Show OFFER MONEY DUT HE REFUSED TO GIVE UP THE CONFLICT new york sept 15 A special to the world from ithaca N Y bays your correspondent la able to say on authority that the Sc hunnan peace commission offered every possible an fn du cement short of absolute self gov to aguinaldo Agul naldo and his followers aguinaldo Agul naldo waa promised as the price for the restoration of peace in the tribe a bonus of more than a year while the remained peaceful he was told that he could choose men from his tribe tor the minor municipal offices the commission went so tar as to promise aguinaldo Agul naldo the moral support of the united states government it euch were needed to make bis leader bh p of the tagaloa thoroughly secure with all those inducements tempting as they must have been aguinaldo Agul naldo aa the recognized head of the insurgent movement declined to yield he insisted upon immediate self govern ment and as his insistence was so firm as to make an agreement impossible the american commissioners ceased negotiations president schurman was frank in telling your correspondent a day or two ago that he favored giving to the various tribes the largest possible measure of home rule at the earliest moment he thought the several tribes could administer their own local affairs elect their municipal officers establish court and penal institutions a judiciary etc but he did not believe it possible to allow the natives to participate in the general government how could they govern the island in view of the heterogeneity and multiplicity ity of the tribes he added |