The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-10-05
OUR POLICY RIGHT.
SENATOR NELSON LAYS BARE
THE AGUlNALDO PLOT.
Protectorate Plan Advocated Would
Violate Our Treaty Pledges and Turn
the Islands Over to the Tagai Assas-
aims.


speech on the Philippine question, de
livered in his usual concise and con
vinc!ng manner. The town hall wa
Dacked to the doors. Senator Nelson
held the attention of his audience ant
at times the applause was deafening
He was at his best.
The speech was entitled THE Phil
ippine Question in Its Various AS
poets" Senator Nelson opened will
this convincing stateEent:
THAT our country had good GROUND
for declaring war against Spain ant
that the war was a just one, fairly
and humanely carried on to mos
successful, honorable and glorious is
sue, is conceded by all, and is not
matter of controversy. The American
people, without regard to party. are
responsible for the war. The bill APP
propriating $50,O00,000 for war prepa-
ration and the resolution declaring
war were passed by a unanimous vote
of both houses"
| He then rapidly stated the events
which led to Dewey's victory and 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 IS, 1898, he notified the war
department: II suspect also that
Aguinaldo is secretly negotiating with
the Spanish authorities as his con-
fdential aide is in Manila"
On the oath 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.
Review of Events at 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.
AS early as June 9 Aguinaldo is
known to have been in secret negotia-
ton with Captain General Augustine,
the Spanish commandant at Manila.
His idea was an alliance to drive the
Americans from the islands.
LATER ON A GENERAL MASS
ACRE OF OUR FORCES AND OF
ALL WHITE PEOPLE WITHIN THE
CITY WAS CONTEMPLATED.
On the 9TH of January, 1899, Agui-
naldo wrote from Malolos to friend
in Manila among other things, as fol-
lows:
81 beg you to leave with your fam
ily and to come here to Malolos, but
not because | wish to brighten you.
merely wish to warn you for your
satisfaction, although it is not yet the
day or the week.
The Uprising Against Our Flag.
Senator Nelson gave full details or
the barbarous orders from Theodore
Sandico for an uprising in Manila, to
be accompanied by the burning and
looting Of the city and the murder or
all foreigners including Chinese. Con-
Guiding Senator Nelson said:
81 have thus aimed, in this brief
but authentic narrative of Aguinaldo
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.
Aruina, dos Lust for Power.
ut is evident that lust OF power
and self-aggrandizement, rather than
the real freedom of the Filipinos, has
been the aim and purpose of Agu1-
naldo and his chiefs from the begin
ming till the present time.
1.-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 start
another insurrection. To Dewey they
professed desire to aid him in ex-
polling the Spaniards-their heredi-
tary tyrants and oppressors.
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
10 the United States. They came to
Luzon under false pretenses and with
base treachery in their hearts.
They had no sooner landed and
gotten their insurrection afloat and
armed their forces with weapons, fur
nished by Dewey, than they began to
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 it before the arrival of our forces.
When our troops finally landed, they
received them in an unfriendly and
hostile spirit, and continued to harass
and annoy them in various ways. And
when Manila was captured by our
forces. without their cooperation, and