The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-03

Washington. April 2-secretary Root
has made public the following cablegram
received at the war department this morn
ing at o'clock;
Adlutant General Washington.
Manila April since arrival at Manila
Agulualdo has been at Lamalcanan inves-
tigatlng conditions in archipelago. He mas
relied almost entirely upon the instructive
advice of CHIEF Justice Arelano. AS q re
suit todny he subscribed and swore to the
declaration on page II Of my annual re-
port. Macarthur
The oath referred TO is as follows:
81 --- , hereby renounce all al
legiance to any ana all so-called rcyou-
tlonary governments in the Philippines is
lands and recognize and accept the supreme
authority OF the United States Of America
therein. DO solemnly swear thar ! viii
bear true faith and allegiance to that gov
ernment; thar will at all times conduct
myself as a faithful ana aw-abding cid
zen of the said Islands and will not, either
directly or indirectly, hold correspondence
with or give intelligence to an enemy OF
the United States, nor will abct hnrhor
or protect such enemy that impose upon
myself these voluntary obligations without
any mental reservations or purpose Of eva
sion, SO help me God"
-Four astcrisbs in the cabcgran mark
passege withheld from publication. about
which the officials will say nothing now.
Notwithstanding the taking Of the oath
by AguInaldo, he still will he held as
prisoner by General Macarthur It is pos.
shle he may be granted more liberty Of
action. but he will not be afforded com
plete freedom for the present. The action
Of Aguiualdo in taking the oath. it is BE-.
lieved at the war department, will have
far-rcacnlng effect In tho pacihcation of The
islands
Washington, April 2-Thc war depart
mcnt today received information from Gen.
eral Macarthur that Agulnuldo had taken
the oath of allegiance to the United States
under the terms Of amnesty offered by
General Macarthur by direction OF the
president The dspatch conveying this in.
formation contained much more than WAS
given to the public, The portion withheld
related to the future disposition OF Ac,iln.
aldo and made suggestions MS to what he
might accomplish No official statement
could be obtained MS to what finally would
he done with the prisoner, hut II was en-
phaticaly stated that he would be held FOR
the present but would be granted all pos.
sihlc Immunity consistent with existing
conditions. General Macarthur has hopes
that II great deal may be accomplished
through Agulpaldo. During the time IL
has been a prisoner he has made quite
favorable impression upon General Mac.
Arthur
1t has been suggested that under IN,
terms NJ the notirc of amnesty the p.is
orcr should be set mt liberty at one. but
there Is provision In the amnesty procln.
nation which says that those who have
violated the laws oi war are ex, opted from
its terms. These conditions and Aguin.
aldo's relation to thcm are the subject Of
General MacArthpr's dispatch ana should
be considered here by the authorities
The ucws Of Agunaldo's action was re
rclvcd with evident satisfaction by the war
department aud the opinion was expressed
that good results would follow among
these who are still holding ont against the
United states
The taking OF the oath in itself is regard.
ed as giving Agumado a status Of loyalty
to the United States quite different from
those still in arms
The departments instructions for rho
government of armies IN tho ha,1 roci,o
as follows "Ihe commander WIN throw
, the burden Of war as much as lies within
his power on the dlsloyol citizens Of tho
reyoitcd province and IL he deems =, ,nrro.
pirate. or n his government do,rsnds n,
him that every citizen shan br n, oatn
Of allegiance declare his fidelity 70 49,
legitimate government, he may expel. trans.
fer, impri7on or tinc the revolving citizens
When n is eypedlent - Go -,
whether reliance cam he nlocoa rron .as
o,fb thn corn,,,r.1or -. ~ w., uppu such
has the right 10 decide $50 s'' UT '''"'
In the present case General ,r,c,r,,,-
bns con.I5cro1 3, ,y,o,,,'n. 'i',Ar'har
n,t, ~,5 onnar,.,.s Np n."l,, 70 take the
ran Se r,ace5 nm tbo o,., '''' M, rei'ance
Sam Wv Nv" "pta vac o''a. The war
against he articles ., ~or 'en ro. 0ii%n'es
the proclamat'on Of amnesty rosn, - oer ~
, dcrs and Ike deoredatlons on,r . 80 ,nu,