The age-herald., 1900-03-28
PRESIDENT SENDS
 MORE DOCUMENTS The Negotiations of AguinaIdo
 With Admiral Dewey. U. s. WAS TO FURNISH ARMS Among the Budget Are Several Letters from Anti-Expansionists in Amer
 ica Written to the Philip
 pines for Information
U. s. WAS TO FURNISH ARMS

Washington, March 27.-The president to- day sent to the senate additional documents concerning the Philippine insurgents con- sisting of papers captured by American troops; information concerning the Philip pine committee in Hong Kong; relating to the treatment of prisoners, etc.
 The documents concerning the meeting of the Philippine commission in Hong Kong is a transcript of the minutes of the proceed ings of the committee held on February A and April B. 1898. The record for April 5, contains the Filipino version of AguinaGdo's negotiations with Admiral Dewey, relative to the former accompanying the admiral to Manila. One of the entries is to the follow ing effect
 'The president (Aguinaldo) described the negotiations which took place during his absence in Singapore with the American consul of that English colony; both agreed that the president should confer with the admiral commanding the American squad ron in Mir bay, and if he should accept his propositions as beneficial to the F'ilipinos he should go in one of the cruisers which form the fleet to take part in the subse- quent events"
 The account says that Aguinaldo asked for the advice of the committee as to whether he should accompany the admiral. The advice was generally favorable to his going, but Aguinaldo insisted that it was dangerous to got the Philippines "witAout previous written agreement with the ad- mIral, since it may happen that If he places himself at his orders he may make him sign document containing proposals high ly prejudicial to the interests of the father- land"
 Continuing, he said if he accepted such proposals the act would be unpa triotlc, while if he should refuse "a break between the two is evident" To avoid this dilemr1a hc proposed that a committee should be sent ito the admiral to intervene with the Insurgents If necessary, and to ascertain the intentions of the United States.
 To Furnish Arms
 To this, it was replied by members of the committee, that "ft is thoroughly agreed with the admiral that he is to give 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 insurgents in carrying out their plan of war against the Spanish government" They expressed the opinion that owing to Admiral Dewey's degree of culture" he would not require the signing of any documents but insisted that if he should so insist Aguinaldo could decline In this connection the following extract is significant:
 ''There is no better opportunity than the present for the eXpeditionary forces to land on those islands and to arm them selves at the expense of the Americans and assure the attainment of our legitimate as- pirations against these very people, The Filipino people unprovided with arms will be the victims of the demands and exac- tions of the United States, and provided with arms will be able to oppose thems selves and to struggle for their independ- ence." Agoncillo urged that Aguinald 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 independ- ence to the Philippines. The question as to whether Agunaldo should go was put to vote and the proposition was carried unan- imously.
 Letter from a Pr soner
 Among the documents is also letter dated May l, last, signed by Quartermaster Sonnicsnsen, then i'm captivity among the F'iMpinos. He says:
 up to Lieutenant Gilmore's arrival we have been treated in most barbarous manner, starved beaten and bound. We have been living on 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 F'i!ipino situa- tion which will strengthen the cause of anti-expansion in the elections in the United States There is letter dated at Cincinnati and signed Dansinger, which purports to give the proceedings of the Ohio single tax league interrogation of