Show AGUIN ALDOS APPEAL ASKS THE POWERS TO RECOGNIZE FILIPINO independence declares Decla rei that his people had conquered Como erol the sovereignty of the islands from spain the hie Alit aligning ning of the treaty of paris manila aug a aguinaldo Agul naldo has ha appealed to tile the powers for recognition of 0 filipino independence in a document dated from harlac july 27 and signed by it has been received by all the foreign consuls in marilla manila with the request that they forward it to their respective governments the filipinos we use their old argument that they had conquered the sovereignty of these islands from spain before tile the signing of alte the treaty of paris and therefore spain was in no position to cede them to the united states they argue that tile the possession of the spanish prisoners captured with their arms fighting against the filipinos is eloquent proof of the nullity of the spanish sovereignty aj ai a i when they surrendered hold was irrevocably lost the document says replying to the spanish commissions request to release the prisoners because spain no longer has political interests in the islands we asked tor for a treaty of peace and friendship between spain and the filipinos whereby the prisoners boners would be released but the commissioners refused because it would mean recognition of our independence pen pea dence this is equivalent to saying baying that the prisoners must stay in in our hands indefinitely indefinitely y because their possession is our most efficacious method to adjust our account with spain and obtain from here recognition of independence pen dence the filipinos claim that they conquered all tile the country except manila and that they operated cooperated co in securing the batters lat capitulation by surrounding it at the cost of thousands of lives they also claim they conquered the country unassisted except for sixty guns that admiral dewey dewcy gave agui naldo caldo and that admiral dewey and the british and belgian consuls recognized the filipino sovereignty by asking fur for passes to visit the count country rv they claim that they have letters from american consuls and generals recognizing their sovereignty and promising that the americans would recognize their independence which was at the disposition of the powers the filipinos attempt to make capital of the statement that admiral dewey had bad confidence that aguinaldo would observe and fulfill the rules of war that he be gave him spanish prisoners which the american navy had captured finally the filipinos appeal to the powers to influence washington to bring to a termination the unjust war which is devastating 0 the e country |