The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-16

and protected If private property be
taken for military uses. it shall be paid
\ for at a fair valuation in cash, if pos
sible.. and when payment in cash is not
practical at the time, receipts therefor
will be given, to be taken up and Ii
quidated as soon as cash becomes avail
able. The ports of the Philippines ISL
ands shall be open to the commerce of
all foreign nations, and goods and mer-
] chandise not prohibited for military
reasons by the military authorities
shall be admitted upon payment of
such duties and charges as shall be in
force at the time of importation"
OFFICES FOR FILIPINOS.
After quoting President McKinley's
| instructions, General Otis says:
Il am fully of the opinion that it is
the intention of the United States gov
eminent, while directing affairs gener-
ally, to appoint the representative men
now forming the controlling element of
the Filipinos TO civil positions of trust
and responsibility, and it will be my
aim to appoint thereto such Filipinos
as may be acceptable to the supreme
authorities at Washington.
ut is also my belief that it is the
intention of the United States govern
ment to draw from the Filipino people
so much of the military force of the is
lands as possible and consistent with a
free and well-constituted government
of the country, and it is my desire to
inaugurate a policy Of that character.
I am also convinced that it is the in
tention of the United States govern
ment to seek the establishment of q
most liberal government for the islands,
in which the people themselves shall
have as full representation as the
maintenance of order and law will per-
nit, and which shall be susceptible of
development on lines of increased rep
resentation and the bestowal of in
creased powers into a government as
free and independent as is enjoyed by
the most favored provinces of the
world.
TT will be my constant endeavor to
cooperate with the Filipino people,
seeking the good of the country, and 1
invite their full confidence and aid"
AGUINALDO IRRESPONSIBLE.
In response to the conciliatory proc
lamation of Major General Otis, Aguin-
aldo issued an official manifesto, in
which he says:
General Otis calls himself in the
proclamation referred to military gov
ernor of the> Philippine islands, and L
protest once and thousand times and
with all the energy of my soul against
such authority. 1 Solemnly proclaim
that have never had, neither in Sing
apOre nor in Hongkong nor here in the
Philippines, any undertaking nor
agreement, neither by word nor by
writing, to recognize the sovereignty of
America in this my loved country. On
the contrary, I say that 1 returned to
these islands on board an American
warship on the 18th of May of last
year with the decided and manifest
proposition to carry on the war with
the SpaniardS, to reconquer our liberty
and our independence.
In the proclamation of General Otis
he alludes to Instructions written for
him by his excellency, the president of
the United States, referring to the ad-
of affairs in the Philip
pine islands. I solemnly protest in the
name of God, the root and fountain of
all justice and of all right, and who
has given to me the power to direct my
dear brothers in the difficult work of
our regeneration against this intrusion
of the government of the United States
in the sovereignty OF these islands.
Equally I protest in the name of all
the Philippine people against this intru-
sion, because when they gave me their
vote Of confidence, electing me, though !
as president of the nation, |
when they did this they imposed on me I
the duty to sustain to the death their !
liberty and independence.
Lastly, I protest against this act, /
so little expected, of the sovereignty !
of America in these islands. in the name |
of all that has passed, of which 1 have ]
proofs in my possession, referring to {
my relations with the American au- |
thoritieS, which prove in the most un- 1
equivocal manner that the United |
States did not bring me from Hong
kong to make war against the Span
iardS to benefit the Americans, but TO
help us to gain our liberty and indie
pendence, for the attainment of which
object the American authorities prom
sed me verbally their decided and ef-
icacious cooperation. And so you
must understand, my dear brothers,
that united by bonds which it will be
to break, such is the idea
IF our liberty and our absolute indie
Dendence which have been our noble
aspirations, all must work together to
arrive at this happy end, with the force
which gives conviction, already so
generally felt among all the people, to
never turn back in the road of glory,
IN which we have already so far adj
7anced. EMILIO AGUINALDO."
On Jan. 9, a second proclamation,
TO have been issued by
guinaldo, was published. 1t contained
he statements that if the Americans
attempted to move from Manila into
he interior or attempted to occupy the
VisayaS by force, their acts would be
considered as a declaration of war, and
he Filipinos would Immediately begin
heir fight for independence. The pub
ication of this proclamation was pro-
libited, as far as possible. in Manila,
N account of its incendiary nature.