The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-23
AGUINALDO INTERVIEWED.
Is Doing All He Can TO Have fIipinos
Surrender.
GRATEFUL FOR COURTEOUS TREATMENT
He Has Placed Himself Entirely at
the Disposition Of the United
States Government.

Manila. April 80 4 reporter OF the Asso-
cInted Press visited Emcllo Agnnuldo to-
day Mt 90 Sulona street, whittier he WAS
removed from the Mulacannn, and found
him In Il large room upstairs furnished
wnn II table, typowrlting machine, three
settecs and twenty chairs Ills wife, VINO
was entertaining number OF Filipino
friends. sat at one end OF the room, white
Aguiunldo, smoking a cigar ana chatting
WIN Benito Icgardo. occupied the opposite
corner ,....,
D,nrrs present were Lieutenant Colonel
John S. Mallory OF the Forty 'nibt NpNl'
teer infantry, who has charge OF ARu'h,,
aldo Lieutenant Gilbert a. loungbcfE oi
the Third artillery and Mt. fiNhef, b'h'
era MacArthur's private secretary.
Agulnaldo, whose bearing was courteous
nnd dlgnlhcd, was dressed IN white, looked
well aud altogether made an excellent m
preston. Legnrdo, who but recently re-
turned from the United states, was t1u-
ling him about the trip and lac seemed IA.
tensciy Interested, smiling frequently and
asking numerous questions. lc lhqultcu
particularly about President Mckinley ana
icemcd TO lie anxious To know what was
thought Of him In the United states lie
WINS rather reluctant TO tax Tor pupich-
tion and considered every question cure
fully before answering He said ne WIS
doing all he could to assist ~ the paclDrn-
ton OF the islands aud expressed hlmWil
as surprised AT what the Americans hhu
accomplished. When he was hrst captured,
he went ON TO say ne WIS greatly aston
ishcd to find that u minority of the l'lll-
plnOs cntcrt0Acd the opinion that Amer
lean sovereignty was preferable TO lhde-
pendcncc, but now he was inclined to be
ileyc thut way himself. lie explained thni
since the dissolution OF the luhurgcnt cop-
gross and the declaration OF guerrilla war
fare, the chiefs had operated to gll intehts
and purposes Independently They rccog
nlzcd him az commander In chief Achding
hun reports occasionally, aud he issued
some orders, but for the last seven months
communication had been difficult and no
had been almost disconnected.
81 nm now urging Ia tho strongest pos,
slbc manner" said Aguln0do, tint AL
iuIurgcnis should surrender and swear al
leginncc TO the United States"
lir expresses the opinion that ltulo, Lux.
bau, Mhlvar AMI other representative IN
surgeutS VIII surrender IA soon as they
nVsty oncred them. lie snid lac hoped thut
when the work Of paClhCHtion Wan com
plcte Hnd conditions were settled, the priS
oncrs IA Quinn would hc rSonscd
After referring In grateful terms to the
courteous treatment accorded him by tn,
yictlon that the clvil government which
would follow pHcihcatiou would realize The
highest hopes of the Filipino people.
when questioned regarding the report
that he would Visit the United Stntcs, M
replied that he would like to do SO, but
hnd made no plnus as yet, placing hin
entirely NJ the disposition ~ the Unltcc
states government. In concluding the In
tervipw he observed; EVERY word Ia my
address 20 my countrymcn, the Fllpluoa
cans believe me thoroughly sincere In m,
efforts TO secure pence and, under Amer
can nusplcUs, TO promote the wClfnrs an,
prosperity of the Philippines"