The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
BRYANITE TREASONPROVED
TIM FILIPINO REBELLION KEPT
ALIVE ny DEMOCRATS.
Letter, and Omciai Documents showing the
Encouragcmen Given TO AEuinaido by
Br,an and His Friends Democratic Hope
Of Winning In November BY ProionKinE
the Insurrectiop In tn" Philippines.

HfNan and Ills Friends Democratic Hope
Of winning In November by ProionEinE
the Insurrection In thu Philippines.
rssre ought. then. b ngure In Filipino history
Win the same measure Of e~Aaltatlon RiIal. Bryan
,rd Aeulnaldo. the glorious trinity Of our political
,,t,mpuon. and upon the foreigner, because, although
!. coffles Angio-Saxon blood In his veins nevertheless
y, attends our cause. we ought TO look with the same
,,n,rn,on As upon our greatest martyrs and heroes.
p,,ar hy blood is an American; by his ideas, an
y,rsinous son Of the Philippines. Bryan Ia the clasp
n.t inks and unines the aspirations 81 two friendly
o.oplcs laboring for the same causes and worthy OF
A.. adrtrauon and the applause Of the world. From
"a IrfSrsrd,rcid, The FiIipfno reid organ. a cory OF
mn uGs caIfursd BY Gen, Whsofon al san Jotinto.
L4iO7.
al. William Jennings Bryan, the Demo
o,,tir candidate for President. had scarcely
,ak.p of the uniform OF the United States
Army and ceased TO pose before the cameras
NJ hi. count ymen rs a soldier-hero when the
words above quoted were scattered broad
oast through the rebel camps Of Luzon TO en-
oourarr the robbcr bands Of Aguinaldo TO
further resistance against the very army whose
ranks Col. Bryan had just left. Bryan stands
Tor the liberty u the Filipinos and for treason
AGAINST his country, Behind all the prolonga-
non Of this insurrection, behind the fighters
IN the field and the plotters OF massacre in
Manila are Bryan and his friends who hope
N ride into political power over the dead bodies
NJ American soldiers. Their constant cry
and hope has been that the dying embers OF
,0heIIion might he famed into n brighter flame
,or the political effect II might have In the
rrcsent Presidential campaign. They have
wanted defeat to come 70 our arms, The
outhrrak NJ smallpox was n campaign docu-
nsnt. a JOY 10 their souls, because possibly
I, might mean the further embarrassment
q, their Government and might add to the
possibility Of their success at the November
election
To keep alive the Instruction, to force the
rlplnos 10 continue their unavailing struR-
ole the Rryanites have held out the hand OF
fellowship. not 10 the Filipino people. but to
the band Of Mestizo Adventures and cut
thr,ats who control the r'hel army and ter
rorI,o through It's broken remnants every
village wherein there is not an American Garri-
,on They have said 10 these men Keep up
a Action n lighting. Make the people stand
hv YOU until after the election. That Will
helm us To win and then We will turn the gov
eminent Of the islands over TO you to run "a
con 500 N for your own personal benefit.
With this incentive the rebels have kept under
arms and done their best to aid the cause Of
ina / W = Nv " VI AthN k'A' 'hAN INV
erarv corner Of Tuzon that II Bryan wins the
Democratic party will give them the liberty
for which they are fighting. There can he no
doubt OF the truth Of these Insertions. Those
who have been in the Philippines have seen
n beyond question. They recognized that
Il was only the Vaccinations Of the Demo-
cratic agents which sustained the hopes Of
the trouble makers and none has put II more
mainly or more strongly than the late Gen,
n W Lawton. who in November ~ last year.
