Show PRESIDENT WILL PARDON philippine PRISONERS amnesty witt will be issued boon boom probably on an the fourth of july at the meeting of the cabinet friday the terms of an amnesty proclamation to the philippines which la Is contemplated to issue on the fourth of july were agreed upon the war department for some time lime past has had bad under advisement the draft of the proclamation and has found it necessary to make a number of changes in ita it text in its ita modified form it was agreed to by the cabinet and secretary root will cable it to acting governor wright fonita inspection if it meets meet the batters lat approval nothing will remain but for the president if the philippine government bill is blaw a law on that day as aa it Is now BOW expected it will vill be to issue on independence day a formal proclamation cla clar mation nation setting forth terms term of amnesty for all political offenders offen dera in the lands islands including aguinaldo Agul naldo and those held at guam the proclamation is based on the general objects of the philippine gov bill namely to restore perce pence in the archipelago and substitute a civil for military administration the proclamation will declare that a state of peace now exists in the dilill islands save in the parts of the archipelago where the mindanao or pagan tribes are giving the united states a great amount of trouble and will declare in effect that with transfer of the government of the archipelago 0 from a military to a civil status all those arrested and held for political offenses ball dball be restored to liberty granted full amnesty and allowed to tao participate in the civil government govern government men that is to be established in the islands |