tempted; lnsHrgent armed parties art ,aS en-
"ar troops oT to resist her
To arrest these proceedings our officers and
citizens OF Manila connected with the insur-
gent government were sent to insurRent gem
era officers at various places along their lines
to request that they keep, their men In check.
p M'E Rewever tte heed to tReir Promises
On Feb. l asmal detachment belonging to our
ssfy sG Mso sef fl w brouSR
HEADouARTERs DEPARTMENT OF THE)
PACIFIC AND EIGHTH ARMY CORPS.
MANILA 7. l., Feb. dSD.
Gsm Fm,L1 A1ns'dS EG%md"d'"0 Philippine
"'GENERAL; have the honor to inform you
that small party Of engineers. consisting OF
a Sergeant and four privates; who were en-,
the map OF Manila, which the Engineer Corps
is now busy in perfecting. has been missing
9T fwS IN Fhe
out TO do work within the city. with directions
to contlne itself to ?, the city and sub
do not understand nor can, l imagine
for what reason they are held at Maoos;
with Harpri.'s Weekly. anows paper Of New York.
engaged In taking views for that paper, has
also been arrested and held as prisoner. |
do know who the man is. am also informed
that private solder who went beyond the lines
know, is also held us prisoner. / send my
stan officer Lieut.. Ham OF the Engineer Corps.
to make inquiry and request yo,lraction in this
w i am doing everything possible to preserve
the peace and avoid all friction until the
with the sentiments and intentions OF the
American government when am confident
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country as their friend aud protector. | also
fully believe that the present unrest is the re-
49, am. General. most respectfully your
obe,lient servant. OTIS
Major General Y; S. Y. Commanding.
v,rc, ~, 49, M4IG ~ 9. Feb; 4; 1890.
|YdEyEEAL: In reply to your letter Of Feb. 2
to-day liberated were detained within our ter
ritory beyond our advanced lines on Soils
street sxamninS our insrenGnme3ts ana de-
and com pass. plans OF Manila and its suburbs.
tape, q machetc. two penknives. scales, &c.
~ deeply regret that these soldiers have
tes S OF our ocers '; wtnesses Of their T
dated Oct %. Which proh BITS ali foreigners ler;
Photographic views OF the same. drawing
plans. Of, entering our TERRITORY. with arms. al
unarmed' The S eorr re Of e. Har T az!
Weekly has been detained In San Juan del
Monte taking Photographic views. and the
proof OF this Is that in care Of Col Miguel he
has been sent his camera and his horse
~ must state that in consideration OF the
friendship Of the Filipino people for the
Americans. the said soldiers have not been i'm
prisoncd but detained. in accordance with the
spirit OF the decree OF Oct. 20 last They have
been lodged in the Gobierno Militar. and have
been issued the daily rations OF our officers
II they have been uncomfortable 1t is due to
the excessive sobriety Of our race and OF our
soldiers. who are accustomed to eat but little
and to sleep on the hard ground.
with these explanations, | believe, Gen
eral you will understand the motive for tho de-
tention OF your soldiers to-day liberated and
who have been treated with all due considera-
ton. | therefore hope that your determine
ton may be another motive on which to base
our friendly relations with the great American
republic. and In consideration Of this also de-
cree tho liberty OF the correspondent referred
al am. General, as ever. your obedicnt SER
want
"'EMILIo AGUISALDo'
1t will be observed that tho insurgent Gov
eminent insisted that this engineer party was
arrested outside % our small Aeld Of operations.
which am confident was not the fact. but the
correspond ence Is given to show the efforts OF
the American authorities TO maintain the
peace During all this tImo our officers and
men were insultc1 and openly proclaimed 10
be towards: our outpostS were attacked at
night. and the impression became general
that the Insurgents, Notwithstanding our
efforts would inuulCe gOOn In omen attnTk mud