| Show DISPOSITION POSiTION 0 18 OF AGUINALDO i iThe The Question Queston Has Not Yet Boon Been I Determined MAY IA Y USE HIM HOt Opinion or of ar l I or of lug Washington April Apri 2 war Je Ie today revived received Ived Information tram from Gen Ceo MacArthur lint Hint has hu taken tho the oath of ot allegiance to tho thu United States tinder the tho tennis onna of ot am nm amnesty amnesty nesty offered by b Gen den MacArthur by di direction reton of oC the tho President The Tho dispatch conveying this Information contained much more mor than was wa given to the lie pub public lie lic lc The Thu portion porton withhold withheld related to tha tho future futuro disposition of ot Aguinaldo and mudo VH im 11 to o what the latu labs chief of oC the Insurrection might accomplish acco i No statement could cull bu be u obtained a al as to what finally would bu be belone done lone with wi th the tho prisoner hut but It was wua urn orn stated Sled that ho would ba bo lucId held for tor the thc hue present but ut would l be o grunted all al possible Immunity consistent with wih existing conditions Oen Oco en MacArthur has Ions hopes that a I great deal Ocal may lumy l II be o ac accomplished through h Dur ing log the tho time ho he has been een a 1 prisoner ho ht upon tipon made OC Ion quite quie MacArthur a favorable I impression It has los been beon that under the tho terms tenn of oC the notice of amnesty sty tho tIm Prisoner should be bl net set at liberty at t tonce once but there Is la a u provision In tIm the proclamation which says nays that thorn thO who have violated tho the laws las of 01 war sire aro excepted except from UH its terms Whether r or not Gen MacArthur hns hias hl been that hint titus hua 1111 not violated tho th law 11 cannot be lie stated ai toe n the tho prisoner would be b permitted to the oath pending an Investigation of oC i his lila past conduct having been the tho head hend of ot the Insurrection un can be bo held lucId until further In Investigation IH II made or until In t the clr dr cl which surround the tho situa situation siua tion ton In II the Philippines PhilIppIne make Inn lIe It I ablo able to release him outright or other otherwise wise sIse wis dispose of oC him hll These conditions and nt tho the general sit alt si nation antI relation to them wore the subject of ot Oen Uen MacAr MacArthurs thurs thura dispatch and ore tire being ered erod r by the tile lucre here her who sho will wi have h If the hue th final o or the matter mater The rhe news of lt f action Iclon was WM received wih evident satisfaction l by byth bythe th the ar nr department ld the opinion oas va that good gol ro would follow among those who have ha been Leen still holding out against the lie United States The taking of ot tIme tho oath In Itself Is re regarded ns as gIving a It status ot or loal to the HIM United States quite quie tilt dlf f tent from tho loose e still in arms arnie The Th instruction for tor the lie guy 01 of ot unities armies In the tho held recites reles as ai follows TIme The commander will wi throw the bur burden den demo of ot war var 1 1 r as much as nl lies le within his h howe power owe on out 01 the disloyal citizens of the tw th revolted portion of ot province und and If It I he ho It appropriate tf or If It Ills huts govern government OVer I ment demands of oC him that every ory citi citizen zen shall hol by an nn oath of ot allegiance de declare declare clare dare his hit fidelity Cely of ot the legitimate got KOV he lie may exp l Im Imprison fine the tha prison or th who wll refuse to tl take toke the HIP oath otc etc Whether It I Is expedient to do so at anti whether reliance can he hI placed upon Ullon such oath the commander or hits his hi goy gov government go has the rIght to decide lechle Ill Jul the present case Gen Oen MacArthur has hns considered It expedient to have take his oath anti and apparent apparently ly I has held hell that hint reliance can be placed upon tho tim path oath Tho The army aimy lm regulations make no 10 distinct provision that the taking Inking of at the oath onh shall shah hal give complete liberty to It a person although the above quoted provision shows how that hint those man loyalty by b subscribing to nn an oath of oC allegiance are arc to be bo spared from rom thu tIme hardships of oC war wor and that only on those tho e remaining disloyal ul are arc to be L vhs vis visited Ils with wih tho the hur har harsh h treatment of ot war warThe warThe warThe The var department authorities uny sa aa that offenses oren el against the articles of oC war var executed In lii the of oC am nm amnesty amnesty nesty refer reter to murders and like Iko depre depredations Only recently r centy live five c Filipino of ot were wre ere executed for tor