The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-02-11
FTLIPTNOS' TERMS OF PEACE.
sixto Lopez Writes the President of the
American Pence Society.

Boston, Feb. 1O-Robert Treat Paine
president Of the American Peace socl
ETY., has just received a letter from Sc
nor Sixto Lopez which shows the atti
| tude of the Filipinos on the question o.
bringing the war to close. Senior Lo
PEI is the special agent of the F'ilipinos
His letter is dated Washington, Janu,
airy 20, 1901, and he says in part:
| 81 fear that you have misunderstood
my statement of the terms upon which
the Filipinos would be prepared to enc
| this most deplorable war. The Filipi
mos will never accept American sover-
eighty in the sense in which that woro
| is generally understood Whether they
would accept suzerainty would also de-
pend upon the definition of the word
and the powers which it implied. But
let me now briefly state what l intended
to convey to you on January l.
"The administration is demanding GER
tain rights in the Philippines. These
are, so far as can discover:
1.-THE right and 1.-THE means to fulfil
certain (unspecified) obligations to 9TH
er nations.
tect life and property-foreign and ma
tive.
ga basis of trade and military OPP
erations for the far east.
"4-Coaling stations
"5-The right, or the desire, to raise
us-by process called benevolent as
similation'-out of condition of saw
agery which does not exist in our coun-
try.
'In order to obtain these rights the
administration demands that our peo-
Pile shall surrender Internationally, and
submit to American sovereignty.
1.-THE Filipinos, on the other hand de-
mand one 'unalienable right namely,
independence; or the right to institute
government deriving it's just powers
from the consent not of any foreign
nation, but of the governed 1t is only
by the exercise Of this right that tine
F'ilipinos will be able to secure equitable
laws, insure just administra ton, and
prevent the exploitation of their coun-
try and it's resources.
But while firm in this demand the
Filipinos are prepared to yield to the
United States everything included or
implied in the above list from l to in
elusive. In addition to this they are
prepared to repay, in whole or in part,
the twenty millions of dollars paid to
Spain, if the demand by made by the
United States.
las to paragraph 5, the Filipinos do
not want and will not accept anything
in the form of benevolence or charity
from any nation in the world. But If
any American citizen or citizens desire
to embark in missionary enterprises,
and if they really think that there are
those in the Philippines who need spe-
cial enlightenment, they would be at
liberty to spend their missionary zeal
without let or hindrance. The Filipinos
would only reserve the right to recon-
mend that such missionary zeal be ex-
pended on Spain, or Turkey, or Russia,
or the east end of London, or perhaps
In some parts Of America. where edu-
cation and enlightenment are more ur-
gently needed than in the Philippines.
''It will therefore be seen that every
demand that the administration Is
making with the exception Of that de-
MED to George Ill, will be granted by
The Filipinos
"Now, therefore, if the administration
will say to the Filipinos: We will not
leny you the one right which you claim
md which we enjoy; we will grant you
your independence, but we reserve the |
light to take such steps as are necessa-
y to enable us to fulfill our obligations
Ind conserve our rights-the Filpinos
will lay down their arms at once"
In concluding Senior Lopez says: 1--WE |
dead for peace, but the plea is in the |
interests Of those who suffer and die by |
word and starvation; not because of |
ear. We can fight long, even If we
ave to suffer much, for we are fighting
or hearth and home, and in a righteous
ause."