Show THE REAL AGUINALDO Mr James A Le Roy writes from Manila of The Real Agulnuldo to the Independent He Is evidently not Impressed with him He evidently believes be-lieves that he Is a mongrel and u fraud part Malay and part Chinese He declares that he is not fitted to be an ordinary clerk and declares that he Is n figurehead a dullard a cruel tyrant and too tricky to be trusted trust-ed He charges that his highsound ing phrases are but words that have been drilled Into him which he repeats as a parrot that the beat he has ever said about the United States Is Slltcs not I more fervid than ho spoke of Spain when for a price he had sold out his country for a pittance and had received re-ceived part of the swag He thinks he is waiting now to see which way the cat will jump and evidently believes I that for a slight conalderatioVhe would I betray thiuflrywfth untlra cnthu I a asm i J The glamorJia iabput gontr from the tyilel who Waged war against the United States for so16itgJbut l was nevjr once undpr fire Le Roy sad he mndc his first fame by being In an expedition that actu ally defeated and captured a Spanish force though even that expedition was led by a Spanish officer His econd fame ivan given him by Admiral Dcwey who brought him back to Luzon Lu-zon and permitted him to lead the Ta gals against the Spaniards lie says i all his talk about the Constitution was I drilled Into him by 1 Mabini and all c his flaming proclamations written i 1 by Mablnl who Is nown exfle in i Guam To show his dullness Le Roy tsked him If he favored trial by Jury I to which he continually replied that 1 America could only rule successfully I In the Philippines by ruling strictly under tho Constitution A prominent Filipino explained to Lo Roy one who knew Aguinaldo well that I Tie got that Idea literally from Mablnl and ho gave It back to you Just as n parrot would He did not meet your question a to trial by jury because he does not know what that means he has not learned it by study and ho Is Incapable of appreciating it any way And this is tho man whom our mug wumps wept over so long and in whose interest they cried out In chorus that a government without the consent of the governed is tyranny The Idol is certainly very much broken |