Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-01-12
WAR OR PEACE?
Filipino Newspapers are Hostile 90
Americans - AguinaIdO's Envoy AT
Washington Asks for Recognition
from the President.


Manila, Jan. IA dispatch TO the
Independence from Malolos, the seat
of the so-called Filipino government.
says the governors of all the provinces
of Luzon have assembled at Malolos
for the purpose of Offering their lives
and property in adhesion to the policy
of the president and government. Con-
tinuing the dispatch says:
They say they fought only for tho
Independence of the Filipinos and are
unwilling to surrender to strangers"
Commenting upon President McKin-
ley's proclamation to the Filipinos is
sued by Gen. Otis, the Independencia,
which is a native paper, says the prob
lem presented is most grave. 1t ad-
mits that there are only two solutions
possible, namely, for the Americans to
abandon their annexation policy, or
prolonged and bloody war. 1T cites
the example of the noble patriots of
Iloilo defying Gen. Miller" and eN-
presses hope for pacific termination
of the crisis, but hints at trouble.
Hong Kong. Jan. THE newspapers
here publish the following dispatch
from Iloilo, evidently from a Filipino
source:
"When the Americans arrived at
lloilo they found no looting upon the
part of the Filipino forces, or conduct
of any kind unworthy of civilized peo-
pie. In conformity with their agree
ment with the Spanards, the Filipinos
entered Iloilo in an orderly manner
and hoisted the Filipino flag. The
Americans found a good government
tablished and meeting with the com
plete approval of the foreign resi-
dents. The post office, customs and
other departments were working
smoothly under the e ntire control of
the Filipinos. This disposes of the al
legations of the inclination of the Fill
pinos to loot and kill The Filipinos
occupied IloilO on the same humane
principles which have guided their ac-
tions against their Spanish oppres-
sorS"
Washington, Jan. 7.-Agoncillo, who
is here as the representative of the
Philippine government, has asked to
be recognized by the United States as
such and to be accorded the same right
as other diplomats. His request is
now IN Ine nall0S OF SECRETARY nay E.
SiXto Lopez. the private secretary of
Agoncillo, visited the state department
and presented letter to Secretary
Hay requesting upon behalf of Agon-
clio an interview for the purpose of
arranging to present his credentials
to President Mckinley, and inquiring
when it would meet the convenience of
the president to meet Agoncillo.
The letter of Lopez states that he is
instructed by Agoncillo, in view of re-
cent developments, to urge an under
standing between the American gov
ernment and the representative of the
Philippine people as to the relations
between the respective nations, such
understanding to be reached either at
Washington through the joint repre-
sentatives of the two governments or
in the Philippine islands in like man
ner. The letter concludes with an
expression of the hope that the friend
ly relations heretofore existing be-
tween the two nations may be main
tanned.
Accompanying the letter is a mem
orandum setting forth the establish
ment of the Philippine republic and
the provision for a detailed system of
government.