The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-15

A number OF letters and private paper7
belonging to AguinaIdo and captured somt
months ago in Luzon By General Funston
were made public by the War Department
today.
officials OF the department say that thi;
correspondence fully establishes the truth
fulness of the assertion that members o.
the anti-ImperiaIistic League in this coun,
try gave aid and comfort to the enemy dur.
ing the struggle in the Philippines. There il
one letter from a resident OF the Unitet
States dated at Fort Hamilton. n. Y, Jul.
II, 1899, which is regarded as fully justi.
flying a charge CT treason against III,
writer, Montague R. LeYerson, of the anti
Inperialistic League. but it is improbable
that such action will be taken against hip
partly On account OF his age, and part
because it would only cause fresh ouctI
from the members of the League. Lever
son went so far ii his letter as to sug-
sest to one CT the insurgent officials that
some official of rank il the service Of the
United States should be seized and tried
fer piracy.
An equally interesting letter is enc from
W G. St. Clair TO Howard " Bray, the
publisher OF the Singapore Free Press
The writer, who evidently took part in the
plans for the compromising Of Admiral
Dewey and C0nsuis Pratt and Aosely, lays
great stress on the fact that the American
public should be impressed with the be-
lief that Dewey and AguinaldO had COM
mon i..leTests in the Filipino struggle. In
one part Of h. letter he says:
The sole thing TO have impressed upon
the public in America would be the chain
ing of Dewey and AguinaIdO together az
erything into Dewey-A Aguiualdo co-opera-
ton, that was on both sides honest. ever
if ii did not imply any actual arrangement
which Of course. Dewey himself could 10!
make
4 letter from G. ApacibIe at HoncEass
TO Aguinaldo, speaking of arrange IL,
for the conflict with the Americans. Ts also
given 1t is dated November s. 1888. and
mentions in two places a man named Jones
as being in their confidence. It is re-
marked: I have received no news from
Jones with the exception OF my last tele-
gram TO you which l received from him
addressed from Paris. PERHAPS he has
communicated with you direct" In con-
/, eiHSion he adds: Together with this goes
a letter from Jones, which was enclosed il
a letter I received from him from CaiIfoT-
MA"
Notes in the handwriting OF Paterno and
Euencauiro are given showing that the
negotiations with the general commanding
TIE American troops early il May 1888
were 10 obtain delay for the equipment OF
insUrgent forces.
An article published ii an insurgent or
gan contains this paragraph: In the
meantime Z circular is being passed from
hand 20 hand containing summary OF
statements of what the papers and some
leading men in the United States said dur
ing the month of September for our cause
The correspondence follows:
Leverson's TreasonnbIe Letter.
Fort Hamilton, N Y, July L, 1899.
''Sr. c. Apacible:
Dear Sir. and Brother: Our friend Al
bert S Parson, Of Lexington, gave ne your
name as enc 10 whom I should write as d
representative Filipino
Il am member OF the Anti-Impe perialis-
tic League of Boston, of which George S.
Boutwell, is president, and Ewing WinsIow
is secretary. I have published many arti-
cles and letters deuouucing the piraticaI
war carried on by President Mckinley
against ycuT people. He and General Otis
and all his troops are pirates upon the ter
ritory Of the natives Our Presidents are
not in the position of Kings Our Presi-
dents are not in the least authorized TO
make war without the consent of Con-
gress, as Mckinley is doing, and all persons
comprised in this war are pirates.
II should like to suggest a plan to you.
It is this, you should seize some official Of
rank in the service Of the United States
and then inform the foreign consuls that
he was TO be brought before a council OF
war fer piracy and write 10 said consuls TO
have representatives present at such coun-
ell of war to see that it is legal.
Piracy should be shown by conducting a
war in violation of the usages Of civilized
war. and the proof would consist in the
fact CT li.e consent to killing defenceless
prisoners and non-combataTts. men, won-
en-. and children. in cod blood and in rob-
berry by officers and soldiers from non
combatants-
If were not an Old man OF more than
siXJy-nine years, l would willingly aid you
in your just defence
Il also suggest that the Filipino Con-
gress address an appeal to the peo.e OF the
United States
I shall not give you the heads of this
appeal, I merely point out some things
which Will especially iEfuSnce the people.
For example. a reference to the Declara-
ton of Independence must Be inserted, but
l believe that ii is also necessary for you
to mention in your appeal the points 1
have made above to show that this war is
piracy, using them to bring out the want
OF Christian feeling Of the soidisr
You must also show that Mckinley
keeps the people of the United States in
ignorance OF the true facts, that he and
the members of the Cabinet have deIib-
erateIy lied 20 secure the ratification CT
the Treaty of Feace with Spain without
the clause which would have assured the
liberty of the FilIipinos. That they de-
IiberateIy lied when they said that Agon-
clio advised Aguinaldo to fight, and that
a telegram stating the opposite was in
tercepted. The war was advised from Wash
ington to secure the passage Of the treaty.
DO not fail 10 insist upon the atroci-
ties before mentioned. especially the as
sassination in cold blood Of women and
children and the sack OF the property of
on-eombatants perpetrated By officers and
soldiers, especially by Il captain named
Otis. who is believed to be a relative OF
the general, who not only took no steps
for the punishment of the asSassins, but
who did not even reprimand them,
IF you can prove that women have been
violated. put that also in your statement
You should offer to prove all these
atrocities before a commission composed of
three Americans named by the CoIg-e OF
The United States and three Filip.nos,
named by the Filipino Congress, and pre-
sided over by a person Of some other ma
ton chosen by the United States-he must
! not be an Englishman, for they are ali as
sociated III the crime
IF the publication OF any portion Of this