The Irish standard., 1900-10-13
am fully of the opinoin that it is

government, WnlG ulrectlng afalrS
generally, to appoint the representa-
tive men now forming the controlling
element Of the Filipinos to civil trust
and responsibility, and it will be my
aim to appoint thereto such Filipinos
as may be acceptable to the supreme
authorities at Washington"
Aguinaldo issued q proclamation on
Jan. S, 1899, in the course OF which
occurs the following: '"rhen (early in
1899 all the Filipinos without distinct
tion of classes took arms, and every
province fastened to eXpel from it's
frontiers the Spanish forces. This is
the explanation of the fact that after
the lapse of so short period of time,
my government rules the whole of Lu-
zon, the Viscaya Islands, and part
Of Mindanao."
Captain E. e. Hatch, of the Eight
eenth infantry, says: "There are
twenty, thirty, forty different tribes
of the Filipinos. Yes; but to under
stand them it is only necessary to con-
slider three, the Tagalos, Viscayans,
and Moros. They constitute more than
nine-tenths of the 100000 people,
dominate everything, and relatively
the others are so few in numbers and
small in influence as to be unworthy
of notice in a general consideration"
Mr.. John Foreman says, on Oct. s,
1898, befoe the peace commission at
Paris: 1.-The inhabitants of the cen
tral islands, or Viscayas, are more un-
couth, decidedly less hospitable, and
somewhat more averse to associations
and relations with outsiders than the
Tagals-those Of Luzon-but 1 think
they would easily come under sway.
They want little more pressure-and
would have to be guided more closely
watched, and perhaps little more OF
the iron hand used than in Luzon.'
General Otis himself says on page
&c Of his report before mentioned, re-
ferring to Aguinaldo's government:
Ellis success was not in the least as
tonishing, as after the various islands
had driven out the few remaining and
discouraged soldiers of their openly
declared enemy, they naturally turned
to Luzon for some form Of central gov
ernment, the islands Of the south being
we'll aware Of their inability to main
tain successful separate and distinct
political establishments"
The Rev. Clay MacCauley, after a
tour of the Philippine Islands, says:
ut should be known, to begin with,
that the people of the Philippines are
opposed to such (American) anneXa-
ton. BY the Philippine people 1 do
not mean the savage tribes Of the hills
of Luzon and of the remote islands.
These tribes have always ignored or an
tagonized every other than their own
inherited governments. The Philip
pine people are the hundreds of thou
sands Of Christianized natives and
persons of half or mixed caste who
now occupy numerous cities, towns
and plantations; who possess accumu-
lated wealth; conduct agriculture; own
factories and direct foreign commerce.;
and who have attained to considera-
ble degree of education and culture in
the arts and the learned professions. :"
Edward b. Mccormick, assistant
surgeon of the Tenth Pennsylvania in
fantry, says, in the Pittsburg Post, of
Sept. 1, 1899: "rhe archipelago is
marvelously rich, and it is not true
that white man cannot live there. But
1 fail to see how the islands will ever
be of any benefit to the United States
without the sympathy and support Of
the inhabitants"
The Rev. Peter MacQueen, formerly
chaplain of the First California in
fantry. says: ",There is not Filipino
in the islands that wants the American
form of government"
The correspondent, Frederick Pal
mer, whom Admiral Dewey has de-
clared "most painstaking, accurate,
and reliable" says recently, after six
months tour of all the larger islands:
] "Iy conviction, and the conviction of
the great majority of army officers, is
that never have we had so few real
friends among the people; never have
so few been merely Indifferent to our
rule rather than opposed to it. do
not believe that there are n thousand
natives on the island of Luzon who
would not welcome with all their
hearts the departure Of the last Ameri'
can from the islands"
Sixto Lopez, the London Filipino
agent, says in his letter to General
Joseph Wheeler: "But as a matter OF
fact there is an Overwhelming majority
of our own people in favor Of Filipino
rule. If you doubt the truth of this
statement; if you still honestly believe
that the Filipinos are in favor OF Amer
lean rule, let plebiscite be taken on
the question. Let it be conducted fair
ly. and free from any threat of the
sword of either General Macarthur or
Aguinaldo. Let chosen representatives
of both parties superintend the voting,
which should be by ballot. You will
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