The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-15
PLANS A PEACE PARTY
Buen Canine Issues Manifesto
to the FilipinoS.
HE SUGGESTS TERMS
TRIES TO FLATTER COUNTRY.
MEN-SCoRES OTIS.

correspondence of the Associated Press
Manila. p. L, May 25.-FeIipe Buen.
amino, formerly secretary of state in tn,
FiIlpino government, surrendered to the
American forces last December, fully ex.
Meeting 10 be shot as soon as it wa,
learned who he was. Instead of execut.
ing him, however, the American Office,
% whom Buencamino presented himself
invited the Filipino to share his s,ipne,
of trn eggs and a handful Of rice ana
the next day sent him down to Manila
Here he was confined for three months
IN the AVela street Jail. Shortly before
General Otis left for home Beuncanino
was released and Ii was understood be-
tween Gus and Buencamino that the lar
ter should devote his energies toward eff
tectlng peace between the Filipino forces
and those of the United States, and the
recognition of American sovereignty in
The Philippines by the Filipinos.
To this end BuencaminO has comDosed
peace programme. copies of which have
barn sent to the prominent leaders of m.
revolution, both in and out of Manila.
Plans Peace Party.
tt is his purpose to start the formation
of philippine National party" on the
basis contained II this programme a
faithful translation of which follows.
As the present Filipino revolution is a
war. and as we have declared the iTnite5
States 70 be the protecting power of orr
independence. it is impossible in accord
auCe with international law, for us to do
without the United States in the matter
OF obtaining our national independence
because no country can enter into the con-
cert Of independent nations EXCEPT in ar
cOrdance with the rules of that law
The proclamation of Emilio Aguinaldo.
dated May "A, 1898, the revolutionary helm
given 10y cur troops during the war he
tween Spain and the United States ard
the treaty of Paris, dated Dec. 10. lSgS
conspred to give TO the United States
the role Of protecting power over +ba
Philippines as well as that of the bellie--
erent power to whom Spain sold all her
rights for $2G,OO00O0. md if to the fore
going leGdl deductions we add the fact
that the United States has clearly SHOVE
determination to intervene in our future
the ImDoSSibility of resisting their inter-
ysntion becomes still more evident and
clear
Says Islands Might Be Sold.
1T is possible that the United States
eventually weary of our present system
of warfare, may decide to sell us to some
other power. or else leave Us to our fate.
in which latter case IL would devolve upon
us TO obtain the recognition of our in
dependence from the nations of the world
This possibility is fraught with the i'm
mnent danger that we fall victim to the
dIhplipIN OF lue great nations and be-
come partitiOned among them
Consequently, IL is necessary that We
recognize the supremacy of the United
States and strive TO obtain. within the
limits Of the American constitution. the
greatest measure of liberty compatible
with our welfare.
Results of Abuses.
The most predominant features in mr.
past independent government were those
immoraties and abuses which are the
offspring Of our own ignorance. and the
vices inherited by us from Spain.
We succeeded in making the Filinino
regime so odiOus To our own people that
IN the critical moments of our affairs the
people showed us their hatred; they re
Specttd neither our cabinet officers nor
the persons OF the mother and the son of
the president of the Filipino reDublic
whom they sold to the Americans after
hrSt having murdered many of the lead 1
ers officers and soldiers OF our army ana
they have robbed our governments of its
and money. We require. then /
the protecting power of the United States |
To prevent our national unity from de-
sfucteh by those civil wars which, owing