New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-29

As''',. ho,ed 10 receive Their presence.
"p"'" 80 M, made any stir or caused any eX-
n''''' =, oe7rial circles senior Agoncllo,
- frs, came TO open the negotiations wild
,,n,,ed States Government is clever ana
- r,tle Oriental who understands lhe
a,r,,r,,e question thoroughly and Is anne 10
,,lv ~ tho condition Of affairs there hut
10 -. not vet succeeded in obtaining oihcai
'..,c,.tion The only audience he has oeen
=. secure Al The state Department was OF
oe,,el character and due only 10 the GOOD
q, me Secretary. who. however i'm
- r,on him that no came there only as an
.,rsual and no, as an accepted representa-
-. n the pseudo President Of the Philippines
.u.,,,uo having practically failed IN ms IN
,-..r.,g has been reinforced by four II his
'...,-,,an pr jose LOzada Senor Juan
-. Cantaiu MART Burgos and Senoi Don
,,r,,,ao who haNi been chosen evidently Tor
,,a,- personalities rather than for any political
Oh, they might have. They come as sub
..s'n.,os - Aeonc.llo. and with scaled orders
.-,r, their chief 60 his agent Ralston 4 Sid
sons well known firm Of attorneys here nav"
49, retained 10 look after their interests and
% AID them n gaining eficla recognition rms
embassy" IS established al the Arlington no
,el and evidently Judging from the way they
I've the members a. u are well SuppheO win
Philippine hold The claims they make Tor the
Islands are rather extraordinary and doubtless
made with the belief that the more they claim
~ more they viii receive They give Admiral
Dewey little credit for his work before Manila:
indeed they say that they could have taken me
e,y before long without The assistance OF the
American Admiral which assertion Is AL eX-
ample Of their hyperbohcal style.
While the agents ~ Aguualdo are educated
snd cultivated men and have a certain shrewd-
ness that one Invariably associates with an
Oriental their attitude and utterances show
ttai they ar totally unskihed ~ diplomacy,
and their mission can result ln little more than
showing to this country that many q the Fill
1inos are Mel of superior intelligence and
education.
Senior Juan Luna is one Of The most prominent
literary men 10 me Philippines and an artist Of
high repute number Of his works have won
yrizes from The French Academy and he main
wns an atclier in Paris where De- was educated
Ehis profession Although born in the Philip
pnes Sehor Luna has lived much abroad but
be has suffered IN the cause Of his country's
Independence having spent eight months in
prison for political reasons. and is an ardent
advocate for hey freedom
HIS colleague Senior MART Burgos, is a cap
tan in The Philippine Army, and acted as adju-
anl 20 Genera Lguualdo. He was educated in
Madrid and speaks not only French and Span
RI but English fuently having learned il in
Hong Kong. where d. IS established as a mer-
chant Captain MART rs the youngest Of the
delegation His uncle bishop Of the Roman
Catholic Church was executed by the Spaniards
Il The rebellion q 1872 for openly avowed sym
Da.hy with the reyolutonists
seho jose Lozada is an extensive landowner
The Province Of Bahamas. a physician by pro-
lesson and holds the chair Of medicine in the
University which has been established by the
fnLlpplne Government Several years Of his
Ne were spen, 10 London, and ne speaks Eng
IN with some fuency. He is nan Of pleasant
ADDRESS, Of broad views and sound judgment.
INC MS opinions weigh with his associates.
he secretary Of the embassy" Senior Don
iMlpneo Is also from Bahamas, where he is
'hah Of high standing and wide influence He
70 s~yei by profession, was Attorney General
UoH Spanish rule and has held number OF
'neT high Offices Senior Philippine is warm
''Aher Of American Institutions and is largely
1n'enced N h. ambitions by the study he has
haae q them