The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18
IF AGUINALDO WERE CALLED.
SOwE THINGS NE WOULD TELL
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
His testimony ~Fore~hadswed In His True
Review es the Philippine ne, osutisn.'
. wooderfui Collection q f~s'seh"eds
showing Iiis In, entive Genius ANA
hg lie Abou One % Our ftshts'

" iis In, entivc Genius -Amas'
tng lie About One % Our Ftshts'
Some Of the minority members OF the
Senate Committee on the Philippines seem
to have b~en struck with considerab'e
force by the -us yes,ion Of Mr.. Sixto Lopez
that his err, while chief. Emilio A~suinAldo.
nov lanRuishins In durancc m re or less
vile L. Mania. bc summoned from the GUS
tody % bis cap,ors 10 give testimony
before that committee In the inquiry now
gong on III Washington.
Whether this suggestion was the result
~ a bona -fdc desire To give To hat com
mitter all the information about ahairs
pas, and present In the Philippines hat u
nigh, h- possible for Mr.. tguinaldo to fuf-
uiSh, or whether II was merely n somewhat
subtle Srhem" to %con,rive the hberatloh
- the Filipino ieadcr in order that he nieh'
BE- parad"d a. n martyr throughout me
length and breadth 81 the land. rrooah'y
will never he known now that tho coinmittee
has declined to acccpt the suggestion ana
summon Don Emilio to pour into the ears
OF its member. The story Of his grievances
and his ambitions
hut IL il not necessary. as a result ot
this refusal to summon the distinguished
Filipino. tina the Senate committee, or any
one else, should lie deprived OF the hap
pine-S II such II hr-of knowing. In part,
at cas, what he would have "a -ay to N"
committee. and what some OF the state
ments are which he would allege to he
fact.
A~ortvAIDo's True REvIEw
Tho untimely end Of La irdeprrdereid.
the official organ 81 Don Emilio's migra-
tory government. which died miserahly IN
a bullcar, while hiking frantically across
the mud. pias,ered fields AZ Pansasinan IN
a futile effort 10 reach the mountains. de-
prived ia" Aguinaldists at one stroke OF
ono ~ their most powerful means Of pro-
paga,ing their creed II left Thorn but one
printing ONCE, a somewhat pretentious
AFFAIR fpr ,hcm, in the town 81 Nueva
Cnce-e.. r pyincr ~ South Camarir"s
In this Office. which bore the proud name
Of Ia Bicoisna, there wa printed IN the
lat'or part 81 1900. n pamphlc, entitled.
The True Review q the Philippine Revo-
luton. by Don Emilio Aguinaldo V Fanny.
President ~ the Philippine Republic.
II - dedicated with the whole soul 81
The author to the civilized nations, and
cspecial!N tho great North American
Republic
l. j. dinicul, TO suppose that the existence
tf Tf'N lhtllIflAFl y NalNNitfNh w ~ AN''N
Filipino patriot. II Boston. and. therefore.
IN desiring 20 have Aguinaldo testify before
m. senate committee they must accept
wha, he saws here a. true For this il a
true rcvicw.- and TO saw otherwise now
would make him a confessed falsiier Of
fact.
But what he doe. saw here Ia 40 NJ variance
with the truth. and 30 easily shown 20 10
20. that that NAV account for the fact that
the Boston patriots have not awaited them
selves Of the opportunity 10 scatter broad
cast their hero's account 81 the events
following American occupation Of the
Philippines.
c-oSrEREScEs AT HOMO KONG.
The pamphle, begins by r~citins the
course ~ the revolution Of ises and gives
the terms ~ the agreement, Of settlement,
made ~ Biac-na-Bato. which Spain did
not fulfil. Il then reci,e. that a, the in
stance 81 the Captain 81 the United States
gunboa, Pe,rel. one Of Dewey's squadron,
then lying in Hong Kong, Asuinaldo had
several conferences with the Captain Com
mander r. z Wood. now dead. who asked
him to return TO the Philippines and offered
him the assistance OF the United States
against Spain.
Il asked the Captain ~ the Petrol says
Aguinsldo, -wha, tho United States would
do for the Philippines. 20 which he answered
that the United States were a grcat and
rich nation and did not ne-d colonies.
These conferences were interrupted nv
Aguinaldo's "trip TO Singapore 20 avoid
trouble in the Hong Kong courts over
the Distribution 81 the money Spain had
paid on account - the Biac-na-B aro settle
ment In Singapore, saws ~Aguinaldo. Mr.
Pratt. our tonsul-General. came 20 see
him at the Instance of Admiral Dewey.
hguinaldo set forth What he wanted and
Pratt. according 10 this narrative. ,ele-
grophed u "a Dewey The next day he
ca ne aga n % Asuinaldo and this i Agui-
nalio's account 81 what he aid
oroTTs CoNsrL-oENErAL PRATT.
Mr. Pratt told me that the Admiral had
~nswerei concerning my wishes that the
In Ted states would At Tho yery least recog-
"" the Independence ~ the Phil ppinc.
dnder n naval prot"o'nrste and that ' was
not necessary to se' IA agreement forth
IN writing leoauSe The word 81 tho Admiral
and the American Consul was sacred and
would he fulhll"d. not heing like that 81
tie Spau ards He added that The North
American Government was very honor
able. very lust and very powerful
In a general vav The substance 81 tho
Fl y M contention that ther~ was some
r"corn 'ion II their status 10y Dewey and
the c,nsulsr ofi~ ais. and a promise ~
rroogu t.aa ~ their independence. has been
publ shed hcr" many times Here. how
ever. a exactly what tgnnnido has 70 say
about : In hs pamphlet and What no might
10 expected with certainty 20 testify 10 II
he were callei before the senate Committee.
The Fil pino chef - de-cr hing his re-
ccpiion nv Dewey on hoard the Olympia
on the occasion Of his arrival from Hong
Kong IA NAV. 1905.
TALKS wrrII WI
y asked him. ays this True Review
IL all the tee grams were true that he had
pnt 70 The Consul n SnRaporr relative 20
me lie answered mo aHfrnlAtiy-ly. and
added 'ho' 10" United states had come to
the Philip ncs % protect their people and
iiterate them from The woke 81 Spain. con-