The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-03

| q ENOR SIXTO LOPEZ. who is at
present making short stay in
- this city. is on his way home from
an extensive trip to the States, where
he has given many lectures, and issued
numerous pamphlets in behalf of the
Filipino people. on his trip he has Wis
tied Washington. New York Boston,
/ Philadelphia, Chicago and San Fran
cisco, besides many cities of less i'm
portance. Senior Sivto is a nativ Fill
| pino, a Tagal from Balayan, bu2On.
! He was tho friend and Cnniidan; If the
| Filipino martyr DR. Jose Rial and
! when Rial was banished to Mindanao
he would have shared the same fate
| had he not submitted to "A voluntary
exile in Hongkong. Thence he came 10
America, and finally proceeded to Eng
| land and the Continent, where he visit
! ed France, Italy. Germany AMI !iui-
| land. Three years ago, after rctu"nin"
! to Hongkong, he was secretary to the
| Filipino commission to WASHINGTON.
| having received his appointment from
! Aguinaldo.
| Senior Lopez was educated at the Alta
neo Municipal, a Jesuit college affili-
ated with the Royal I'",V'"sity of Ma
Mia, and belongs to the best class of
people in the province.
Prior to his contemplated departure
/ for the Philippines Senior Lopez desired
! to visit Cuba, with the intention of get
ting a view Of the situation there. He
has since published several pamphlets
on this subject
/ It was in 1895 that Mr. Lopez was in
America on the commission. but as the
hostlities began shortly after that the
work of the commission ceased. Since
! that time Mr.. Lopez has not held any
official position. but has labored in
many ways in the behalf of his people.
The main aim OF Senior Lopez work
has been to obtain independence for
the Filipinos, by giving certain conccs-
sons to the United States. These con-
cessions are to be coaling stations. ba-
sis for military and naval as well as
trade corporations and whatever rights
which might be considered necessary
to safeguard the interests of America
While Senior Lopez did not wish 10
say that the scheme devised by the Taft
commission was not good in many re.
spects. yet he considered It unfair "
the Fiipnos, and wishes that, instead
of this commission, work upon an in.
dependent government could be- be.
gun upon the same plans as are now
in operation in Cuba
If an elected constitutional commits
sion could be formed the powers of gov.
eminent could be taken over from the
American authorities. In the meanwhile
until such government had been es'
tablished the military authorities coult
remain, and all questions cropping VI
could be settled. As to the teachers
which have lately gone over to thos,
islands they would be given the choice
of going home to the States or SERVING
under the new government.
Senior Lopez had taken his scheme OF
government to several European diplo,
mats. who have approved of it, anC
while in the States he has been aidet
by such men as William J. Bryan, Sen,
ator Hoar. Edward Atkinson and the
Boston Anti-Imperialistic League.
The dread which he has Of annexation
as a mere American colony has led hin
to go very deep into the question of the
capacity of the Filipino for self-govern,
ment, showing for instance in his speech
in Philadelphia that there were very
few Filipinos who could not read ant
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