The evening times., 1901-03-28
EMILIO AGUINALD0 Y FANNY.
sketch Of the Filipino Leader Cap
tured ny the Americans

sketch Of the Filipino Leader Cap
tured by the Americans
Emilio Aguinaldo Fanny. who mas
oeel captured by the American troops IN
LuZon- though only thirty-one years old.
has risen To he one of the leading figures
IN the eyes Of the world His friends
say he IS one of the great men of the
age; his enemies that he IS at least
wonderful man
He comes Of a good family in the Prov
1nce Of Cayite. near Manila. whore he was
educated and where he entered the bar
AguinaIdo Joined the Filipino revolution
lists soon after the outbreak of the rebel
lion against Spain. in the latter part of
1894, but it vas not until after the hang
ing of DR.. Rizal. noted Filipino patriot,
that he became one Of the leaders Of
the revolt
The blockade maintained by the Spanish
squadron in PHILIPPINE waters against the
Importation Of arms for the insurgents
gradually drove the Fflipinos to the wall,
and in December. 1897, the celebrated
pacification' OF the islands was nego-
tiated, the gO-betweeu being Senior Pedro
Paterno. director of the Manila Museum.
a Filipino who had remained at least pas
sively loyal to the Spaniards. The Fill
pino Junta at that time was composed Of
powers as were possible to so feeble an
organization; Artacho. Home Secretary;
Montenegro. Foreign Secretary: Bi.ar-
ninO. War Secretary: and BaldOmero
AguinaIdo, cousin of Emilio. Secretary
of the Treasury
The sO-Called pacificatiOn included the
payment to the insurgent leaders of $500
900 in Mexican silver, equal to about $400.-
900 III gold. AguinaIdO and his associates
agreed to surrender all the arms in the
possession of the natives and to quit the
archipelago, remEning away at the pleas
ure of the Spanish Government, and to
use their utmost Influence 10 disband and
disarm all the insurgent forces
AguInaidO was to go to HOugkong 20
receive the first inStallment of the Span
ish money. and he was then To cable TO
Artacho, who had surrendered to the
Spanish Captain-GeneraI as a hostage
On receiving Aguinaldo's cable message
that the money had been paid. ArtachO
was to dissolve the inSurgent OrganiZa-
tlonr dtsband the troops and give up their
arms This part of the programme was
carried out In December. 1921, and the
early part of January. 1898.
The cash payment was divided among
the jUnta, and AguinaldO started for
Paris The purpose of getting the money.
his adherents have often stated. was to
some of AguiualdO-s enemies it
I charged that the money was bribe,
though IN the last year or two little has
been heard Of this accusation
Aguinaldo had gone no farther than
Singapore on his way To Paris when the
destruction of the Maine in Havana har-
Dor brought on acute tension Of the rela-
tiOnS between the United States and
Spain. He remained in Singapore 10 see
whether the Filipino5 might not profit by
Spain'S difficulties
1t was then that there occurred the ne
gotiations with Consul Pratt. which,
Aguinaldo has maintained. justify his as
sertion that the United States made an al
lance with him by which ne was to
| siSt in expeiling the SpaEiaTds from the
Philippines and in return the United
States was to recognize the independence
of the Filipino republic
He was taken TO Manila from Hong
| kong on one OF Dewey's auxiliary vessels
and soon armed and equipped large
force. This force, as is well known, CO.
! operated at first with The Americans. and
! il was largely due 10 its efforts that Ma
] Mia was captured by Gen Wesley Mer-
/ rftt 5 army in August. 1898.
| Then came doubt and distruSt The
! Treaty OF Paris ceding the Philippine ISL
ands TO the United States was concluded
! The independence Of his country which
AguinaidO had cherished as dream, was
not to be REALIZED when he had hoped
| Correspondence with American officials
| followed, but Aguinaldo could not extract
| a promise of independence H kept his
| aTny together in the neighbOrhood of
Manila.
| Such were the conditions at Manila at
/ the beginning Of February 1899. The first
J shot of the new war was fired by Pri-
| Vate GraysOn.- of the Nebraska regiment
| on the evening OF February T. 1893. at
$50 O'Clock A strict order Issued by
General Otis, was in force to the effect
( that Filipino should be permitted 10
| pass through the American lines after
/ niShtfaU. On the night in question, a
| Filipino soldier. followed by several 9TH
| ers, came from the lines and rproa ched
I the American Dickets. falling 10 STOP
| II was charged, after repeated orders to
| halt GraySOn fired and killed the sol
| der when the latteT'S companions OPEN
| ed fire, which the Nebraskans promptly
| returRed
VI thin an hour there was firing along
| the entire line from TondO 10 MaIate
During the three following days the
Americans assumed the offensive drove
/ the FiipinQS from their iItrenchrneuts
and secured possession of all the adia-
cent suburbs of Manila. including the wa
terwOrkS at Sant0ian.
The subsequent developments of the
war are fresh in the minds of American
| reaC@rs; how AglIinaIdo at first attempted
"a defend entrenched positions against
I the American soldiers and how he final
/ " abandoned this for guerrilla warfare
| His successive capitals were captured af-
| ter com bats which were exciting IL not
always marked by heavy loss of life.
Asuinaldo IS admitted TO have great
executive ability and is an ardent student
of history He is of the Japanese type
IN appearance. having a broad square
forehead, rather large eyes set wide
apart. and a straight nose His height
Is about i've feet four inches. and he
carries himself erect His color is a
light chocolate He speaks and writes
Spanish and TagaIOg. the n tive Ian
Suage OF the Island OF LuzOn. and un-
derStauiS English fairly yrEU