The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-10-04
OUR POLICY RIGHT.
SENATOR NELSON LAYS BARE
THE AGUINALDO PLOT.
Protectorate Plan Advocated Would
Violate Our Treaty Pledges and Turn
the Islands Over to the Tagal Assas-
ems.

Senator Knute Nelson opened the
Republican campaign at Alexandria,
MINI, September / with mastery
speech ON the Philippine question, de-
iivered in his usual concise and con-
vincing manner. The town hall was
packed to the doors. Senator Nelson
held the attention of his audience and
at times the applause was deafening.
He was at his best.
The speech was entitled 1.-THE Phil
lppine Question in Its Various AS
poets" Senator Nelson opened with
this convincing statement:
"That our country had good ground
for declaring war against Spain and
that the war was just one, fairly
and humanely carried on to most
successful, honorable and glorious is
sue, is conceded by all, and is not a
matter of controversy. The American
people, without regard to party, are
responsible for the war. The bill ap-
propriating s5O,OOO,000 for war prepa-
ration and the resolution declaring
war were passed by unanimous vote
of both houses"
He then rapidly stated the events
which led to Dewey's victory ana to
the advent Of Aguinaldo on the ISL
ands by the courtesy Of Dewey.
Suspicion was first directed toward
Aguinaldo by General Anderson when
on July 1s, 1893. he notified the war
department: 81 suspect also thai
Agulnaldo Is secretly negotiating with
the Spanish authorities as his con-
idential aide Is In Manila
On the Gath Of the same month
Aguinaldo advised General Anderson
Of the "undesirability of disembark-
ing North American troops In places
conquered by the Filipinos without
previous notice to this government
(meaning to himself).
ss Review OF Events ut Manila.
Senator Nelson renewed the events
Of June and July In a rabid manner
effectually disproving the time worn
and long disproved argument that
Dewey entered into an alliance with
Aguinaldo. rsa-... -. l.. -. .... ..l.-.
AS early as June Aguinaldo IS
known to have been In secret negotia'
tion with Captain General Augustine
the Spanish commandant at Manila.
His idea was an alliance to drive the
Americans from the islands. 4-,
LATER ON A GENERAL MASS
ACRE OF OUR FORCES AND OF
ALL WHITE PEOPLE WITHIN THE
CITY WAS CONTEMPLATED 4
lon the 7th Of January, 1899, Agui.
naldo wrote from Malolos to friend
IN Manila. among other things, as fol
lows:
4 II beg you to leave with your fam
lily and to come here to Malolos, bu'
not because wish to brighten you.
merely wish to warn you for your
satisfaction, although 1t is not yet the
day or the week"
. The Uprising Against Our Flag
Senator Nelson gave full details o.
the barbarous orders from Theodore
Sandico for an uprising in Manila, tc
be accompanied by the burning and
footing of the city and the murder Of
all foreigners including Chinese. Con-
Guiding Senator Nelson said:
IT have thus aimed, in this brlel
but authentic narrative Of Aguinaldc
and his instruction, to show you the
inception and nature Of the Tagal re-
bellion in Luzon, and the character
and purposes Of Aguinaldo and MS
military chiefs. ..sss
Aguinaldo's Lust for Power. -.
1T is evident that lust of power
and self-aggrandizement, rather than
the real freedom of the Filipinos, has
been the aim and purpose OF Agui'
naldo and his chiefs from the begin.
ming till the present time.
THE instruction which he and
they started in 1896 they abandoned
for a price in December, 1897. When
war came on with Spain and Dewey
WAS. about to start for Manila. they
saw an opening and easy way to star
another instruction. To Dewey they
protested desire to aid him in ex
pelling the Spaniards-th heredi
tary tyrants and oppressors. 5@
Among themselves they planned
through the aid Of Dewey and his
forces, to enter Luzon, procure arms
and start an insurrection, ostensibly
against Spain, but really in hostility
to the United States. They came Il
Luzon under false pretenses and witt
base treachery in their hearts
They had no sooner landed ant
gotten their insurrection afloat ant
armed their forces with weapons, fur
nished by Dewey, than they began tx
open negotiations with the Spanish
commander, for the purpose Of com
bining with him to expel our forces
from Manila. Failing to get this CO
operation, they laid siege to Manila
for the purpose of capturing and loot
ing 1t before the arrival of our forces
when our troops finally landed, they
received them in an unfriendly ant
hostile spirit, and continued to haras'
and annoy them in various ways. AND
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