Show ISiN EXGEPTD GLASS II I I Why Aguinaldo Does Mot Take Advantage of Amnesty I I HE VIOLATED LAWS OF WAR Gave Orders to His Followers teak t-eak Up into Guerrilla Bands I Letter from the Filipino Chief Dated at Biocuabato Gives Reasons Stnted for His Not Accepting Overture Over-ture Ho Allows No One to Come Near Him Except His Most Inti mate Friends Frieds Inte I I Washington Aug 13 Copies of lan la-n I papers rcclved at the War department depart-ment contain a letter purporting to be from a personal friend of Agulnaldo which states that the Filipino chief does not take advantage of the amnesty amnes-ty proclamation because some time ago he gave orders to his follows to break Into guerilla bands The amnesty orders or-ders excepts those who violated the laws of war and It states that Aguln aldo fears tha he would be In the excepted ex-cepted class should he undertake to surrender under the amnesty proclamation proclama-tion S The letter is dated at Blacuabato which Is wild to be the present provisional pro-visional headquarters of Aguinaldo I states however that Agulnaldo never stays more than one night In a place and only n few hours In any one location loca-tion He allows no one to come near him except his most Intimate personal friends I A dispatch in one of the papers dated L I at San Pedro Macatl says that Gen Plo Del Pllar who recently surrendered surren-dered says he wishes to become 0 good I American citizen and Intends to accept the American terms offered to his people peo-ple Ho said he would like nothing better bet-ter than to raise n regiment of native Filipinos to serve in China Copies of orders received at the Val department announce the sentence of Jaclnto Ebron 0 native who was charged with insurrection against the Government of tho Unled States of America Ebron was sent to the penitentiary peni-tentiary for five years The order states that Ebron waa a member of u band of outlaws operating In Cagayan province Luzon which committed various va-rious outrages upon the whole population popula-tion and kept the people In a constant state of terror I Furmin Camlt also convicted of I manslaughter In Hollo was sentenced for ten years The orders contain acquittal of Col James Petit Thirtyfirst volunteer Infantry I In-fantry who was charged with being responsible re-sponsible for the death of a prisoner l by f turning him over to the president or t I Zambpanga who executed him The I findings and the acquittal are disapproved disap-proved by Gen MacArthur who says that notwithstanding the alleged character char-acter of the prisoner which tended to reveal him as a guerilla or outlaw he was nevertheless entitled to protection and to have his guilt determined In the general way by n war tribunal Although Al-though the acquittal Is disapproved thoJll the K nothing further for Gen Mac Arthur to < do and he restored Col Pet anc tit to his regiment A board consisting of five army officers cers has been appointed to make a report re-port upon a classification of all persons employed In thc public service In Manila Ma-nila This is for the purpose of establishing estab-lishing a proper uniformity In the compensation com-pensation of such employees An order promulgates the tariff on State timber and Issues instructions its application applica-tion I is intended for the utilization of theforest products of the Philippine Islands to the best possible advantage |