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Show INDEPENDENCE OH DEATH Afulnallo Will llM for ltennllo ul Hie rilllnu IUt.ul.tle. lAindon, .Nor Jl It Is learned thai on Wednesday last, Aguncllla, the representative of gulnablu, vrholiaa been In Varla watching tlio proceed-toga proceed-toga of tho peaco coiiiiiilsalonera, calleil meeting of the V lllptnoa In Varla and Iiondou to meet blm In Paris, when a committee waa fonnril with the object of doing erirytlilng possible to Induce franco to recognlie lho ao-callol Till ptno republic A Ulrgrain waa aent to Agutnatdo asking for lnstructloua,anil the following reply la said to hare been recclrrd "Insist upon absolute Independence Otherwise tight to the death We are all milted and the gorernment la progressing pro-gressing smoothly All the ludopend tut IrlWa of tho mountain are submitting sub-mitting to Agulnaldo and the chiefs are bringing pri tents of gold " The statements made by lleneral Wesley Merrltt, In reply to the npptal of tho 1 lllplno Junta uf Hongkong to tho American people haro tnuacil Indignation In-dignation among tho rlllplnoe. They are specially Incensed at the suggestion sugges-tion the' tliu n..uld loot and at the Idea of In-.tig goreruiil aa a lolony. |