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Show UNCLE SAM'S TERMS. FORM OF GOVERNMENT TO BE QIVEN THE FILIPINOS. Governor Oeneral and Judge to be Ap pointed ur the lrealdent. While the Cabinet Will be Selected by the (lovernor (Irneral. Manila, May S4. Professor Schurtnan, Schur-tnan, hoad of the United States Philippine Philip-pine commission, has submitted the following written propositions to tho Filipinos: "While the final decision as to the form of government Is In tho hands of the congress, the president under his military powers, pending tho action of congress stands ready to offer tho following fol-lowing form of government: "A governor general to be appointed by the president; a cabinet to be appointed ap-pointed by the governor general; all the judges to be appointed by tho president; presi-dent; the heads of departments nnd judges to be either Americans or Filipinos, Fili-pinos, or both, and also a gcnoral advisory ad-visory council, Its members to be chosen by tho people by a form of suffrage suf-frage to be hereafter carefully determined deter-mined upon. "The president earnestly desires that bloodshed cease and that tho people of the Philippines, at an early date, enjoy en-joy the largest measure of self-government compatible with peace and order." The United States commission prepared pre-pared the scheme and the president cabled his approval of the form of the document. The Filipinos have rande no deflnlto proposition except for the cc6sutlon of hostilities until they can present the question of pcaco to the pcoplo. Professor Schurtnan told tho Filipinos they had no means of gathering gath-ering the people together, as the Americans Ameri-cans control most of the porta. He also reminded them that a liberal form of government was offered them, nnd pointed out that It was better than the conditions existing under tho Spanish rule. Gozaga, president of the Filipino commission, replied that nothing could be worse than Spanish rule and admitted ad-mitted that tho form of government proposed was liberal. Tho civil members of the Filipino commission have doclded to co-operate with the other members of that commission, com-mission, as the former considered Agulnaldo's latest demand to bo preposterous, pre-posterous, after General Oils' refusal of an armistice, referrlug to his wish i for. time in order to. consult the. Fill- |