shortly before his death. wrote this in a
letter ~ n friend
7 would To God that tho truth n this whole
Philippine situation could be known by every
one in America as ! know Il. II the real his
tory inspiration and conditions = this in
surrection. and tho influences, local and ex-
torual that now encourage the enemy, as We'll
a the actual possibilities Of these Islands and
peoples and their relations TO this great Fast
could bo understood at home, We would hear
100 more talk Of unjust Shooting of govern
mont into the TiIipinos or Of hauling down
our 0ag iH IN" Philippines. II the so-called
an;I-imperiali~ts would honestly ascertain the
truth on the ground and not in distant Amer
ir1. they. whom I believe 10 be honest men
misinformed. wouldbe convinced ~ the errurof
their statements and conclusions and of theun-
lNilIlIldlf Flf'l W Nl''i lN'Al' hNifll lI'l''
III am shot by a Filipino bullet it might as well
come from one of my own men because know
from observations confirmed by captured pris-
oners that the continuance Of fighting is chiefly
due to reports that are sent out from America. ="
But Gen. Lawton did not know as much
about the anti-imperialist Vaccinations a.
lls since come TO hight. He gave these men
credit for honesty Of conviction. He looked
u,on them rs misguided persons who did not
know tho truth. but who. had they the oppor-
tIrj'y To learn il. would accept II and ackuowl-
edge tho error Of their ways. Had he known
when o." said that were he killed he might "a
we'll boz shot by one Of his own men that
these anti-0mperialists were deliberately plot
ting treason. and urging upon Tia Filipinos
the seizure and trial for piracy Of high Amer
lean officers. he would have written the proph-
eyr of his death In harsher language
IA harmony with the rebel leaders under
arms and hiding in the hills Of Lu1on. plotting
with the agents, Of the iuntas IN Hong Kong,
Ptr- and London the death of american sol
d'r~~ aud the disgrace Of the American flag.
t'",r mon come before the people Of the United
STATE, with an efiTOntery - bruren that they
u.ru' hr mistaken for misguided fanatics. That
tN"y ar" more than this. that th"v are delibc--
a." ira tors 10 their country. setting above the
nation welfare the success Of a political party,
T. proved hy their own letters written to Fill
i'... rebels and captured by American troops
7. F"'ItI tUllD-. MANY Oi me documents WtlCn
'hu thus fallen into the hands ot the Govern
rr.t have been made public from time To
time, 1nd rakcn together they furnish indiS-
l.'1tlr proof of a conspiracy of men in the
1ewuorIrir party 10 torment the rebellion for
political purpu~es regardless Of the cost IN
blood md treasure tO the nation. The crime
+ laid l- bare ~ a burned prairie, and those
I"' NtuH sci their Nlleg ance To their country
rl.vo their allegiance to any political party
N' -". 10 n that treason Is not hOnOred by
political urclcrmeut.
d. ali Tn, correspondence Bryan has been
,1'"ful not 20 PIT his own name 10 paper. He
los l"' his agents do that while he from tho
s'Hmp poke platitude- about liberty. But
b" Is M" man Ia reap the benefit from the trea-
syI Dr. the hopes ui the traitors were To be full
filed, and hy his public utteranceS he has en-
outraged Others TO 20 even further than he
Philippines n they are in the United States,
tnd 40, although an American by birth, he Is
hailed a. an illJstrious son Of the Philippines,
~" Documents captured were mostly found
by Gen. Funston among Aguinaldo's private
paper They show that the conspiracy has
existed for more than n year. that an or
glr't"d "'orl has been going on all this time
under ID" fostering care Of Democratic agents
Y Keep the rebellion alive. As far back a.
July, i'Ii. th" effect Of the work done was al
ready l"i'. Felipe ARoncillo. who was the Fill
Iinn tg".' DO Washington at the outbreak Of
~" rebellion and fed To Paris. saw very
Clearly what was going on. Doubtless he was
PARTICIPATING IN II, although he was shrewd
enough not Ia explain what his methods were
N''IuR from Paris, under date OF June 20, 1890.
l- Two friends q. Apacible and | Santos at
iAr hong, b" gave them some advice as 70
Dow 'tv revolution should be prolonged until