The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-02
Oath TAKEN BY AGUINALD0
The Filipino Chief Swears Allie
glance to the United States.

Secretary Root Notified of His Dec
Iaration of FenIty by General Mac
Arthur - InsurEent Leader Re
nOunccs All Revolutionary Gov
ernments in the Philippine Is
lands and Promises to Conduct
Himself as n La~-Abit1-s Citizen.
Aguinaldo has taken the oath OF al
legiance TO the United States and has
EoIemnIy sworn to renounce ali his re
Iations with the revolutionary govern
ments in the Philippines. and to hence
forth recognize and accept the supreme
authority of this Government.
A cablegram making this announce
ment was received early this morning
by Secretary Root from General Mac
Arthur 1t follows:
'Adjatant General Washington:
Since arrival Manila AguinaldO
has been at Malacanan inVest. gat-
ing conditions in the archipelago
Has relied almost entirely upon in
strucJive advice Of Chief Justice
Arellano. As a result today sub
scrIbed and swore to declaration on
page eleven my annual report
-.MacARTHUR
The oath administered TO Aguinaldo
Is the same in form as that which has
been sworn TO by the other insurgent
leaders who have SURRENDERED and ac-
cepted the supreme authority Of the
United States. The oath follows:
Z -, hereby renounce all ale
Ill -1F col a NrGTr
lutionary governments in the Philip
pine Islands, and recognize and ac-
cept the supreme authority of the
United States Of America therein:
and ! do solemnly swear that l viii
bear true faith and allegiance to
that Government; that / viii at all
times conduct myself as a faithful
and law-abidIng citizen of said ISL
andS, and will not, either directly or
indirectly, hold correspondence with
CT give intelligence to 81 enemy of
the United States, neither viii 1
aid, abet, harbor. or protect such
enemy That I impose upon myself
this voluntary obligation without
any mental reservation or purpose
Of evasion, 50 help me God"
Ry taking the oath Aguinaldo again
becomes free, and the authorities eX-
pect that he VIII aid materially in the
establishment Of civil government of
the islands. In fact, the department
officials here see in the action OF Aguin-
aldo the collapse of the insurgent
movement IN the islands There are a
number of Filipino generals through
out the islands and it IS confidently
anticipated that they Will follow the
example Of their chjeftain and recog-
nize the sovereignty Of the United
States
It is thought that Aguinaldo Will
shortly issue an address TO his people.
calling upon them to surrender and
cease all opposition 10 this Government.
As his influence is still strong among
the Filipinos. the effect Of such action
viii, the officials declare, be very bene-
fetal
Although General Macarthur does
not state that any Office is 70 bestowed
upon Ag1JinaIdo, the impression pre-
walls that an understanding was reach
ed between the American authorities
and the Filipino leader whereby he is
TO receive some recognition for his sur
render. What post Will be assigned
him Is. however. a matter Of specula-
ton. II IS certain that he VIII be plac-
ed where his movements can be care
fully watched until he has fully dera-
onstrated by his conduct that he is a
friend Of the United States.
Many officials here are stilF suspf-
eious of Aguinaldo. and are ayerse to
placing Lin in any position of trust
where he could use his influence TO
again aESuse the FiIpinos against this
Government.
It is thought that the complete estab-
lishment Of civil government in the ISL
ands viii be followed by the return of
the Filfpinos who are now exiled in
Guam from exile, provided they take
the course followed by AguinaIdo in
acknowledging the authority of the
United States.
The President and all the members
of the Cabinet are especially pleased
with the turn taken by matters in the
Philippines and are said TO be confident
that the last formidable obstacle in the
way Of peace in the Philippines has
been removed.
In this connection, there is also a re-
vivaI Of the talk Of reducing the mill
tary force in the Islands 10 1000. and
perhaps to a still smaller number.