such offenses It la Is II not known hero here whether 1 such was responsible In itt any case ease for or offenses WIS though from Crom the fact act that Ion nen MacArthur allowed him to take the oath of ot allegiance It I Is la assumed l that hint the lie commanding general does docs not hold to be tie chargeable with witha wih a n violation of ot tho the articles of tt c war var H It 1 Is believed that thuat tha Gen Oen Oel MacArthur will 11 keep the thc under his hla hll eye eo anti and avail himself of ot tho the Rood good Hool of oC In iii the remnant of oC the Insurgent insurgent gent gen t forces taking the lie oath of ot nIle aie glance suit suld ono one of ot the cabi cabinet cali nut net today emphasizes the thc Importance of oC his capture It 1 makes more clear that the Insurrection huts has about reached Its end nd and foreshadows the tue tle early arly earl and auth complete general acceptance of ot United sovereignty and authority Only n o comparatively small number of oC Fili Filipinos pinos are still In arms arnie and the effect sti of ot notion action on them Item Is oh ob obvious ious lous From Irom now on ouo 01 we IC will wi press or organizing organizing the best government we can camo suited to tho the needs n ell of ot the Philippines submission will 1 have hae a bearing In his favor In the determination d i of at the muter of oC what to todo todo do with wih him hll which will not be decided 10 for tor some ome time Should the thu capture and an submission of ot the Filipino chieftain mark tho lie begin beginning ning alog of oC the end In the Philippines It Iti I Itis i II is added the effect upon the thu American naval arde representation In Asiatic waters will be a very cry considerable reduction of ot our wi naval force In iii the th far fur east There Thore are at present of oC our naval lt vessels vessel e sel on the Asiatic greater great r number than ever eer before has been mo mobilized there lucre and Including some of at atthe the ho uncut nn st battleships cruisers antI and Iron cladi chat In the lie American Amerlan navy MV A good od many of ot them will wi be Il now nose nol sent home It Is l possible that the European l eta sta station sti ton tion 1 with headquarters In the lie Medi ledl Mediterranean Mediterranean lon will bo be bt revived ant nn also no that the recreation wi of oC the tIme old South Pacific station will follow olow There has baa hI been a 1 stAton marked wi shortage of ot to nil fill 11 Im Important important assignments In this country owing to the lie drain that Ihal canoe came from China and Ind the tie Philippine so 10 that the of oC so no many oman of oC the tle vessel essel welcomed will be 11 The Oregon und New Nl Vork ork both bothof bothof of at which have hae been b n In for servIce vice for tor A n great while past Mst already are setting sail sll for tor the United States where they will wi be he completely complete overhauled anti and re ro repaired paired Other big hi vessels on tin I the tho eta sta station ion tion are arC the Admiral He Re HemeY meY ton the 1 Ken Kentucky tucks tucky tuck which however tins baN hll arrived Just jl t recently on the tho station and there therefore therefore fore ore Is not nt likely to be one of oC the yes ves vessels S sels shu to return rei urn and the protected cruls cruis cruisers ers New ew Orleans and Albany Alban Ills HIS lS LAST PROCLAMATION Washington April Apri I Copies of the thelast thelast last ls ed bv by lV previous to hi his capure by isy lr Oen hen Funston have hAe been b n received at the war depart denart department denat mont ment The proclamation Is II dated Juno tory arv Ii 17 l 1 bet with n a reference to the f crell and scornful vexations of oC the most elementary laws lawa ot of war wor committed bv by bylie the lie Imperialists ts who under unter tho the pre ore pretext ur text of oC American been lIeen killed klel hang their prisoners of ot war bv by means Ical which ar nr urO both bOlh nut and Ild Inhuman the lie agony ngon lasting lIt fifteen IC teen minutes to 10 the rosl of oC Manila which Is 19 or otherwise submitting them to tar tor tortures tures urea and If It this were not the military governor of the tho army nimy has bias proclaimed martial law lass vine ulac log Ins In beyond the tho protection of oC law la not only tho the Filipinos l under tInder arms amos but also nil all al peaceful residents whom hiom they ar nr arrest arrest rest and un II deport without them lucia a n hearing heuring almost always for or no other purpose but ut to their houses and treasures or to await awai a I ransom or bribe for tor their liberty According to the censored ceh orel noss of oC Manila lula during the lie month of oC October only Filipinos in various provinces wore were hung