The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-09
PEACE GRANTED.
The Unexpected Proclamation of the
President.
ISSUES AMNESTY TO FLIP PINGS

I ~ L
The President Compliments tn
Army ON it's Work Both IN
Cuba and I'm the
Philippines.
The president has formally declared
the restoration OF peace in the Philip
pine archipelago, has placed tn,
islands under complete civil contru
and has extended general amnesty t.
the Philippines who have been i'm re
bellion. These three things, markin.
one of the most important chapters il
Philippine history, were accomplished
through the issue of three separate or
derS and prOclamationS, one by tn,
president over his own signature, eX
tending amnesty: one through Secre
tary Root by the preSidentSS order
relieving Gen. Chaifee from his duties
as military governor, and THIRD
which takes the shape OF a genera
order, addressed to the entire army oI
the United States, in which Secretary
Root takes occasion to express the
presidents nigh appreciation of the
work it .as accomplished, both in
Cuba and in the Philippines.
The amnesty proclamation is as fol
lows:
by the president OF the United States:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas, many Of the inhabitants
of the Philippine archipelago were in
insurrectiOn against the authority and
sovereignty of the kingdom of Spain at
divers times from August, 1896. until
the cession of the archipelago by that
Kingdom to the United States of
America and since such cession many
of the persons so engaged in inSurrec-
tion have until recently resisted the
authority and sovereignty of the
United States, and
Whereas, the inSurrection against
the authority and sovereignty of the
United States is now at an end and
peace has been established i'm all parts
of the archipelago except in the coun-
try inhabited by the Moro tribes, to
which this proclamation does not ap-
ply, and
Whereas, during the o. the
insurrection against
!: s.: ]: !: :: !: : :: !:
Spain and agaiDt mi OF
and abeN
u,to in vi6 XII
liZed warfaTS n
such acts were SUM ed in
Ignorance OF these lawADl!giS under or
derS issued by the civil On Nrilitory IN
Surrectionary leaders, aid
Whereas, it is deemtd to be wise
and humane, in accordance with the
beneiicent purposes of tlle government
of the United States to Tards the Fill
pino people, and conducive TO peace,
order and loyalty amouE them, that
the doerS of such acts tvho have not
already suffered puniShlae shall not
be held criminally responsible, but
shall be relieved from punishment for
participation in theSej instructions
and for unlawful acts cymmitted dur
ing the course thereof by a general
amnesty and pardon.
Now, therefore, be itf known that |,
Theodore Roosevelt, pnySident of the
United States of Amcll lca, by virtue
of the power and authC Ety vested in
me by the constitution idO hereby pro-
claim and declare, without reServa-
tion or condition, excepk as hereinaf-
ter provided, a full andl complete par
don and amnesty of all persons in the
Philippine archipelago Yho have par
ticipated in the inSurrectiOn afore-
said, or who have given aid and com
fort TO persons participating in said
inSurrcctiOn, for the OtlhnSeS OF trea-
son or SeditiOn, and for all otfenScS
political in their character committed
in the course of such instructions
pursuant to orders iSSUcli by the civil
or military inSurrcctioHary authOri-
ties or which grow out df internal po-
litical feudS of diSSenSiOnS between
f'iliplnOS and SpaniardS pr the Spanish
or which resulted from
internal fcudS or diSSepSionS among
the FilipinOS themselves Turing either
of said instructions:
Provided, however. 1Ihat the par
don and amnesty hereby granted shall
not include such PERSONS committing
crimes since May /, l902, in any pro-
vince in the archipelago in which at
the time civil government was cStab-
liShed, nor shall it inH de such per
sons as have been he iOfOrc finally
of the crir1 of murder,
rape, arson or robbcr ~ any mill
tary or civil tribunal k.}niZed under
the authority of Spai the United
states, but special apI .tiOn may be
made 10 the proper All irity for par
don by any person 'ging To the
exempted classes, and l;h Clcmcncy
as is consistent with manity and
justice will be liberal Iitended, and
further.
Provided, That this amnesty and
pardon shall not affect the title or
right of the government Of the United
States or that of the Philippine is
lands to any propertl or property
rights heretofore used or appropriated
by the military or civil FauthoritieS OF
the government OF the United States
or the Philippine islaAdS organized
under the authority NJ the United
States by way OF confiSCStion or other
wise, and
Provided further T{at every ncr.