Show mm SlAVERY AVERY ii IN N THE Fn pitI r o SEEKS SEEK OM TN IN I 0 AMERICA ACA Was Advisor Ador and ad De Dc Declares clares clae dares the War Wara Has Just Jus Be Degn Began jun Aguinaldo Not Dead New ew York Dee Dec 26 2 Rafael Del Pan Jec Fontela a refugee ref gee from the Philippine islands islands and first present preC ent of the Ma Madrid Madrid Junta junta has h ha just ju arrived in New NewYork NewYork 1 1 York front from Canada Canada I r am ant here to be b free free he explained HI It was wag wa impossible ir me to be other than th h a slave to America America when I lived children in Ma Manila MaUna with Wih my m wife wl and dl live five nila Una so S s I have come ome where I wont won t have to be subservient Americans are arc not subservient to Americans and while I dont approve of the American methods employed in n the Philippines Id Id rather be a fr fre American than an enslaved Senor Fontela was avns y a a lawyer and in Manila Ma Ua When the war ar began he e Was chief adviser Driven out of the Philippines es by the American soldiers he fled ted with wih his wife wile and antI live five small children to Madrid There Ther he established the first Filipino I junta and was wa made made its president With an idea that such a junta would flourish in Canada C ana a he left lef Madrid and went vent to Montreal Montreal He has been there for the past pt several weeks You hear so much of American in independence independence independence dependence in Canada Can a he continued that I determined d to come here and get some of it i Senor Fontela explained that It was as safe for him to return to the Philip Philippines Philippines pines and resume his hs law practice and andI the publication of Ws his bB newspapers were I he willing to swear allegiance nce to the stars and stripes strIDes Im Im no hypocrite he explained and cant take such an oath when my people are in a a a struggle which w must end In death or freedom I wilt will not I return to the Philippines until inde independence independence independence has been gained I The impression I has got abroad that Aguinaldo is dead d This Th is is IB nonsense Agin a He has h a large following and every everyman everyman I man under him js there to do or die dieThe dieThe The Tile war var lias Artless pI s Arner Ame ira ica accedes to t f p demand of f ithe the Fit Fil Filipinos Fi o T To 1 I o Regarding th the of a 3 new party part which the nied States officials say will i rally rl the the Filipinos to the th e co colonial colonIal I lonial policy Senor Sen r Fontela said sauL This scheme is if l doomed to failure The leaders BueI and Paterno are r re leaders a party They The yare are time servers the Spanish dom domination they were ware more Spanish than j I the th Spaniards the effective life of the he t Republic they were ardent patriots tf t |