The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-25
lACONCuL0S APPEAL
Aguinaldo's Agent Again Urges
W. the Filipinos' Claims.
BROUGHT TO THE VERGE OF War.

Agoncilla Urges Necessity Of Prompt
Action ON the Part OF Our GOvern-
,nent in Assuring tho FiiipInos That
We Are Not Bent on Conquest.
Washington, Jan. 25.-In q commune
cation to the secretary Of state Senior
Don Felipe Agorcillo, the Filipino
agent, calls attention to the fact that
on Jan. II he addressed letter to him
upon the question of recognition, for
warding with 1t memorandum DEM
onstrating that according to all Amerl.
Ean precedents the Philippine republic
was entitled to recognition and in the
same letter he invited the attention of
the secretary to the present strained
conditions at Manila, where over zeal
on either side might create condition
resulting in grievous loss Of life, and
urging the necessity of an early and
frank communication between the rep
resentative of. the two countries. He
further calls attention to the fact that
since his letter was written the very
circumstances he feared have brought
the two countries to the edge of war,
and says that the language used b.
him was so prophetic that subsequent
facts have amply justified Its employ
ment.
He now desires to call the attention
of the secretary to certain conditions
which In his opinion require immedi-
ate alleviation. There are, he says. at
the present time 10000 American troops
at Manila, controlling a population Of
- 0.ln NJ Nun We
sells are stationed In the harbor and
many other American men-of-war and
transports are to be found within the
archipelago although the actual pos
session Of the American troops extends
over not to exceed 143 square miles out
of more than 100000" Despite the
enormous forces now in this extremely
circumscribed area 1--WE are Informed
through the public prints that other
vessels of war have been ordered from
distant parts of the globe to reinforce
these now among the islands in ques-
ti0n, while few days ago transport
sailed from New York city carrying
about 1000 soldiers and having Manila
as its destination, and as we are fur
ther Informed, regiments of troops are
q uHueF " ptoCCoo W way Va N@&"
Francisco to the Philippines. The pub
lie prints inform us also that an at
tack Is contemplated upon the Philip
pine Islands; the islands to be taken In
detail, the smaller ones first, the
larger ones blockaded SO that they may
not assist those first attacked He
says that it is naturally the impression
of his government and people that
these warlike preparations indicate ex-
listing or immediate military operations
in the Orient and they readily con-
ceiye that it must be contemplated thai
such operations are to be leveled at the
existing government of the Philippine
Islands.
"As the representative Of the Philip
nine government" he continues. II
hesitate to give adhesion to this idea,
for I cannot believe that there is any
present or future difficulty between the
American and Philippine government
justifying varlike activities, and as
believer In the humanity of the Amer
ican people refuse to acquiesce in the
idea that America designs war upon
the Philippines Island"
NJ He points out the fact that but lately
the United States and the Philippine
government have been associated in
conflict against common enemy. the
United States accomplishing its pur-
pose by the expulsion of Spain from the
West Indies, while the desire of the
Philippine republic has been practically
attained by the almost complete ex-
pulsion of the Spanish government
from the Philippine Islands, the Phil
1ppine government now holding as
prisoners of war between 5000 and 10.-
600 Spanish soldiers and the Spanish
possessing only few small garriscns
in isolated points of minor Importance.
He Is. therefore, unable to conceive
any reason why the armies and navies
of the United States. lately employed
against a common enemy, should be
turned against Americas recent asso-
ciate. The United States, he says, has
no active enemy in the Orient, having
proclaimed an armistice with Spain.
1t is true, he continues, that Spain
has undertaken TO convey to the UNI
ted States Its alleged claim against the
Philippines, a claim which Spain was
not capable of enforcing, and which
never found its origin in the consent
of the people of these islands. He in
quires: Are my government and my
people to be left to suppose that IL Is
because of some desire on the part OF
the American government to enforce
against its late associate this exploded
claim that the United States Is masslng
its forces at the late capital of the
Philippine islands,"
nI.IIt -t.,.