Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-02-11
INDEP EVIDENCE ALONE.
Lopez Says Filipinos VIII Ac-
cept Nothing Else.
OUR GUARDIANSHIP FOR AWHILE.
lie said They Would Agree to such Con
ditions. Provided They Were Not Ter
manent- What fhey Are Willing TO
Allow Americans.

Boston. Jan. IL Robert Treat
Paine, president of the Americans
Peace society, received letter from
Senior ixto Lopez, dated The Airing
ton. e.-shington, ID. c., Jan. 30 1901,
which said in part:
Dear Mr. Panel have to thank
you for your most interesting and
sympathetic letter, which reached NE
via Chicago and Philadelphia, and !
now hasten to reply.
| fear that you have misunderstood
my statement of the terms upon
which the Filipinos would be pre-
pared to end this most depiorablc
war. The Filipinos will never accept
American sovereignty in the sense in
which that word is generally under.
stood. Whether they would accept
sIlzerainty would also depend upon
the definition of the word and the
powers which it implied. But let me
now briefly state what | intended to
convey to you on Jan. /.
The administration is demanding
certain rights in the Philippines.
These are so far as / can discover:
/. The right and the means to fulfill
certain Unexpectedly obligations to
other nations.
. The right and the means to pro-
feet life and property foreign and ma
tive.
3. A basis of trade and military op-
erations for the far east
4. Coaling stations.
5. The right, or the desire, to raise
us-by a process called benevolent
assimilation''-ou of a condition OF
savagery which does not exist in our
country.
In order to obtain these rights the
administration demands that our peo-
pie shall surrender Internationally,
and submit to American sovereignty
The Filipinos. on the other hand
demand one .'unalienable right,
namely. Independence; or the right tc
"institute" government deriving
It's just powers from the consent
not of any foreign nation, but .'of the
governed" II is only by the exercise
of this right that the Filipinos will
be able to secure equitable laws. in
sure just administration, and prevent
the exploitation of their country am
its resources.
But while firm In this demand. the
Filipinos are prepared to yield to the
United States everything included o,
implied in the above list from l to 9
inclusive. In addition to this, they
are prepared to repay. In whole or il
part, the twenty millions of dollars
paid to Spain. if the demand be made
by the United States.
AS to paragraph ;, the Filipinos do
not want and will not accept any
thing in the form of beneyolence Or
charity from any nation III the world.
But if any American citizen or citi-
zens desire to embark in missionary
enterprise. and if they really think
that there are those in the Philip
pines who need special enlightenment
they would be at liberty to spend
their missionary zeal without let or
hindrance. The Filipinos would only
reserve the right to recommend that
such missionary zeal be expended on
Spain. or Turkey. or Russia. or the
cast end of London, or perhaps in
some parts of America. where educa-
tion and enlightenment are more mr.
gently needed than In the Philip
pines
1t will therefore be seen that every
demand that the administration is
| making, with the exception of that
denied to George III, viii be granted
by the Filipinos.
Now therefore. if the administra
ton will say to the Filipinos: We
will not deny you the one right which
you claim and which we enjoy We
| will grant you your independence,
but We reserve the right to take such
steps IS are necessary to enable us
| to fulfill our obligations and conserve
| our rights-the Filipinos will lay
| down their arms ut once
| If the acceptance of this offer en-
| tailed some definitely defined form of
! suzera nty, or If it neceSsitated Joint
actor in foreign affairs. the retention
| of American troops, or the appoint
| ment Of a customs commissioner. the
| FilipinoS would raise no objection,
| provided that these conditions were
not to be made perpetual. These and
/, all such questions are matters of de-
| tail, and could be included in 4
/ treaty.