| Show THE LAmB THAT HE IS Gen Merrltt and Otis and Admiral Ad-miral Dewey and the Philippine commission com-mission have all protested that no recognition rec-ognition was given to the Philippines but this has been denied by Pettlgrew by the yellow press of the Democracy all over the country and even by Senator Sen-ator Hoar They have declared that I the officials broke faith with Agulnaldo and thereby made him an enemy to tho United States But In his great speech last Wednesday Senator Spooner fired a few softcap shells Into the whole camp and they went I through the outfit the way the I soft shells did at Indian Head through the Krupp armor the other day Hr read a translated letter l written writ-ten by Agulnaldo as Pronldent of i the revolutionary Government to the Spanish General Rios in command in > Hollo urging surrender to the Filipinos pinos rather than to the Americans to I the end thsit th I < fi n fnrm n Snnnlsm Republic This letter was and Filipino Republc Illtr dated October 25 1S9S In the letter A Ulnoldo calls attention to another when 1S9S letter ho had written July 0 t great friendship to he was professing scM the Americans This letter was written writ-ten to Gen Augustine then in command com-mand at Manila warning him against surrender to the AmerIcans That Is two months alter Dewey destroyed tho I fleet and took the shore batteries In feot Manila bay Aguinnldo was plotting I Generals to defeat with the Spanish Geneals dctet I tho Americans In the letter of October I Octo-ber tho following sentence occurs I write to you General actuated solely wie by tho destra of doing an act of evident Justice compatible with your honor and I with those high duties which I clto above and especially with that hope of yet saving cpccl < lY ing from llio shipwreck tho sovereignty ot Spain In theuo Islands In another part or this long letter I I Agulnnho said to Rlos I am able to declare that of all tho j Spanish Generals you alone have known how to defend the Spanish flag In thepo Island If the others had only knovn how to Sustain It as you have how different dif-ferent would bo today the and end of wnut tho Spanish implrc In these lands 1 That is the kind of a man that our Democratic friends arc cr lng their I yes out over This Is the gentleman that Is praying and asking his people to pray for the success of the Democratic I Demo-cratic party In the United States In the November ele ton |
