The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-01
Filipino Congress Meets Today.

The so-called Filipino congress will
meet at San Fernando tomorrow.
When Dean C. Worcester of the
United States Philippine commission.
who accompanied the Filipino emissar-
les from Calumpit. said to Colonel
Manuel Arguiiies that the Americans
were under no obligations to refrain
from fighting. the Filipino officers said:
would you fight while we are dis
GUESSING terms of peace?"
Mr.. Worcester responded that the
suggestion that an armistice would
give the Filipino leaders time to es-
cape.
MY God. Where would we escape
to?" the Filipino exclaimed. referring
in this to the menacing hostile tribes
behind the Filipino lines.
Colonel Arguilles told the correspon-
dent of the Associated Press that he
was much disappointed in the results
OF his mission. He said also that
Aguinaldo expected Calumpit to be the
cemetery of the American line.
Lieutenant Colonel Wallace of the
First Montana regiment, Major Adams
and Major Shields, who slept on Friday
night in General Luna's camp, where
they went to inform the Filipinos that
their ENJOYS would return in safety
found the Filipino commander cordial,
the Filipino troops removing their hats
as the Americans passed. The Fiiipinos
complained to them that the Americans
used explosive bullets, which is not the
fact The American officers retorted
that the copper shells used by the Fill
pinos are worse than explosive bullets.
General Luna said he regretted being
obliged to kill Americans, but that that
was his business. General Wheaton en-
tertained Colonel Arguilles and Lieu
tenant Jose Bernal and provided them
with horses to return to their camps.
Protest Against Surrender.
In the course of the conference yester-
day Jacob c. Schurman, chairman of
the United States PHILIPPINE commission,
told Colonel Arguilles that if the in
surgents would now lay down their
arms he and his companions of the COM
mission would consult them regarding
the plan of government to be submitted
to President Mckinley. He said he could
not promise that all their suggestions
would be adopted, but he could assure
them that there would be preSump
tion in favor of their suggestions, add
ing that the commissioners would be
especially DESTROYS of satisfying the
legitimate aspirations of the Filipinos.
When Colonel Arguiles protested
that unconditional surrender would be
humiliating. Mr.. Schurman replied:
There would be no humiliation in
General Otis treating our brother Fill
pinos as General Grant treated our
brother Americans at Appomattox."
Mr. Schurman said today to the cor
respondent of the Associated Press:
II believe Colonel Arguilles is person
ally sincere and honest. though l have
no means of ascertaining the sentiments
and aims of the authorities behind him.
The Filipino people, like other Asiatic
peoples. have no trust in mere words
without force behind them. but with
force. l consider conciliatory spirit of
the utmost importance.
Il believe, when peace has been es-
tablished, governing the Filipinos will
not be difficult matter, provided we
show them frames. justice and kindli-
ness. At the present time they distrust
and dislike us, but these sentiments,
which are. perhaps. not unnatural, will
soon be dispelled by the effects of the
good government we have promised
them to establish here. 1t will be the
foremost duty of American officials to
understand and syrnpathize with the
Filipinos themselves"
Encounter With Rebels.
Yesterday. before General Otis had
issued the order directing General Law
ton to return to Angat. the troops of
his command encountered the rebels in
2 circle of hills outside of San Rafael,
about five miles northwest of Angat,
dislodging them after an hours fight
ing. The Americans had three wounded
A thousand armed Filipinos fell back
as the Americans advanced.
The villagers met General Lawton.
offering him provisions. They dare not
flee into the mountain country on the
east, because of the robber tribes there
and on the west are the troops of Gen
eral Macarthur.
MesSrs. Carrick and Holmes, Ameri-
cans who had been running a sugar mill
at Calumpit and whose fate had caused
some anxiety. have sent word to Ma
Mia that they are safe with Mr.. Hig-
gins. manager of the nila-Dagupan |
railroad at Beyonbang.
Largest Gold Producer.