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Show AGUINALWS SCHEME FILIPINO ENVOYS TO OTI8 DO NOT COME FROM LUNA. General otle Ilefuici to ItecKnlte tho So-Called So-Called Government of the IniurRente Flllplnoi Want a Three Month's Truce to llecrult In. Washington, May 6. General Otis has apprised tho government of tho results of tho conference which occurred oc-curred between himself nnd tho alleged al-leged representatives of General Luna, on May 3. The envoys boro n proposal propo-sal for a cessation of hostilities, but General Otis adhered to his refusal to recognize the so-called government of tho Insurgents. Tho Filipinos now nskior a truco of thrco months In order, they allege, to enable Agulnaldo to summon tho congress con-gress nnd to consult with tho leaders-on leaders-on other Islands. It Is presumed his real motives aro to rest and recruit his disheartened army, and, to procure war munitions. Tho envoys ndmlttcd tho contention of General Otis that Agulnaldo has llttlo control over at-fairsoutsldo at-fairsoutsldo tho Island of Luzon. On tho question of release of Spanish Span-ish prisoners In tho hands of tho Filipinos, Fili-pinos, Major Manuel Arguclezes, tho chief member of tho deputation, said that he considered thorn as being In tho same category with the Americans, tho United States being tho successor of Spain In dominion over tho Island and acquiring by treaty nil Spanish rights nnd obligations. Tho Filipino envoys, Major Manuol Arguelezcs nnd Lieutenant Joso Her-nal, Her-nal, havo abandoned tho pretenso under un-der which thoy come to General Otis, that they represented General Antonio Luna, and today they announce that, they camo as representatives of Agulnaldo Agul-naldo himself. Tho two emissaries used all tholr wiles to secure a reply from Oencrol Otis to tho lottor from Scnor Moblnl, Agulnoldo's prlmo minister and minister minis-ter of foreign affairs In tho dictator's cabinet, which thoy presented to General Gen-eral Otis, but General Otis refused to mako any roply, on tho ground that to do so would be equivalent to a recognition recogni-tion of thu so-called government of tho Filipinos. |