The times., 1899-12-27
WEDNESDAY,. DECEMBER p. 1899.
AguinaIdo-s Boston Service.

Evidence. now on the way from Manila.
consisting Of documents found in the cap
tured Luzon rebel archives. is said to de-
monstrate the character and extent of aid
and comfort furnished to 'AguinaIdo and
his co-conspirators by their friends and
abet0rs in the United States. In delayed
reports 10y mail just received from cur
Manila correspondent we have transla-
lions from The Filipino press which seem
10 Justify The Impression that The Boston
junta. having found the task OF support
ing the Aguinaldo mutiny with arms and
money too dangerous and costly, has re-
Gently rez0rted 10 the ezpedient Of pro-
longing the rebellion by deliberate at
tempts 10 misrepreseut the state of pub
I5c opinion in America, thereby encour-
aging the Malay insurgents 10 remain in
The field
an the issue CT the rebel organ. "Inde-
pendencia. Of November II. the following
cipher cable message. repeated from Hong
kong had prominent place.
-'Ns-I iucroH. Sopt. l4-Iu tile session ci the
senate Nl. Haar has c0uh8ted today with
energy -He rg-oiution proposed iv Mr. N Emery.
BE asserts tlaf tins proposition does Uat offer
t.
j. bias sr to fever heat tue planters beg Louisiana
lie has added thar the appeal directed br Ag,Iia-
aldo 10 ,fe people oi lfe uilad States ls doc
umeut -1 notable Jlst there are not iu the
world tri mou capable ot editing another equal,
and hr does nos Uudratard hgw thcre Could be
--1gin North American. UFlg-s Hc las heart
rt aleHe eHo does NOT understand fha Vaior ol
tae appeal made by tHe Filipino chief.
OF course tbe Boston junta. in sending
oFeI this message, knew that Mr. Hoar
could not say one Of the words attributed 10
him on the floor Of she Senate until after
the meeting Of that body ia December.
But it seems TO have been thought con
venieut and desirable 10 treat the things
he was expected 10 utter three months
later as having been already recorded. The
Wlckedness of this sort OF reasonable aid
and comfort 10 rebels in arms against the
Government is painfully obvious II does
not particularly matter whether Mr. Hoar
was OF was not party TO assurances such
as we have quoted. calculated TO make
AguiualGo and his followers believe that
they had powerful party ia the American
Congress ready and willing 10 give them
political and material assistance. The fact
that the senior Senator from massachusetts,
was friendly 10 their cause ana was repre-
zented by those clcse 10 him as prepared TO
fight for the insurgent flag in Congress,
was quite sufficient to give color Of proba-
buity TO dispatches like the one translated
fIom the independence.
Il is something TO be thankful for. that
the outbreak IS nearly enough crushed to
render it improbable that native newzpa-
pers In Luzon viii have further opportuni-
ties for disseminating dangerous matter
furnished by the American FIliplnos. But
thss does not necessarily make US forgerfuI
OF the past services Of those who. for con-
siderations valuable to themselves. in be-
half Of hidden principals have kept Agui-
laldo's mutiny on its feet long enough tc
cost ms the lives Of General Lawton and q
long list Of brave and loyal American sol
diers. The public generally does not faf
20 remember this. and the Massachusetts
Legislature may not