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Show AOULNALDO'sS APPEAL ABKSTMB I'OWEdB TO IIEOOO-NIZE IIEOOO-NIZE FILIPINO INDBI'BNDENOB llfrltrrs llial Ills I ' I Is 111 il""l II .K.nHlnlnf IKIlUnll I rem Syaln llffnra llo slnln( l lh lrtlr f lrl Manila Aug -Agulnaldo haa appealed ap-pealed to the lowers for recognition of "I lllplno Independence," In a docu muiit dated from Tariae, Jul 17, and signed by lliirueamlhlo. It has been received by all Ihe foreign consuls in Manila, with the re"t that they forward for-ward It to their reepeetlre govern men la. The Filipino nse their old argument that they had eonqnered the sovereign ly of thM Islands from Spain before the signing of the treaty of I arls and therefore Spain was In no posltlnu to cede them to the ( nlted Htate They argue that the poasetalon of the 7 000 Hpanlsh prisoner, raptured with their urms llghllng against the I lllplno I eloquent proof of the nullity of the Hpanlsh sovereignty an when they surrendered sur-rendered Hpaln a hold was irrevocably lost The document sees 'Itepljlng to Ihe Spaulah enmmls-slon enmmls-slon a request to release the prisoners because Hpaln no longer has polillnil Interests In the Islands ne asked for a treaty of ieare ami frUmlshlplirtween Hpaln and tho r lllplno whereby the prisoner would I" releasril but the couiinlssloners refuseil, beeauso It would mean reeognltlou of our Inde pendi nee 1 his I equivalent to saying that he prisoners must atny In our hands Indefinitely liecauso their pos session Is our most ellleneluus inelhiKl to adjust our account with Hpaln and obtain from here recognition of ludc Uendenre " Tho l'lllplnos claim that they conquered con-quered all the country exript Manila an I that they co-operated In securing the lattera lapltiilatlou ly surround lug It at tho cost of thousands of lives. Tiny also claim they conquered the country unassisted exicpt for sixty gun that Admiral Dowry gnve Agul naldo, and that Admlmal Dewey and too iiriiisn ami neigian cousin rrcog. nlieil the Mllplno sovereignly by ask ing for passe to visit the country They claim that tin y hare letters from merlran consuls nn 1 generals rccngnlilng their sovereignly anl promising that the American woul I rrcognlte their Independence, 'whti.li wa at the disposition of the jMiwers lha l'lllplnos attempt to make capital capi-tal of tho stall mrnl that Admiral Deney ha I coutldtiue that gulnaldo wouhl observe and fill til 1 the rules of war that ho gave him KiO Spanish prisoners which tho American nurj liad captured linally the Mllplno nppial to the iHiner to inlluenco Unshlngton lo bring ton termination theunjiittwur which Is devastating the country " |
