Show FILIPINO PLOT documents discovered which encourage general slaughter of americans washington july 21 the secretary of war has been furnished with copies of some important documents in regard to an alleged plot against the authora alea in manila which were discovered in the district of san miguel the secret service department under aleut charles R trowbridge eleventh cavalry early in june stumbled upon an insurgent recruiting office situation in an isolated locality where the work might be carried on without attracting attention one room was fitted up as an office and a large quantity of blank forms bearing the headline republica 11 were found in the house in a cupboard which had been securely fastened trowbridge and his men discovered a large quantity of papers all of recent date the latest being dated june 7 they consisted of orders from aguinaldo Agul naldo and letters of encouragement and instruction from that leader and other insurgent chiefs A document which excited a great deal of interest was one which contained the details 01 a plot arranged evidently early in june to excite an uprising in manila the plan contemplated an attack upon the force in the city and the seizure of aitos and ammunition another paper Is ol 01 interest is translated as follows i fars we will not oe slaves let the allt pinos stand together and battle for their liberties and it will not be long before the nations of the world will recognize their strength the blood o martyrs bears ample testimony to the love of freedom and their determined purpose not to cease struggling tor it shall they allow the americans to exercise uncontested sway over the fair fillipino it they do then the fate of the american red men 1 theirs and eventually a reservation will be assigned to thorn brothers our cause Is just therefore let us continue as a thorn in the bide of our oppressors and strike sparing neither men women children nor old people those who stand by each other in hours of adversity are to conquer in the end |