The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-04
PROCLAMATION TO FILIPlNOS
PRESIDENT TDECLARESRESTORA-
 TIOY OF PEACE.

FhLS1OLAI DLCL<Ah To 1GEo1 Oh<1-
 TION OF PEACE.
 Entire Archipelago Included With the Exception of the Country Occupied by Moro Tribes-GenernI ChafTee Relieved of His Civil Duties and the Philippine Commission Made the Supreme Au- thortty-Amnesty.
 Washington, July 8. - President Roosevelt has formally declared the restoration of peace in the Philippine archipelago; he has placed the islands under complete civil control and has eX- tended general amnesty to the Filipinos who have been in rebellion. These three things, marking one of the most important chapters in Philippine his tory, were accomplished through the is- sue of three separate orders and proc lamations, one by the president over his own signature, extending amnesty; one through Secretary Root, by the presi- dents order, relieving General Chaffee from his duties as military governor, and a third which takes the shape of a general order addressed to the entire army of the. United States, in which Secretary Root takes occasion to eX- press the presidents high appreciation of the work it has accomplished, both in Cuba and in the Philippines
 The amnesty proclamation is as fol- lows:
 By the President of the United States
 6 Proclamation.
 Whereas. many of the inhabitants Of the Philippine archipelago were in in- surrection against the authority and sovereignty of the kingdom Of Spain at divers times from August, 1S96, until the cession of the archipelago by the Kingdom to the United States ot Amer ica and since such cession many of the persons so engaged in instruction have until recently resisted the authority ana sovereignty of the United States and
 Whereas, the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the unit ed States is now at an end and peace has been established in all parts Of the archipelago except the country inhab- ited by the Moro tribes, to which this proclamation does not apply; and
 Whereas, during the course of the insurrection against the Kingdom or Spain and against tho government or the United States, persons engaged therein, or these in sympathy with and abetting them. committed many acts in violation of the laws of civilized war fare, but it is believed that sucn acts were generally committed in ignorance of those laws and under the orders 1s- sued by the civil or insurrectlorary leaders, and
 Whereas, it is deemed to be wise and humane irl accordance with the beneh- cent purposes of the government Of the Tinted States towards the Filipino neople and conducive to peace, order and loyalty among them, that the doers of such acts, who have not already sut- fered punishment shall not be heid crinainallv responsible, but shall be re- lieyed from punishment for particlpa- lion in these instructions and for un- lawful acts committed during the course thereof by a general amnesty and pardon;
 Now, therefore, be it known, that l. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, by virtue or the mower and authority vested in me by the constitution do hereby proclaim i and declare, without reservation or condition. except as hereinafter provid- ed. full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons in the Philippine erchipelago who have participated in +be ins,,rrections aforesaid or who have given aid and comfort to persons par ticipating in said instructions, for the offenses of treason or sedltion and TOT . all offenses political in their character - committed in the course of such insur- rections pursuant to orders issued by the civil or military insurrectionary authorities or which grew out of inter- nal political feuds or dissensons be- tween Filipinos and Spaniards or the Spanish authority or which resulted from internal political feuds or dissen- sions among the FiIipinos themselves during either of said insurrections; . Provided, however, that the pardon @ and amnesty hereby granted shall not 2 include such persons committing crimes since May 1st nineteen hundred and two, in any province of the archipelago in which at the time civil government was established, nor shall it include such persons as have been heretofore I finally convicted of the crimes of mur- der. rape, arson or robbery by any mill tary or civil tribunal organized under the authority of Spain or of the United States of America but which special application may be made to the proper authority for pardon by any person be. longing to the exempted classes and such elemency as is consistent with hu- manity and justice will be literally ex- tended; and further
 Provided, That this amnesty and par don shall not affect the title of right O the government of the United States O that of the Philippine islands to any property or property rights heretofor, used or appropriated by the military o ! civil government of the United State or that of the Phillipine islands organ ized under authority of the United States by way of confiscation or other wise; and
 Provided further, That every persol who shall seek to avail himself of thi proclamation shall take and subscrib' to the following oath before any author ity in the Philippine archipelago au thorized to administer paths, namely:
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