The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-28
RESURRECTION WAS PLOTTED.
PLANS LAID BEFORE AGUINALDO
SAILED WITH DEWEY.

SAILED WITH DEWEY.
Facts shown in Documents Captured
From the F'iIipinos, and Sent to
the Senate by the President.
schemed to Get Arms From the
Americnns-Philipp Committee
Decided AguinaIdO Should Go With
Admiral Dewey.
Washington, March 27.-The President
to-day sent to the Senate additional doc
uments concerning the Philippine insur-
gents, consisting of papers captured by
American troops; information concerning
the Philippine committee in Hong Kong;
treatment of prisoners, etc.
The documents concerning the meeting
of the Philippine Committee in Hong
Kong is a transcript of the minutes of
the proceedings of the committee held on
Feb. "a, and April . 1898. The record for
April 5 contains the Filipino version of
Aguinaldos negotiations with Admiral
Dewey relative TO the former accompany
ing the Admiral to Manila. One of these
entries is to the following effect:
The President (Aguinaldo) described
the negotiations which took place during
his absence in Singapore with the Amer
lean consul of that English colony; both
agreed that the President should confer
with the Admiral commanding the Amer
lean squadron in Mir bay and if he
should accept his propositions as beneh-
cial to the Filipinos, he should go in one
of the cruisers which form the fleet to
take part in the subsequent events"
AguinnIdO Looked Ahead.
The account says that Aguinaldo asked
for the advice of the committee as to
whether he should accompany the Al
miral The advice was generally favor
able TO his going, but Aguinaldo insisted
that it was dangerous to go to the Philip
pines without a previous written agree
ment with the Admiral ''since it may hap
pen that if he places himself at his orders
he may make him sign a document con-
tanning proposals higiSy prejudicial to the
interests of the fatherland."
He said that acceptance of such propo-
sails would be .unpatriotic, while, if ne
should refuse, "a break between the two is
evident" and he, therefore, proposed thai
a comittee should be sent to the Admiral
to intervene with the insurgents If nee
essary and to ascertain the intenticns of
the United States
To this it was replied by members of the
committee that sit is thoroughly agreed
upon with the Admiral that he is to give
to the President all the arms which he
needs, since the former is convinced that
the fleet can do nothing in the Philippines
if it is not used in connection with the in
surgents carrying out their plan of war
a. I1eV
expressed the opinion that owing to Ad-
miral Dewey's degree of culture he
would not require the signing of any doc
uments. but insisted that if he should so
insist Aguinaldo could decline
Against the Americans.
In conclusion the following extract is
significant:
There will be no better opportunity
than the present for the expeditionary
forces to land on those islands and 10
arm themselves at the expense of the
Americans and assure the attainment OF
our legitimate aspirations against those
very people. The Filipino people, I'M
provided with arms, will be the victims
of the demands and eXactions of the
United States, but provided with arms
will De able tofoppose themselves to them
and struggle for their independence"
Agcncillo urged that Aguinaldo once in
the PHILIPPINES could arouse the masses
to action against the Americans He
thought, however, that it was probable
that the United States would grant indie
pendence to the Filipinos: 1t was voted
unanimously that Aguinaldo should go.
Barbaric Treatment.
Among the documents is also a letter
dated May /, last. signed by Quartermas-
ter Sonnichsen, then in captivity among
the FiliDnos. He says:
up to Lieut.. Gilmore's arrival we
have been treated in a most barbaric man
ner. starved. beaten and bound We have
b. en- living on five cents day and most
of us are nearly naked. The Spaniards
have been treated even worse than we,
being tortured in the stocks and starved"
The third section Of the material for
warded relates to letters which were sent
to the Philippines and were regarded as
encouraging to the Insurgents one Of
these is from j. V. Martin of st. Louis,
who asks for an article on the Filipino
situation which he says strengthens the
cause of anti-expansion In the elections
in the United States. There is also let
ter dated at Cincinnati and signed Dan
singer which purports to give the pro-
ceadings Of the Ohio Single Tax League in
derogation of the war upon the insur-
gents. Mr.. Dansinger also expresses his.
strong opposition to such war.