Morris tribune., 1900-09-08

On hearing the alarm which was g1ver
at Haya, in the said district, and the out
cries Of the people and the sound of oul
bugles, which were clearly heard there
/ Immediately ordered the men who haG
| gathered, twenty men In the district oil
Mamanti, to hold themselves ready sc
that when the designated hour arrived
they would be ready to go to Meisic
where the American barracks are, and sci
on fire the houses about there In order to
Interfere with their coming out from the
barracks, as was agreed upon in the
meeting with D. Rosendo Limon The
result was that on marching to the scene
of operations we found the Calzada of
Azearraga was filled with Americans, and
with them were number of our country
people, who cried out, Brothers, to the
strife, for now is the hour This is what
the men were saying to that crowd, and
at the proper time they sounded the call
of our army, Advance and fire.
These details which I, have thus given
you show the treacherous and barbarous
character of the leading Filipino insur-
gents.
have thus aimed, in this brief but au-
thentic narrative off Aguinaldo and his
.insurrection, to show you the inception
and nature of the Tagal rebellion in Luz
zon, and the character and purposes OF
Aguinaldo and his military chiefs.
1t is evident that lust of power and
seIf-aggran rather than
the real freedom of the FiIipinOS,
has been the aim and purpose of
AguinaldO and his chiefs from the
beginning till the present time.
The insurrection which he and they
started in 1896 they abandoned for 3
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 insurrec-
ton. To Dewey they professedya p desire
to aid him in expelling the Spaniards-
their hereditary tyrants and oppressors.
Among themselves they planned,
through the aid of Dewey and his
forces, to enter LuxOn, procure
arms and start an insurrcctiOn; Os-
tensibly against Spain, but really I'm
hostility to the United States. They
and with base treachery In their
hearts.
They had no sooner landed and gotten
their insurrecuon afioat and armed their
forces with weapons, furnished by Dewey,
than they began to open negotiations
with the Spanish commander for the
purpose of combining with him to
expel our forces from Manila Fail
ing to get this cooperation, they
laid siege to Manila for the pur-
pose of capturing and looting 1t be-
fore 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 co.
operation, and they were not permitted
to enter and loot the city, they threw of
the mask and assumed a belligerent at
titude to our forces. They next opened
with Gen. Rios at Iltolo, for
the purpose of making common cause,
and combining him against our forces,
Ind through his pliancy they secured pos
session of the city before the arrival of
,ur forces.
When Manila surrendered and there
we're no longer any Spaniards to fight, |
hey renewed their Siege against the city
ind our forces with increased vigor. They /
damned to burn, sack and loot the city,
Ind to strike down and slaughter every |
living human being in 1t, except their |
,wn people; and two brutal, though abor- I
i've. attempts were made to carry out
he barbarous and demoniac plan.
If we study the records and proceedings
# their so-called government, it is APP
parent that it is nothing but a pure |
relationships mere military oligarehy
# Aguinaldo and his chiefs Gall Chinese
1estizos)-with no basis of choice or con-
ent among the masses. It exists and is
olerated, such as it is, through fear and
ignorance Ignorace of the Americans.
heir character and system of govern
nent; and fear of Aguinaldo, his j0nta
nd armed followers. Is it not plain to
ny unbiased mind, after studying the
eeord of Aguinaldo and his junta ever
ince the insurrection of 1895, that it is
s much our moral duty to relieve the
Filipino people from the incubus and
yrrany of this military oligarchy as OF
panish rule? It would be a greater mis-
ortune and greater calamity to hand the I
Filipino people over to the mercies Off
UGH a government than to have left them |.
n the hands of the Spaniards Is It not
ur moral as well as our legal duty to 4
uppress, first of all, this fnsurrection,
tarted under such false pretenses with
uch treachery and under such auspices,
nd leadership as this Tagal rebellion in
.uzon?
We acquired the islands fairly by
conquest, ratified and confirmed by
! treaty, which had the Endorsement
f MIR Bryan. He was at Washing
on on the eve of it's ratificat1 ton and
Irsed his party to join in ratifying
he treaty. The insurrectiOn of
S9S would never have had an in
option nor hOurished but for the
act that our flag was in the islands,
md permitted ASuinaldo and his
hiefs to land.
Coming into the islands under our hag,fE
ur protection, and our assistance, as
hey did, Aguinaldo and his chiefs had
o more legal or moral right to set up a
lain or title hostile to the United States
han tenant, coming into possession by
he permission of his landlord, has the
light to question or set UP hostile, title
0 the latter We acquired by conquest
nd treaty, as complete a title Ito the
islands as to Porto Rico, and
ye have taken no, more steps to obtain
he consent of the Porto Ricans than of
he Filipinos. The government we have
established for the Porto Ricans is a gov
rnment we have given them, and not
oYernment they have given themselves.
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