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Telegram of Appreciation Sent to
Gen. Funston by President
Mckinley.
PART OF THE MESSAGE MADE PUBLIC.
wife md Mother of AguinaltiO Given
Permission to Visit Him - Gen.
Trias Sees Former Chief and Tells
why lie Observation-Disclosures
/. Sentiments Unknown.


partmcnt Saturday made public por-
ton of the cablcgram sent Friday to
Gen. Macarthur, conveying the apprc-
Citation of the president and secretary
of war of Gen. Eunstou's capture OF
Agninildo. Ii is as follows:
"Washington. d. G., March G-Mac-
Arthur Manila: Tho president directs me
TO express his high appreciation OF the
gallant corduct of zen. Funston and oil
the officers and men Of the army and navy
engaged with him III the Palanan eNpcdi-
ton. The secretary of war personally joirs
In this expression.
(SiSned) 'COltBlN.
There is excellent reason for the
belief that the portion of Gen. Cor
latcs to the case of Aguinaldo, the
question of whose deportation is now
n source Of some perplcxity to the
administration. Although 1t is more
than prabablc that Gen. Macarthur
is asked for an expression of his
Judgment as to the best course to
pursue with regard to his. prisoner,
it is barely possible that the mes
sage contains definite instructions on
that point.
Wife May Visit Aguinnldo.
Manila, April 1.-The wife and
mother of Aguinaldo, who have been
living at Binacayan, near old Cavite,
have been granted permission to visit
him.
The Spaniard Lorenzo Prieto, who
was charged with assisting the insur-
gents by furnishing information to
the insurgent general Cables, in eN'
change for trading privileges, was
tried by n military commission, found
guilty and sentenced to death. Gen
Macarthur committed the sentence tC
imprisonment for ten years.
lsrieto was the agent of the firm o
Mcndcxona & Co., and to a certain eN
tent was associated with d. A. Carman
the American contractor, also charged
with aiding the Filipino insurgents.
Gen. Trims Sees Asuinaldo.
Manila, April H. Aguinaldo OF
Friday received a number of former
insurgent leaders in his quarters al
Malacanang palace. Among them was
Gen. Trias, the commander of the in
surgcnt forces in southern LuZon, who
recently surrendered to the American
authorities. Gen. Trias told Aguinal
do why he surrendered. He said tina
q continuance of armed opposition tt
the United States was unjustifiabl'
and ruinous, that the independence o
the Philippines was impossible, ant
that the Filipinos would better accep
liberty, prosperity and progress unde
American rule.
AS yet Aguinaldo has given no hin
of his own sentiments. While he wa
being brought here by his captors o
the gunboat Nicksburg he said that j
June, 1899, he, together with numbc
of officers, swore to prosecute the wa
as long as they lived. He considers
this oath inyiolable and that he intend
ed to live up to it. Later, however. Ii
declared that he had desired peace fro1
the outbreak of hostilties. was col
WINGED that a majority of his follow
crs desired the cessation Of the wa
and that he would use every means
his power TO accomplish this en
These two statements are characte
istic of the shifty nature of the Fill
pino leader.
Aguinaldo in the course Of convel
sation on the gnnboat said that he ha
never been in single battle, state
ment which may perhaps be true. II
admitted that he had ordered the a!
sassination of Gen. Luna. giving as h
reason that the security of the Fill
pino cause demanded Gen. Luna
death.
Criticism on America.
st. Petersburg, April 1.-The Ru
sian press has not particularly col
mcntcd on the capture of Agunald
The st. Petersburg Zeitung ICE
man) alone attacks the United Stat
for using traitors. This paper thinl
'the ambition of the United Stat
to exercise it's influence to secure
foothold alongside the old world pc,
ers is positively insulting. seeing th
America assumes the right to into
yene in every dispute between +
rope and Latin America" The pap
nlso blamcs the United States +
the delay in the Chinese aceeptnn
of the Manchurian arrangement.
The Zeitung does not represe
Russian sentiment, usually taking
cue from the Pan-GeEmans or CT
man conservatives.