The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-19
ADMINISTRATION
AGUINALDo IS INVARIABLY FOR BATTLE
Many Letters ana Dos a,ncnts Cap
tured by the United States Forces
Were In the Batch.

TO the senate resolution OF January II. last
the president today sent TO the senate ad-
oitlonal documents bearing on the insurrec-
ton In the Philippines
Inc papers are all important. One of them
IS report OF Colonel Arms Blanco OF the
Philippine army. 20 the General command
ing the second zone.'' OF the events of Feb
ruary 2. 1899. in Tondo. lie says that on
tne ringing OF the alarm OF fire. he imme-
stately ordered twenty men who gathered to
| noid themselves SO that whtn the designated
| nour arrived they would be ready 10 90 10
Meisic. where the American barracks are.
ana set on fre the houses about there. la
Greer 70 interfere with their coming out from
tue Darracks as was agreed upon In the
meeting with d. Rosend Iona.
inc result was that on the march to the
scene OF tho operations we found the
cascadalzo were filled with Americans and
among them were a number OF country peo-
PIE. who cried out Brothers to the strife.
ior now is the hoIr., This is what men were
saying In that crowd and at the proper time
they sounded the cali of our army advance
anu nrei The sight OF that strange scene,
| threw us INFO confusion. for we believed
that all we had prepared from the beginning
| as well as what we saw vas prepared by
| the enemy and hts spies"
| He then ordered retreat and when they
met Americans. tho colonel says. the latter
gave his forces two volleys. lie adds tnat
ms men with their daggers In a hand-to-hand
conflict forced the Americans to rstire.
Another letter. dated at Tariae. October
%. last signed by j. NJ. Leyba. comments
an unnamed Filipino officer Of whom the
writer says that he will go to Manila COM
mlssoned by our government to throw some
dynamite bombs and set IRE to the houses
and the principal buildings. especially
those occupied by foreigners.
Among other documents is unsigned let
ter to General Rios of the insurgent army
ut lloilo. dated at Mololos, October so, 1898,
apparently inspired by Agulnaldo In this
letter tho writer saws that his desire is TO
yet save from shipwreck the sovereignty
of Spain In these Islands
He then proceeds: 81 am informed that
YOU are considering surrenderng the place
to us or to the Americans. After six months
Of vigorous siege and OF total abandonment
Understand how you can prefer us to the
others, The way TO make this surrender is
the Filipino republic with the Spanish re-
public recognizing the chi ftanship Of our
honorable president Senior Emilio Aguinaldo;
fraternaI embrace will take place be-
tween Filipino, Nisayan and Spaniards. There
will be hurrahs for Spain aud the Fillpinos
united as federal republic: your troops
will pass into common army you will pc
promoted to lieutenant general You VIII
glye account of this in Madrid and in the
meantnle W. shall fight the Americans to,
gether. We shall conquer and then we snail
wait and adjust our future relations,
THE surrender of the heroic columns you
con mand is the greatest outrage which can
be inflicted upon those men since they nave
suffered the humiliation which their unfortu-
nate companions suifer here, and you, the
able and upright and valiant general are you
going to sign treaty with the Americans
God preserve you from 1t, sir Your trans
fer to our eide does not really involve reason
TO Spain since the moment sovereignty passes
to tho Al o ricans you are free TO transfer
yolr alleglence. This is in accordance with
the principles of national honor and It would
serve as the first base Of the new alliance
between Spain and the Fiipinos and then
from both come honor and applause for you
as having been one fortunate enough to ef-
feet It,"
Both the preceding document and the one
Immediately following were on paper used IN
the private office OF Aguinaldo, hut neither OF
them bore tay signature. The second docu-
ment in this connection, which is not dated
is apparently a letter Of instructions to Fill
Pine commissioners who were to accompany
the American troops TO Iloio They were told
not to recognize the sovereignty Of the Amer
lean government and upon disembarklng the
commissioners were to prepare the Filipino
forces TO attack the Spaniards, ''some hours
before the Americans can enter the place"
They were told that in case either the Span
iards or the Americans want TO treat and make
promises to- believe nothing and pay at
tention to nothing, but press the attack until
YOU die or conquer both OF them" II the at
tack should not take place until after the
entry of the Americans the Fllipinos were IN
structed that they must continue TO enter
the city prepared to occupy it and take pos
session of the ground, but without firing n
shot unless the Americans commence In
case the Americans should begin the Filpnos
were to attack Immediately and not give up
until killed. In this connection the Iloiloans
We're assured that the Americans were valor-
Gus only in appearance and would soon yield
II met with valor. II the Filipnos should
get possession OF lloilo before the disem-
barkation OF the Americans then the Filipnos
were ito conceal themselves in order to de-
ceive the Americans and make them think
we are more than we are in fact.
The instructions continue; LET them ap-
proach and when they are In due range of
our rifles, then establish a general discharge
so that as many as possible will be killed at
once We can calculate on one of our soldiers
being worth four of theirs, so that In the
hour of victory, after the combat we should
have less losses than they"
Another document relates to the conference
sought by General Otis with Filipino lead |
ers relative to the expedition to Iolo and
says that General Otis tried TO secure depu-
tauor OF natives to accompany the exped-
tioa In order 10 eonclliate the nsurrectonisis
there. There is a note in this document saw
ing that General Otis had indicated that Il |
was the purpose Of the United States TO annex |
the Philippines, but the general admitted
there were TWO parties In the senate. A proc !
lamaton signed by Aguinaldo on May H. 1895 |
says; Il see the Snanish government is un- |
able TO struggle with certain elements which |
constantly opposed the progress of this coun- |
Try ana now since the powerful and great
North American Nation has come showing a |
disinterested protection which will enable us |
TO secure the liberty OF this country I come |
TO assume the command OF all forces. ready 10 |
assure the attainment of our revived aspira- |
tons"
lie said he would first establish a dictator
snip and afterwards government with cab |
met The Dapers are all TRANSACTIONS OF docu- |
ments captured from the Fiiipino forces