The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-03
Filipinos Class Him With Aguinaldo
and RiSal.
MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE
NOTABLE PROCLAMATION IS
SUED AT TAELAC OCT. %.
"An American By Blood, By Ideas
An Illustrious Son of the Filipi-
nos"-War Prosecuted By the Men
In Power; Not Sanctioned By
American People.

San Francisco, Dec 2.-Man advices
from Manila give the full text of the
Filipino proclamation, notable for its
references to w. J.. Bryan, Risal and
Aguinaldo, the substance of which. was
cabled and published some weeks ago.
The proclamation was published at
Tariac in the La Indepencia, the official
organ of Aguinaldo, Oct. rs. AS trans
lated from the Spanish, the preface
reads:
"A message of gratitude to the illus
trious Democrats of the United States.
true representatives of the institutions
founded on liberty proclaimed by the
great men OF the North American re-
public in the meeting that will be cele-
brated tomorrow in the capital of the
nation. Initiated by the sons of that
grand liberal association that domi-
mates the country, which interprets
very well the sentiments of the people
and the desires of the government this
meeting in the presidential palace for
tomorrow was organized"
After announcing the official pro-
gramme of the assembly. the proclama-
ton continues.
Aguinaldo Hero of Century.
"All the preparations that have been
going ON for the past few days are
certainly worthy of the illuStrious head
of the anti-imperialistic party. Ameri-
can by birth. he has been educated in
and practiced the teachings of the
greatest presidents of the United States
and, for that reason, cannot consent
that ambition for power shall send TO
useless and shameful sacrifices the
sons of free America; and for that rea-
son has sympathiZed with President
Aguinaldo, whom he recently acclaimed
the hero of this century, a follower of
the teachings which have immortalized
Washington, Monroe and Jefferson. The
historians of the Philippines ought to
write in pages of gold the name of this
great American, a crusader for justice;
for that ideal justice of which lola
spoke in an address to the French
youth.
I'm the struggle which we sustained
with the old sovereignty, the word of
freedom was Risal, and the arm which
put the idea into execution was Agui- !
nal6o.
In the present time BRYAN replaces
the great martyr: sublime lessons for
the very enemies. which they meet |
with among their own brothers who
are fighting the injustice which they |
are coming to commit upon a weak |
people. See what grade of justice-if |
there be grades of iustice-has our |
cause, when it finds champions. not |
among foreigners, but among the very |
sons of the great republic.
Risal, Bryan and Aguinaldo.
"There should be pictured, then, in |
Filipino history, with the same glory. !
Risal, Bryan and Aguinaldo, glorious |
trinity of our political redemption: and |
for foreigner, who has Anglo-Saxon
blood in his veins to defend our cause, |
we ought to look upon the second with |
the same veneration with which we re- |
gard our greatest martyrs and heroes.
Bryan, American by blood, by ideas an |
son of the Filipinos.
Bryan is the clasp that links and |
unifies two friendly people, torn by the |
same dissensions and deserving of the