Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-06

Paris, January 5.-An official tele-
gram received by the Filipino junta
here dated Manila, January 4, says
that Aguinaldo has gone to Iloilo at
the request of the insurgents there, to
place himself at their head with the
view of their possible fighting with the
Americans. The despatch also gives
list of the members of the new Filipino
cabinet, with facts as to their antece-
dents The following have definitely
accepted office:
s. President of the cabinet and minister
of foreign affairs, Mabini.
Minister of the interior, Teedoro
Sandico, a civil engineer, educated in
England and Belgium, and taken to
Manila from Hong Kong by Rear Ad-
miral Dewey.
Minister of war, Gen. Baldomero
Aguinaldo cousin of Aguinaldo, the
president of the so-called Filipino gov
ton from the beginning. He is de-
scribed as a large land owner of
Cavite.
Minister of finance, Gen. Trias,
close ally of Aguinaldo.
Minister of public works, Gregorico
GonZaga, a lawyer, until recently the
Filipino agent at Hong Kong, and for
merly Spanish attorney general in the
Visayas.
The cabinet is described as homo
geneous, every member being rIedged,
according to these advices, to resist
the American military occupation of
the Philippines.
A member of the Filipino iunta here
srr A. vela1 nd not run
ag,ky, Ddt left Manila for the noun
famous region behind Cavite, in or
der to make secret arrangements for
his voyage to Iloilo."
The Filipino who furnished this in
formation also categorically and spe
officially asserts that the latest tele-
graphic advices declare that if the
Americans insist upon the occupation
of the principal cities by the American
troops, the whole of the Filipinos will
sresist by force of arms
Senior Tuason. who has been ap-
pointed Filipino agent at Paris and
London, is expected to arrive here
shortly.
the new cabinet will bring forward the
MOST energetic policy"
(Mvbini, it appears, claims recogni-
tton of the independence of the Philip
pine islands and will not consent to the
release of the Spanish prisoners, but,
it is added, he is willing to come to an
understanding with the Americans as
allies" for the surrender of the Spanish
military and civil officials and others
which will only be made on the follow
ing conditions:
THE negotiations to be opened for
mally between Spain and the national
Filipino government, Spain nominating
a delegate to treat Herewith.
2-An exchange of prisoners and
Spain to repatriate, firstly, all the Fill
ipinos held prisoners for having been
directly or indirectly connected with
the instruction; secondly, all prison
ers of war condemned as traitors, re-
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any manner seconded the Filipino
movement during the present century,
this surrender to be made before the
Filipinos release the Spanish prisoners
and Spain to grant amnesty to all Fill
ipinos and Spaniards accused of COM
plicity in the instruction.
Spain to defray all the expenses
of repatriating the Filipino prisoners
and also the cost of maintaining and
~Tepatriating the Spanish prisoners held
by the Filipinos, such payment being
considered war indemnity; the ma
tional Filipino government consents to
pay the expenses of repatriating those
Filipinos captured in formal action, al
thought, it is added, las a matter of
fact, the Filipinos are also entitled to
demand the payment thereof by
SPAIN
Friars taken prisoners, it is further
asserted, will not be included in the
exchange, seeing that they acted as
papal agents during the war, but their
surrender would be made on the con-
dition, firstly, that the apostolic dele
gate will ask their liberty in the name
of the people; secondly, that all bulls
and political DEGREES granting special
privileges to the religious orders, be
revoked; thirdly, that all rights of the
secular clergy be respected; fourthly,
that no friar hold any parish, cathe-
draL episcopal of diocesan preferment;
filthy that all such Dreferments he