The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-08-22
Was Released to Aid
Amnesty Scheme
Ills Solutions Plea For Filipino
independence.

tes.rsn, udenoa Of the Associated Press. /
Manila. July 15.-Ihs recent political /
,.e.rIss ia Manila Of Don Pedro Palermo,
amemines insurgent, have received but /
fsss comment il the local Spanish press,
hsss tbs press censor prohibited the
Indication both hers and IN the United
States Of this mans strange doings.
p.enos liberation from jail for the
nnsa q working on the peace PROPOSE
tons begun BY Don Felipe Buencamino,
hls Immediate publication Of most re-
nskabie document IN favor otphllipplne
Independence his subsequent re-incarcar-
alton and the Tact that he then took the
e.sh 81 allegiance TO the United States
na eas freed but declined to accept his
absg, elaesing to remain in jail ana
ss Is d martyr, read more like an act
nom comedy than tbs truthful records
q 3 weeks political happenings IN
ganlia.
ralsrno came 70 Manila about three
nashs ago from Vigan. He says he
snnaeFed. but the army reports say he
as captured In Manila he was placed
IN tie Anda Street jail, along wi.h
Basncmlno and other political prison
es While there he meditated political
uam. studied English and was wei
hasa and fed at government expense.
HAsn General Otis was leaving Manila he
atgssea Bnencamino with the under
sanding that ne use his influence with
s Filipino people toward bringing about
pze. Buencamino worked away on
ae lines alone until about the middle
L Jane, when he realized that Palermo s
lnaasnca would be a good thing to have
a His BnencamInof S. side OF the under
taxing: 50 permission was obtained from
GmAl Macarthur for Palermo to leave
M taI every day in order to more easily
ee and work with Buencamino
Rno returned to the jail to sleep
Atly, and it was Understood between
neral Macarthur and himself that hi
forts and attitude must primarily EN-
saee the reception OF the sovereignty OF
q United States IN the Philippines
Filth General Macarthur permission
bare occurred, June 81. the IOcally-fam-
Us meeting in pa1erno's house whers
Shout two hundred weIl-known revolu-
aonlsts met to discuss the terms OF an
honorable and digntned peace with the
american army.
Thirty Of the two hundred men present
WeFs liberated from the Anda Street Jail
rrp0ssly 60 attend the meeting, and,
alter q stormy and spicy ses sion. they re-
solved that peace could be obtained on
eight certain bases, which, that same
e7enng were handed TO General m &C
Arthur The next morning the general
vas stricken with a local fever which
Iasgenlea his attending to his official
duties for nearly a week. This delay IN
lie Proceedings was seized upon by the
filipino enemies OF Bueucamino' plans
There were American enemies to the
pace scheme as well, but these latter
We1e passivel, to start an anti peace cam
Nign IN the country with the idea Of
lQlesalllng the good that the Manila
group hoped to accomplish. During the
asay caused By the American general S
Illness Palermo sprang his coup d etat in
The form Of q most remarkable and Inn
PERTINENT document, without reason,
without sequence. without head or tail,
which began with a quotation from a
pan Of Pnlllpplne government and ended
Vlth quotations from European states
men Ike Gladstone, Won Moltke, etc
falernos plan was nothing less than a
aaltous plea for Philippine independ-
sneel and It had a disquieting effect on
zoe people. It was published simultane-
oaslY IN all Of Manila's Spanish papers,
amethod Of publicity which insured its
spread throughout the entire archipelago.
10 this document Palermo set forth what
ae and his followers graciously would
aagn to accept from the United States
u exchange for a cessation of h0stilities
y the tlllplnos He conceded the chang
ag Of the name Filipino Republci" TO
mat OF Free Philippine State" as
@p % the American national pride; he
aenandea the admission, on a basis Of
Auality, OF Fllipinos into the American
army navy and consular corps; he de-