Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-09-07

leaders Of Aguinaldo who remained N
Luzon to see that II was carried out, 90
as to provide that the whole OF The last
two payments should be paid to the Lead
5ars and needy Insurgents In; Luzon in
stead Of to Aguinaldo and his chiefs ia
China III Is Ej III 5 $5$ if3
There appears to have been Twenty-Five
OF his chief leaders who accompanied
sAguinaldo to China. On the Path Of Feb
ruary. 1893, Aguinaldo and these leaders,
held meeting at Honzkong, and there,
resolved that the compromise agreement
OF Dec. 10. 1897, terminating the iDsur-s
:rection. was null and void. for Inc res
son that the leaders In Luzon wanted to;
divide the second payment of $2O0, Goo
among themselves, and for the further
reason that the third and last payment OF
100000 was not likely to be made. and
because only 100000 Of the 100000 had
been paid. The meeting also provided that
.Aguinaldo should have full control Of the
disbursement Of the $4OO, 900 paid. The.
resolves OF this meeting were in the form
OF an agreement signed by Aguinaldo and
twenty-five OF his chiefs. s II. .#g; a. q Is
Aguinaldo was at Singapore, in the sos
called Straits Settlements. q On the 18th Of
May he returned to Hongkong and on
that day held a meeting with jsommft-
tee. Of fifteen Of hts principal followers
who appointed him presid lent. Az this
meeting. Aguinhldo describe the con-.
tferences ne had had with our consul At
Singapore about accompanying Dewey to-
Manila. and he asked the committee to
decide whether 1t would be proper for him
to 60 to the Philippine islands with all
his leaders in case Dewey gave permits
sion. Agutnaldo insisted taht It was dam
gerous for him to return without q rit-s
ten agreement with Dewey, because he
Jared Dewey might force. him to sign q
compromising agreement and because he
feared he might lose the $500. 900 he had
obtained and which was on deposit In
two banks In China. He Il wanted four
committees to 90 IN his place His prin-.
cipal leaders argued against his scruples,
urged him to go. and among other things
said sss ~, .sS88 nj ;S .$5{ N nj
"There viii be mo better occasfon}3
than the present for the expeAition-a
ary fOrc . to land ON those islanda
and TO arm thems elves 1t the ex-S
pense OF the, Americans and 5assuFes
the attainment Of Our t1eEitimate
SEPARATIONS aEainst those very peo-4
pie. The Il Filipino people. unpro-
.videtl with arms. will he the victims4
81 the dem i nds$ and Sexactjonaf OF the
United States, but provided with
arms. will be able to oppose then-t
selves to s' them I and struggle for
their ind epeade nce. 5ss5 ~. E. Once the
I'm the Philippines, with
his prestige, he VIII III be able to
arouse thOae. m !. sses to eOmbAt the
demands OF the United states.''I rs
\ Here we can see how base 5treachery Of
the grossest and most malignant kind was
planned against our forces In Manila from
the very beginning. They looked to us to-
pernit them to return. TO furnish them
on, and to furnish them arms
and equipments tor. a war, not: against the
spaniards. but against us. their deliver
ers, who made 1t at all possible for these
traitors to return. gut
naldo. and nearly all fof his principal
chiefs are Chinese Mestizos-a mixture Of
Tagal and Chinese and this may perhaps.
account for their mercenary compromises
with. Rivera, and til cir spremed itated de-
sign to deceive and sbetray thu United
States. The result OF the discussion and
the meeting was. that the II committee
unanimously resolved that Aguinaldo,}
with the other lead ers. should return TO-
the islands. II The debate and resolution
was drawn up In the form of q written
instrument and signed BY Aguinaldo and
the fifteen leaders present. ss5fss
Il FILIPlNO% TRISACHER S3S s1;
After such . meeting and such . dis,
cussion. Aguinaldo and His leaders, ape
piled Ito Dewey for permission and trans
portation 70 return. Dewey va Fa not;
present at this meeting and had 81 no
knowledge Of the n scheme 4 ana purpose
there planned. Hef;twassan honest old
Tar. who came to- Manila ia make war:
On Spain, the enemy Of his country. IIst
had not come to set up Y Tagal military
despotism & Ia hostile 4 10 the & United
0tatss. He did not know ana could not
guess9 Of dream a that one Of the chisS
purposes fof these schemers waa sto pro-,
cure his I'D 10 arm themselves against.
his forces and his government Gould
no have sesn and read the document II
have referred to- he palpah1s PROOF o.
their xrsaehery u "a utnaldo nor
any Aof his leaders s1n China would ever
have been permitted Ia coma To- AGanila.
lust before Dewey started for Manila,
|ths Filipino LED derss ins EIongkon had is-$
sued . proclamation and sent II over ;to1
the Islands for Arrula ton. This nroc-
lamation contains tho Following admoni-
ton 70 their people ,
-