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Show GERMANY'S PLOT. Fomenting an Outbreak of the Insui-gentl JAgaiUBt the American Forces. San Francisco, Sept. 24. A Manila correspondent of the Evening- Post says that Germany is endeavoring to embitter the followers of Aguimihlo against the Americans HDd that she has oflicers in their raDks, secretly drilling them. He says that this has been going- ou for years and prior to the interference of the United States in the Philippine affairs almost every German vessel that landed there carried car-ried one or more officers in disguise and stacks of arms and ammunition for the insurgents.' The Post's informant has just received re-ceived a letter from an authoritative source in Hamburg, giving the details of Germany's future in the islands. Briefly the plan is as follows: Germany will send numerous trading vessels to the islands and will arm 15(1,000 I'ilip-pinos, I'ilip-pinos, besides furnishing Krupp guns aud artillery for field use. The islanders island-ers will be thoroughly drilled by German Ger-man oilicers, and by February Senor Aguinaltlo will be prepared to make an onslaught upon the American forces. To aid this plot, the letter says that Germany is trying to induce China to purchase a large number of birr war vessels, ostensibly to strengthen strength-en her navy, but really to be held for transfer to Germany should complications complica-tions arise. The German ag-enis. who have made ; a report to their government, Bay that j it -will be impossible for the United States to land more than .10,0(1(1 men in the Philippines before Aguinitldo is ready to make his coup. The German report of the condition of affairs says that America's only hope is to disarm ' the insurgents. |