Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-02

Special to Times- Republican.

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campaign opened in this city last night
with a packed house to hear Congress-
man Cousins Three bandsswere present
and the enthusiasm was great. Delega-
lions and bands came from st. Anthony
and Clemens with marching clubs $50
strong coming fifteen miles to greet and
hear Cousins. There is no apat thy among
the republicans Of this vicinity.
Mr.. Cousins said that he was Just sas
willing to discussstlle new and SPECIALIZED
paramount" issues as the one the OPP
position are trying to conceal His an
alysis of the cry of "milftarism" and
imperialism" was most searching and
effective. During his speech he referred
to Bourke Cockran's attack on Presi-
dent Mckinley at Chicago, and to the
violent assertions Of Cochran with refer.
ence to the course OF our army In the
Philippines. Among other things he said
that Bourke Cochran in his speech at
Chicago Saturday night, terms Aguin-
aldo and his tribe Of Tagals "our allies
and asserts that the American army is
shooting them down in cold blood IL
Mr.. Cochran would inform himself as to
the facts he would be ashamed Of such.
false defamation. and SANDER of our
soldiers. The truth is. Aguinaldo and
his tribe began the war on our soldiers,
therefore they are not being killed in
cold blood" While our troops were
guarding life and property in the city
Of Manila and while Aguinaldo and his
murderous tribe were in possession of
information and assurance from the
president of the United States that our
mission was to protect life and property
and to avoid conflict Aguinaldo was
secretly planning an onslaught on our
soldiers and on the city of Manila The
signal for that onslaught was the firing
Of rockets, which took place on the night
Of Feb. 4. 1899.
GENERAL KINGS STATEMENT.
Brigadier general Charles King, who
was the in command OF our outposts
at Manila. has made this statement:
After Jan. Is, insurgent officers and
men repeatedly threatened and insulted,
my soldiers, daring them to fight, calling
them towards, flashing their swords in
their faces. In order to do this they had
to come across the bridge. We were
ordered to pay no attention to threats
or abuse, and the situation grew con-
stantly more strained until the general
attack made by the insurgents the night
of Saturday, Feb.4. and morning Of Sun
day, Feb. 5. = AT 2: 40 Sunday morn
ing the insurgents made deliberate at
| tack in force on my line south Of the
Pasig. It was provoked by no shot or
demonstration on our part. Every for
clearance was shown
As for the averment that Aguinaldo
and his murderous tribe We're 7. our al
lies, let those who have been led to
SO believe read the proposition of
lAguinaldo. made to the Spanish General
Dios at the Very time it is claimed he
was an ally:
AGUINALDoss LETTER TO RIOS
Revolutionary Government of the
Philippines Office of the President
Malalos, Oct. %, 1s9s.-The Excellent
Senior General Diego Rioa-R expected
Generals: I write to you without any
desire Of offending either your dignity
or your patriotism or of interfering in
your high duties, in the present cir
cumstances. go critical for all of us,
Filipinos, Spaniards and Americans. 1
write to you. general, actuated solely by
the desire of doing an act of evident JUS
tice. compatible with your honor and
1 with those high duties which cite
above, and especially with the hope Of
i yet saving from the shipwreck the SOW
ereignty Of Spain in these islands,
Il shall explain myself general, to
see whether it will be the same as with
Cen Augustin. who did not care to pay
1 any attention to the frank warnings
gave him with noble intentions in my
letter of June last Time has, unfor-
Il
declare that Of all the Spanish generals
you alone have known how to defend
4 the Spanish flag in these Islands. 0
i am informed that you are consid-
ering surrendering the place to US or; to
the Americans. After six months of
4 vigorous siege and of total abandon
| ment, / understand how you prefer US
1 TO the others.
The way to make this surrender is
to join US and proclaim the federation
OF the Filipino republic with the Span
ish republic, recognizing the chieftain-
ship of the honorable president, Senior
4 Emilio Aguinaldo. A fraternal EN- brace
4 will take place beween Filipino Visa
vans and Spaniards: there will be hur-
rahs for Spain, and the Filipinos united
as federal republic. your troops will
pass into the common army. YOU will
be promoted to be lieutenant general,
the Spanish employees in the Visayas
Will be supported by us; the govern
ment will pass to our provincial coun-
cils and local juntas.
Those who want to go back to Spain
4 will be sent back at our expense, with
enough to pay their way to Spain, and
4 the flags Of Spain and the Filipincs will
float side by side. You will give an ac-
ccount Of this to Madrid and especially
to Pl. Martial and in the meantime we
shall fight the Americans together.
I'VE shall conquer and then We shall
4 wait and adjust our future relations.
Your transfer to our side does not
i really involve treason to Spain, since
the moment sovereignty passes to the
Americans you are free TO transfer
your allegiance. This is in accordance
with the principles Of national honor.
4 On the other hand, IL you join US yoil
cause the following: First, liberty Tor
sEall the 5000 Spanish prisoners iii our
hands. and then It would serve as the
first base Of the new alliance between
4 Spain and the Filipinos. and then from
both Will come Nhonor and applause nor
you az having been the one fortunaee
enough to effect It. This Is all that l
can say TO you at present, and i hope
II TIM vn1l IL N ~, t1,at va, g o,sr