| Show PARDON FOR AQUINO I Secy Sec Tuft raft Recommends 1 Such Action to the tire President Washington March 23 The secretary of at war has hns submitted to 10 the president for tor action the tho record of evidence taken laken In the tho court martial proceedings against Aquino an un in insurgent Filipino for tor giving an un al order for tor the shooting of ot live American prisoners resulting In tho the death ot of three of or them The Th secretary reviews the tho case care at considerable rable length rind tind recommends that Aquino who has lion now been confined for tor three years carll receive a full tull pardon The prisoners were In the custody of ofa a Filipino l named Guerrero in command who wall vius said to have re ye resembled In m a The surviving prisoners il that ihal Aquino quino himself gave po the order for tor their heir lion tl n but Aquino when charged with tho the crime Insisted that thai It must have breve been Guerrero who gave the order Ho lie produced a I number of ot native soldiers to 10 support Ort his hil contention and also claimed to 10 have had Guerrero tried by court martial for tor having executed the tho prisoners Guerrero uns Willi s its found guilty and exe executed executed by command A strong point made In favor was wall that he haul hall surrendered to the tM Americans knowing that he ho was to be tried on a 11 charge of ot having murdered the tho prison prisoners ers ore lie II however was waR convicted d by bytho bythe the tho court martini martial and sentenced lI to a R of ot imprisonment About bout n a 1 year ear aco 00 prominent Filipinos rind other am petitioned p lIlI ne the government to par iuar pardon don Aquino In clueIng closing his review of tile Ile c ClUe use Secy See Taft says s sI I 1 cannot read th Ih record without fueling that there thele I very ery grave doubt pf ot ruina guilt He lie Is III not shown hown nt ot an nn time to tu h ho have ve been cruet cruel or harsh In lii S treatment of at the prisoners on ore th the contrary so far or ns us n the pi pRon own on KO goes JOEr he hue was wan ns with them thorn arid aiU an Interfered to 10 alit aid th them m Guerroro on one the other nand uan was u IL crush ruel mann man ns as n shown hown by b his Ms treatment of ot them antI the lie act no ao against Aquino was WOI more probably that of Guerrero |
