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Show AUTONOMY DESIRHD. I This Is the Ilunlen of the Talk of the I Filipino Commissioners. Manila, May 23. Autonomy is the burden of the talk of the Filipinos, and it is thought that the kind they wish for would be little different from the scheme of an American protectorate which they talked of before the war. Senor Paterno. who has succeeded the irreconciliable Mabinaas president of the Filipino so-called cabinet, is a student and writer of ability. He once drew up a plan of autonomy under Spain which the Spanish government govern-ment promised to adopt, there then being a troublesome rebellion on foot. The American commissioners, in studying study-ing the question of the Philippine government, gov-ernment, have found several good points in this scheme, Paterno is now the strong man in Aguinaldo's party. All the moneyed leaders of the insurrection insur-rection see that it is hopeless and are anxious for peace. Those who want money think they may profit by har-rassing har-rassing the Americans awhile longer. |