The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-12
ACO|DALDO AS
HE Is TODAY
Filipino Chiefs Life Since His
Liberation.
HE FEARS HIS ENEMIES
Refuses to be interviewed at
Length by Any One.

New York, Oct. 1.-THE New York
World prints the following:
Manila. Sept g.
Il am done! I did all 1 could do. in
honor as a leader for my country. and
fought until We were defeated. From
this time on l shall live quietly in pri-
vate life.
So says Don Emilio Aguinaldo Fanny.
who fought for the independence of his
! people and lost.
BY the gracious amnesty of the Presi-
dent, Aguinaldo is today free man. re-
solved peacefully to pursue the life of
/ an agriculturist in his homestead south
| OF Manila, near Cavite Viejo, the seat
OF all past revolutionary movements.
/ Here he plans 10 live. surrounded by his
/ friends and more or less fearful Of his
/ enemies Of the north or OF the stlwart
! friends OF Gen. Luna, whom he vileIy
drew into q death-trp on the threshold
Of his last capital at CaDanatuan
The closing days of Aguinaldos long
military confinement We're rather pathet-
/ ic, for the little man with great appeal
ing eyes has eaten his heart out in the
silent misery of a lost cause, until upon
the day of his release-July she went
out among his people as simple Aguinaldo
Pinched Of face. thin of body, and with
the indelible mark of failure upon his
brow
We have seen in our own country man
blazoned as a hero one day and ridiculed
into the mire of the next; but in the
Philippines was exhibited the profound
reverence Of nation for mere man
q reverence which caused toddling chill
dren and full grown men alike TO cross
/ themselves at the mention of the adored
word ''Aguinaldo." He was to their fer
vently religious natures another Christ
come to save.
Three years ago every street urchin
hummed the stirring national anthem.
Viva la Aguinaldo,' and fair mestizas
enthusiastically thrummed it on guitar
and piano behind their shell and latticed
windows. Today the song that stirred
the nations pulse if forgotten-or, per-
haps, buried in the nations heart; at
least il may be safely said that "Aguin-
aldo is no longer a name to conjure
with, and that an indulgent smile, a
sheer. or a look of hatred comes quickly
to the faces of many who in the past
gave him allegiance. Such is fame The
King is dead. Long live the King
After Aguinaldo was captured in the
desolate ruggedness of Northern Luzon by
carefully planned and daring executed
trick of the military government. he was
brought to Manila and ultimately given
a house where after taking the oath
Of allegiance, he was said to be as free
as any other citizen Of the United States.
and this in spite of the soldier guard
which constantly lived in the house and
barred the entrance.
When the statement was made 10 one
correspondent he jocularly suggested that
If this We're true ne would go up and
take Aguinaldo out riding. but TO this
he received a premptory refusal This
confinement may have been merely a
surveillance or protection for Aguinal-
90 against his enemies. but in our own
country we would be apt to call i; plain
imprisonment.
The house in which Aguinaldo was
kept so many months IS a huge dilspitat-
ed AFFAIR. with six rooms upstairs and as
many downstairs. The building stands
Hehind a massive stone wall some ten
feet in height except at the front. where
The wall is lower and capped By four
foot picket fence. It is situsced in a fash
iOnabIe district of Manila. but its precise I
location is a little removed from The
streets of travel and residence. I
Aguinaldo was a free man in 81 far
as receiving visitors was concerned. He +
gave audiences to his friends Whenever /
he chose. and there vas nothing 10 pre- T
vent his sending through them. any I
number of private messages and letters
lie often quietly refused 10 receive Off (
Gals, and the privacy OF his life was 4
never broken in upon unless he wished 10 4
grant permission.
II was particularly difficult for news
paper men 10 secure an Interview with
A guinaldo; not that ne had anS feeling
against them as a class. but as ne can
5idly pUt H. have nothing 70 say al lAe
present tine which wiz DO nv country
or myself ans good. and speaking may
harm both
s.. month after month he lived a lone
IS. taciturn life frightened for an hour.
sow and then. hy some Filipino friend
to whom h could stiil safely talk His
position vas more difficult among his
alleged native friends that witn the
Americans. a. many Il the former who
had been prominently Identified Wish the
nsurrecti0n. bsst who we're noE holding
5ositions u trust under the American
government. visited him from tire 70
me In the hope q discovering his true
Intentions fer The future Il D. should
le released
To visit Aguinsido while IL captivity it
vas necessary 20 explain 20 the sentry
Il The graf iron gate that you desired
o cau upon thu niustrious QersousEs
-he sentry passed you On = The sergeant
( The guard AZ the front door. and while
.ou waitel Ter the corporal &c fnd him
oa were under The Indifferent scrutiny
3. hair g dozen khaki-unsforne5 soldiers.
.stlessly kickl-r their legs beneath
e1ch hoidizE bayoneted guns between
heir irress
The sergeant smiles and prcs8ces !
q 1ch -thur-be1 notebook ard a sr1hty
.ad-Deacn requesting ;hat you uriie
our name. PAGE AFTER page 81 ths ittls ,
ook shows the signatures ~ Flirincs. .
-riiten IN TIE csrefal copre-- plate sfy.e :
& tha educated native wlth here ard ;
he7r the s7rawliuE Characters q an
1-erf-zn-
Th- corporal disappears above wffh IT, ;
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