the totals for the months of oC November and December were wem the same Ime arid during the hue first ten days of oC this month the States courts martial have ha vo condemned tn to tho ho same Inhuman death tho the Fifteen In San Son Isadro Indro ami antI his fellow elow martyrs sk sl sI In one omie In Baler one In Bolno ono one In one In Donsol Donol anti 1111 three In a of oC I total twenty eight liht death cf In ten days davs ac nc according cording to Information riven Ilven the Ma Manila Maolin olin nila press iress Ire by h the thc staff stat of or tho lie enemy In addition to all ni this tM the Invaders have hao committed another violation of oC Geneva International treaty treats bv hv Ing against us lS our countrymen who have sold sol themselves to theta them by tItle this atrocious measure the tho seeds of civil civi war which could very ury ry well I occur o after this thin war which Is I d r this thIN poor country If I counted as ns traitors should form fornia a regular croon thus making more and moro rort remote the hue coming coring of ot the neace I protest therefore before God GOll and the honorable men of o othe the whole wh li world In the thc name of ot the tl Philippine people against such measure and for tor our own defense I f order and command Artcle 1 I All Al guerrilla chiefs ns as poon soon as na they lucy capture any armed American citIzen shall shah shil take taku him Into Inlo the Interior at nt coca onro nut and shall communicate with the tho chief of ot the hue nearest American detachment lef urgently r requesting thin tho h exchange ot or prisoners nt at the th rate of ot ono one American for tor every cery over three Filipinos of o the many who are arc condemned to d death ath by them antI and who vho W 10 expect to be ho lt led to execution at any nn moment flit Informing him hint that he lie would bo be e responsible for tor the reprisals ala als Ils which he Iw would see aeo ourselves ob obliged 01 liged to take In our Just Juist defense It If I paid American chief should refu reu refuse e c to tomake make the lie exchange requested the hue American prisoners shall hal be shot what whatever whatever ever eler be he their number punish punishment punishment ment mont Is II fixed In the Spanish penal code Q which we wc have hRc adopted for tor those who attack our national Integrity If IC after four tour days after ater the exchange requested the execution of ot some seine ote Filipino sen sentenced sentenced cored by ly the UIO Americans should ba h a an nn announced announced Article Artcle 2 Preference shall be e eelen Given riven elen In exchange ot of prisoners to de deported 11 deported I ported port Filipinos and ld to who hove hae rendered signal service sanle In the cause of oC our Independence 0 Article Artcle 3 The promoters of oC the so SI called Federal party shall be submit submitted submitted ted tt ns toe LS traitors to a I most summary and those who stimulate the tho Invaders to pursue and prosecute uto our who do not wish to Identify themselves therewith shall be hp punished with wih special severity anti and after aler who aro are guilty it inure have ln been heen sentenced they shall phal be he captured and punished wherever r they the may be ho anti and bv hy w whatever means which may be bo possible LOPEZ MUST THINK Boston DORton April 2 Lopez was 08 In Informed Informed Informed formed this afternoon that lint had taken the oath oath of allegiance to the United States StateN Senor Lopez asked for tor the particular Pilon being In Informed Informed informed formed that only the thu bare facts had hall b been on tabled cabled over or he lie h said All I think there roust must ml t be Le conditions attached to toI It I The Thus that A 11 In aldo line has taken the tho oath Is very tf Im inn You must give rc me toe IC time to think It over GEN DEN OI JN 3 Gun Wesley We 11 Merrill MerrItt Merit who recently returned to Chicago after a western wc lern trip nh with wih the tho Commercial club clu party part said ald in regard Karl to th capture of ot Of Or course there n be no doubt It I In tn hu opposition 10 altion to th hue forces still Mill lib hub libis h Illon been is ill only ono man and never him has hll the tho great dominating personality among the tl insurgents The 11 fact of oC tho the case Clue Is 10 that lint he ite Is undeniably an nn ex ux exceedingly l clover cleer man loan ho hue has boon been In the tho llover Instrument I I I of oC a ti n lot of ot reality shrewd leaders lealler The he effect of ot huts his will wil be bl good oot but the tho most mo t hopeful feature of ot the situation Is un tin unapparent apparent realization on au the tho hue part of ot tho the leader lender In general generl that hint continued to our forces is useless |
