Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-08-09
ACVINALD0 A.pDALS.
Calls on the Powers 20 r connie Fill
Pine Inlepend. nee.
GUNDOAI NAPIDAN'S ERROE
sheIIed the Pcaceabic Town 81
ota. Thinhine 1t WnE IN Hc"e"
annas--Cnptrtu Otis ordered
Arrested by LnNvton'

Manila, Aug. 9.-Aguinaldo has ap
nealeJ to the powers for recognition VI
.Filipiuo indepandence" in documen.
dated from Ia lac. July "a and s'sleu
Inv Ruencanlino. 1t has been receF"i
NV all the foreign consuls in Mania
with the request that they iorWaro 1t ~
their respective governments.
The Fi!ipinos use their old areu ii.n
that they had conquered the sovereignty
of these islands from snVn pe'ols , .ne
signing of the treaty of l~rlS, ana 'nere,
fore Spain was in no position 10 oeue
them to the United States. Ihey argue
Tint the possession Of 1000 Spanish ptlS-
oners. captured with their arms hsh''hs
against the l'iipinos, rs eloquent PROOF
Of the uullity of Spanish sovereignty as
when thew SUI. enlered SPANS hold was
irreyocally lost" The document then
says: ..a,o,s
"Replyine to the Spanish commission
requests to release the prisoners because
Snain no longer has political interests III
fine islands, we asked for treaty OF
neoce and friendship between SPAN ana
the Filipinos, whereby the prisoners
would be released, but the COMMISSION
ers refused. because it would mean rec
oonition of our independence. This Is
equivalent to saying that the prisoners
must stay in our hands indefinitely, be-
cause their possession is our most ehca'
cious method to adjust Our account WIN
Spain and obtain from her recognition u
our Independence.
The Fi!ipiuos claim that thes conquer
ed all the country except MAMMA anu
that they co-npcrated in securing the lat
ter's capitulation by surrounding IL at
! the cost of thousands of lives. They also
claim they conquered the country unas-
sisted, except for 60 guns that Admiral
! Dewey gave Agiinndo, and that Admit
raj Dewey ana the British and Belgian
consuls recognized the Filip!nos' sever
eighty by asking for passes to visit the
country.
They repeat the claim that they have
letters from American consuls and gem
erals recognizing their sovereignty and
promising that the Americans would rec
ognize their independence, (which was at
the disposition Of the powers"
Finally the Filpinos appeal to the
powers to influence Washington to bring
to a termination 1.-The unjust war which
| is devastating the country.
The NapIian's Error.
The gunboat Napidan shelled Paete, OF,
the lake. near Santa Cruz The town was
full of people, who had been encouraged
to return after General Lawton's expedi
ton. having been assured that they
would not be n"Iested if they peaceably
attended to their business.
Lieutenant topp, who was in command
of the Napidan, heard that the insnr
gents had reoccuped the town and
steaming close in, opened fire with hi:
six Founders without warning.
The people. seeing the boat approaching
fled to the hills in Il terrified condition
and with barely time to escape. One chllt
was killed and many buildings wer'
damaged. The authorities express grea
regret on account Of the incident.
After the taking of Calanlba by tn
Americans General Lawton ordered tina
Captain Otis of the Washington regi
ment be relieved of his vmmand AM
placed under arrest on account of tn
slowness and seeming reluctance OF tn
companies under Ills command in obcyilN
the order to diseubark from the cascoe
and wade through the marshes unde
fire.
The men say that majority of ther
have been sick and unfit Cor duty an
were given to understand that thev woul
: not he asked to do any more fghtng.
The authorities at Madrid have order
ed the Spanish commissioners not to re
turn to Tarlac. and it is reported tw
special commissioners, SenorcS Caprilc
! and Cuerho. are on their way here fror
Spain to conduct the negotiations.