Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-26

under arrest. While the Spaniard
was reading the warrant the Fill
pino blew out the officers brains,
and then with thrilling eloquence,
addressed the soldiers, melting them
to join him in revolt. His words
were effective and they fled to the
mountain forests, where they were
soon Joined by thousands of SYM
pathizers.
His Debut as Leader
This was the rebellion of 1895. 1t
was the debut of Aguinaldo as the
leader of his people. The revolt
grew, and the Spaniards, unable to
quell 1T by force, agreed to the terms
OF the rebels, who demanded certain
reforms in church and state. 1t was
the so-called 'pacification." Aguin-
aldo agreed to give up all his arms
and ammunition and absent him
self from the confines of the islands
on payment of 100000 in gold He
took the money and started for Paris
He had got as far as Singapore when
the destruction of the Maine brought
crisis between the United States
and Spain. In the meantime the
Spanish authorities had violated all
their promises of reform. The in
surrection broke out anew, and
Aguinaldo became it's guiding genius
although still absent from the
islands.
Aguinaldo was travelling incognito.
and his presence in Singapore was
known only to a few persons.
Among those few was an English
man who had long been a resident
of the Philippines. Through him an
interview was arranged between
the banished chieftan and Edward
Ornf CyA
consul general at Singapore. This
meeting resulted in Aguinaldo's be-
coming an ally of the United States,
and a Misunderstanding that later
made him a foe. An American cruis-
er carried him to the Philippines,
and arms, bought from Americans
with the gold given him by Spain,
were placed in the hands of his
army of natives.
Defeated the Spaniards
1t was largely through his smash
ing victories over the land forces of
the Spaniards that Dewey was en-
abled to take Manila. But once the
Spanisrds were elected, Agunaldo,
having set himself up as head of the
Philippine republic, in accordance
with his understanding of the plans,
awaited withdrawal of the Ameri-
can force. But the Americans were
there to stay. And so Aguinaldo re-
belled again, this time against his
recent allies. With a remarkable
genius for leadership and loyal ma
tive following, he became a serious
peril to our forces in the islands.
At last, after many months of guer-
rilla warfare, his armies scattered,
and he reported dead, Auinaldo was
trailed to his hiding place in North
ern Luzon and taken prisoner by
General Funston, March %, 1901.
After a few months confinement
in Manila, the former leader, having
taken an oath of allegiance to the
United States, was set free. He de-
voted himself successfully to agri-
culture until recently, when he be-
came interested in the cocoanut in
dustry. The oil from the cocoanut
became valuable in the manufacture
of explosives following the outbreak
of the European war. The Philip
pines have produced one-third OF
the worlds output of cocoanut oil
since 1911. Aguinaldo is vice-pres-
ident of two of the big concerns Or
ganized to market it since the out
break of the war, the Rial Refin-
ing Company and the Philippine Re-
fining Company.
And so the Tagalo bay. who had
no childhood, has passed from a
dangerous insurrecto to a thriving
and peace loving business man.