Evening star., 1900-10-01
THE VISIT Of SlxTo LOPEZ
OFFICIALS NOT INCLINED TO GIVE
HIM MUCH NOTICE
Amused at the Way He IL DupinE
f-Imperialists-Can Have No
knowledge of CaPditions.

While the officials of the government do
not intend to pay MUCH If any. attention to
Sixto Lopez. the Filipino who arrived in
New York yesterday fon the Campania, un-
less he is guilty Of some open act of trea-
son, they cannot but be amused at the way
Mr. Fiske Warren and the other anti-im-
perialists are being duped by this crafty
Filipino. According to Lopez's statement,
made public on his arrival. he says he has
come here to tell the American people what
the Fflipinos desire in reference to the
future government of the island, and he
hopes to be able to show that the conditions
of his country are such to fit the Fill
pinos for the maintenance of. Independence.
and it is said he is also likely to answer the
report of the Philippine commission made
under President Schurman.
These statements, like others made In
connection with Lopez, are misiea ding. Lo-
peg is spoken of as secretary OF Agufnaldo.
which is not correct, for he left the Philip
pine Islands soon after Deweys victory
and before Aguinaldo opened the rebellion
He accompanied Agoncillo from Manila to
Paris in the capacity of secretary or inter-
prefer when Agoncillo started to Paris to
be present at the meeting of the peace COM
mission when the United States was draw
ing up peace treaty with Spain. This was
during the fall of 1898, and Lopez, 1t Is said.
has not been back to the islands since that
time. After the treaty was signed Lopez
came To America WIN anu WstS
In Washington during the time the treaty
was before the Senate for ratification. He
was here when the Tagals, under Aguinal-
do fired upon the Americans near Manila,
February 4. 1899. and was left by Agoncil-
10, when the latter fled to Canada and then
escaped to Paris. Lopez remained in Wash
ington for some time because another MEM
Der of the Filipino junta was i'll and could
not leave. Lopez, however, departed from
the capital some time in the spring of 1899
and went direct to London, and has been
either in England or France ever since that
time and has not been near the Philippines.
Therefore he Is not acquainted with the
conditions in the island nor does he know
the feeling OF the people, and to judge from
letters he wrote to well-knewn persons in
inclined while abroad to believe that peace
was a most desirable thing for the island,
and that under the United States it would
be best governed and cared for While he
was in Was shington he acted as Interpreter
to .AgOnci1lo, who did not speak English
Lopez speaking 1t fairly well.
The officials in Washington are at a loss
TO know what Lopez can tell the people of
the conditions of the Ffipinos, when he
mas been away from the island nearly two
years. and on what grounds he will at
tempt to answer the commissions report
when he left the island long before the
had chance to learn what the people in
the islands think of 1t. But the anti-im-
periaiists do not seem to be disturbed hy
such considerations In their campaign
against expansion and no doubt LopeZ's
information will be acceptable to them as
all their other which. is n5toriol1siy incor-
rect and unreliable. Us