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triotic and brave man. Indeed, that II
the express testimony Of Mr.. Schurma1l,
president of the Philippine commission.
e. That Aguinaldo, was the chosen lead
er of the people of the Philippine islands.
8. That the people from the beginning
have desired independence and desire 1t
now.
4 That this desire was communicated
to- our commanders when they gave them
arms, accepted their aid and brought
Aguinaldo from his sexte when he was.
put in command of 10000 Filipino soldiers,
who were already In arms and organized.
g. That the people off sithe Philippine
Islands, before we fired upon their troops,
had delivered their own land from Spain.
with the single exeeptfon-of theetown of
Manila, and that they hemmed in the
Spanish troops on land by line extend
ing from water to Water!t
s. That we could )inet5have captured
the Spanish garrison, which was done by
an arrangement beforehand upon mere
show Of resistance but for the fact that
they were so hemmed in by Aguinaldo's
forces and could nots RETREAT beyond the
range and fire; Of the gums Of our fleet.
Z. That during all this period, from the
beginning to the final conflict, the Fill
pfrlos were repeatedly informing our gov
eminent that they desired their. freedom
any purpose OH, our part to subdue them.
g. That they were fit ;fdr Independence.
They had churches, libraries, works Of
art and education. They. We're better ed
ueated than many American communities
within the memory ofssome of us They
were governing their entire island. except
Manila, in order and quiet, with munich
pal governments, counts :. of. justice,
schools, and a, complete constitution rest
ing upon -theseonsents of ithe. people. They
were better fitted for. self-gOvernnlent
them any country ON the american CON-
tinent south Of us, from the Rio Grande
to Cape Horn OF tl1an' San Domingo Or
Hayti when these countries, respective
ly. achieved their independence and. are
for,
them are REV. They are NOW. as lit for
self-government as was Japan When she
was welcomed into the family of.nati ions.
g. That the outbreak of -hostilities was
not their fault but ours. "a. patrol, net
a hostile military force, approached
small village =hetween fthe lines of the
two armies: village ON the American
side. Of the line of deInarkation to which
some Of our soldiers had been moved in
disregard to- the rule applicable. to all
cases Of the truce When this patrol :ap-
How far the Filipinoss understood our
language or how far our pickets under
stood the reply that they made in their
own language does notraa al, But we
turned from their lines. Thereupon 1t
was returned again from us, and several
FHipinos were killed AS soon as Agui:1-
aldo heard of 1T he sent a messenger to
Gen. Otis saying that the firing was
without his knowledge and against his
will, that he deplored 1t. and that he de-
sired hostflfties to cease. and would with
draw his troops to any distance Gen. DTS
should desire. to which the American
general replied as the fighting had begun
1t must go on.
the two sides being at peace. although
great irritation and uneasiness had al
ready manifested itself on the part Of The
Filipinos. who were fafraid we meant to
sub5ugate. President MCKINLEY sent to.
Gen, Otis a proclamation which he COM
manded him to issue. Gen. Otis, on
reading tito use thsalanguage Of his re-
port-cencluded that there were certain
words and expressions. therein. such as
those who directed Immediate occupation ion
etc.. though most admire bly, employed
and tersely expressive of actual con.ii-
tions. might be advantageousy- used by
the Tagalo war party 9to incite wide
spread hostilities among the natives.
Whereupon Gen. Otis proceeds to
amend the presidents proclamation by
striking out everything in it which con-
tafns a purpose too assume sovereignty
or protection. and which was significant
Of future political domination; and In
stead thereof he issued ga proclamation
in which he suppressed all these utter
ances. and assures them. that 1t is the
purpose of the people Of the United States
full measure of Individual rights and and
liberty which is the heritage Of free
people,
PLANS FRUSTRATED.
''rhat assurance which Gen. Otis gave
the people of Manila is just what I have
always wanted and all I have always
wanted to give them.t But, unhappily,
Gen. Otis proclamation was frustrated.
In the meantime he had sent copy of
the presidents proclamation to Gen.
Miller, who was lying opposite Iloilo,
burning for a fight, and who, much to
Gen. Otis distress easN his dispatches