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Show WOULD AITAtn AMERICANS. Corresonndaere Mlcn-log that Agulaaldn l Inleud to Assail I ailed Blntea The sir department has msde public pub-lic the telcgriiphlc correspondence thst took piece Ixilwcen Agolnaldo and his Insurgent general on January 13, ItiW, to support the siliitlnislralion'a contention con-tention thst Aguinsl'lo at that date contemplated an atta.-k on the United Htatea trnopa at Manilla. tieuerel Morlel and Colonel Calllee telegraphed to Agulnaldo, aaylng: "We desire to know the result of ultimatum ulti-matum which you mnntiooed In your telegram, and we also desire to know what reward our government la preparing pre-paring for the fnrcee who will first be able Uienter Manila. In Agulnaldo'a handwriting la tha reply: "Aa to tha eonlenta of your telegram, those who prove themselvee heroes will have as rewards large auma of money, lands, eitraordlnary promo-tlooa, promo-tlooa, erosaea of Ulach-Ka-Hato, Mar-bute Mar-bute of Melate, Frmtte and Count of Manila, ete., besldee tha onngralule-tlooa onngralule-tlooa of our Idolising country on account ac-count of their patrtotlam and mora If they capture tha regiment with tbelr generate, and If possible tha chief of tbera all, who represent our aaamlea In Manila which (lot) falls to you, or batter aald, to General Morlel and Colonel Calllra. "The ultimatum haa not been aent, but will be within a few days." |