The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-06-23
HOW FILIPINos
SECURE ARMS.
Ag1inaido's Captured Letters Con-
tain Revelations compro-
missing Many People.

fCorTespozteree OF the Associated
Pressf
MANILA Nay 12-The great store
OF insurgent documents discovered By
General Funston, together with sor1s
interesting papers, which Captain z
y. Smith found IL the possession OF
General Pantaleon Garcia throw inter
ests1g sidsiights upon the Filipino
Government Most important Of the
lof Is Aguinaldo's plan for the uprising
in Manila. which was drawn by him az
MaIoIos- IL is in his own handwriting
in Tagaiog language. and bears the
date OF January 3, 1889 Pinned TO the
document was translation into Span
ish. done in the hand of BuencamiRo
AguiRaldo's order was addressed TO
his valiant Sandatihans" or bolomen-
When the word for the uprising WIS
given they were 10 slay all American
soldiers in Manila The inhabitants
we're TO repair to the housetops. whence
they were to hurl down upon the SOL
diers heavy furniture and any iron i'm
plements they might have, heated red
hot They were also TO have ready in
their houses hot water, which was TO
De thrown upon passing soldiers or
squirted at them through bamboo
syringes.
The women and children were ex-
horted to help in preparing the water
and boiling oil, whichthey were to pass
out to the men for use. Afterward, the
bolomen were to run through the
streets, slashing Americans wherever
they met them. They were instructed
not to stop TO pick up the guns OF sol
diers they killed. so the weapons could
be collected afterwards The bolomen
were warned to restrain themselves
from the temptation to loot, because,
as Aguinaldo explained, he was par
ticularly desirous to make good in the
eyes OF foreign nations his assertions
that the Filipinos were disciplined and
civilized people. Particular injunctions
were given for protecting the banks,
even the Spanish bank
Other interesting papers related to
the purchase and importation of arms.
One letter concerning consignment
OF Mausers stated that the German
Government would not allow them TO
be shipped from the country without a
payment of SO on each gun. Filibus-
tering must have been a costly enter
prise to the revolutionary government.
1t appears that one cargo, consisting OF
500 rifles and 100000 rounds of ammu-
milton, cost s1S7 900, Mexican money,
before it reached the insurgents
Among the itms included in the bill
O. the gentleman who engineered the
deal was one of 81, 200 for hotel bills in
hongkong. and three other expendi-
lures Of several thousand explained as
squeeze" which is interpreted as
Dribes to officials to keep their eyes
closed.
The filibuster was man whose name
has frequently figured in the papers in
connection with this business Other
letters Indicate that an American Con-
sui at ~..inese port sold several ship
ments of arms to Aguinaldo.
In letter from Howard Bray, an
Englishman belonging to the Hong
kong Junta, Aguinaldo is warned that
Spencer Pratt, the American Consul at
Singapore. is "a id traitor
Aguinaldo's letter-book contains cop
les of letters to all sorts of people. One
~ NAS Va caPou,
a girt of sword. whicn was sent as a
token of appreciation of the kindness
shown by the Japanese Government to
the Filipinos, the nature OF the kind
ness being unexplained.
These documents the authorities are
sending to the War Department. and
,hey are reticent about the contents.
Tne publication in the Manila papers
that letters were found duplicating
prominent business firms in this city.
is said by the gossips at the English
I-ub to have brought great uneasiness
TO sundry guilty consciences. There
has long been suspicion here thai the
insurgents would not have been able
to maintain communication with and
collect taxes from the outlying islands
without the conniyance of some of the
big shipping or commercial houses.
Records of contributions by Manila
firms to the insurrection appear, but
these are not surprising, because for
eigners in Manila considered ii neces-
sary to make such contributions by
way OF insurance upon their properties
in the provinces.