AFFAIRS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1899.
blessings of good and stablo govemment upon the people of the Philippine Islands."
It will be my constant endeavor to co-operate with the Philippino people, seeking the good of the country, and I invite their full confidence and aid.
E. S. OTIS, Major General, U. S. Vols,
Military Governor,
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SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.
MAILS DUE.
Indian (Lightning) to-morrow, German (Preussen) 11th inst:
Australian (Kestiga Maru) 16th inst Australian (Australian) 17th inst. American (City of Peking) 20th'inst: American (Gaelic) 21st just. Canadian (Empress of India) 23rd inst.
THE Sulk er steamship Pictoria arrived in
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in New York at 8 am on the 24th ultima.
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instant.
THE China Mutual Steam Navigation Co's steamer Oopack from Glasgow, etc., passed the Canal on the 25th December, and may be con-
sidered due at Singapore on or about the 13th
instant..
From the tenor and substance of the: above (From our own correspondent.)
Instructions of the President, I am fully of the MANILA, January 5th. opinion that it is the intention of the United The first news of the Panay expedition under States Government, while directing affairs. General Miller which was eent to Iloilo a few generally, to appoint the representative men days ago, was received here yesterday. The now forming the controlling element of the the course of his speech said as to China we expedition which consists of the U.S.S. Bali Philippinos to civil positions of trust and re- mary Compania Maritima's steamer Union and sponsibility, and it will be my aim to appoint the transports Newport, Pennsylvania and thereto such Philippinos as may be acceptable Arizona reached Iloilo on the morning of 18th
to the suppreme authorities at Washington.
It is also may belief that it is the intention of December. The German criuser frene was in the herbour at the time. Negotiations wero
the United States Government to draw from the Philippino people so much of the military Immediately opened by Ramon Avencena, the. chairman of the executive committee, who
force of the islands as possible and consistent asked if the Americans had had any consults with a free and well constituted government tions with or brought any instructions from of the country, and it is my desire to singular delusion. (Laughter and cheers.) I derive as much or even greater beneft. N/ THE Silk er steamship Kinshiu Maru arrived Aguinaldo, and expressed surprise that Again. inaugurate a policy of that character. I am aldo was not consulted. A letter from General convinced that it is the intention of the United States Government to seck the establishs. Milles was read in Spanish which briefly stated
ment of a most liberal government for the is that the Americans had come to take posses- sion of the pueblo of Iloilo according to treaty. have as full representation as the maintenance lands, in which the people themselves shall und agreciment with Spain-that they had come believing that the Spanish were in power and
of order and law will permit, and which shall be susceptible of development on lines of in- found them gone and the city occupied by creased representation and the bestowal of Filipinos and therefore that the communication had been sent in order to let them know the
increased powers into a government as free position and intentions of the expedition. The
and independent as is enjoyed by the most committee asked for time to consider Geneml
favoured provinces of the world. Miller's letter. "A conference was held that night and the delegation repented that they must see their commander Aguinaldo before they could do anything. In addition they claimed that Spain had trned the city over to them. General Miller replied that Spáin couldnot have turned over the city to anyone, as she had already ceded it by treaty, to the United States. During the course of the moming of Decem- ber goth a number of the foreign merchants" presented a petition to General Miller asking for n suspension of hostilities until the rebels had cominunicated with Aguinaldo, urging that in the event of trouble inestimable damage would be done to property, and that there would be serious conséquences in the interior. General Miller replied that he could not possibly accede in the request, under the existing condi tions. Rebel troops began to pour into the town from all directions and every preparation was made for a determined resistance should the Americans attempt to land. The excite ment prevalent on shore was increased by the Appearance of the Spanish gunboat Altano, fying the hated Spanish colours. At noon á .comniission went out to the Newport and pre- sented the rebel ultimatum. This was in the shape of a letter signed by R. Lopez, a presid ent of the Visayan Federation, is the effect that the officials at Hloilo could accoginse no authority save that of Aguinaldo and that until he had been communicated with they would not answer for the conduct of their people and army in the event of any attempt to land for lady pressed the opinion if the island of Panay were guaranteed statehood the people would in all probability be willing to accept annexation to the United Stater. General Miller then sent Colonel Putler with dispatches for Gener; Otis and preparations were then being made to land the American troops. Later, alvices indicate that the idea of a forced labding was abandoned by General Miller and that he had decided to wait until. General Otis Iurd been communicated with.
Definite news of what is going on in Boilu is anxiously awaited here.
The republican government at Malolos has. been reconstituted and the following officers
Mr. O. F. Williams, late United States have been appointed--Presidents Consul at Manila and now a Government df Foreign -Senor Mabini, Minister of ocial at Manila, suggests that the easiest way the Interior-Senior Landigo, Minister of War -Senor Baldomero Aguinaldo (brother of getid of Aguinaldo is to buy him of In General Emilio Aguinaldo, the ex-president Wildman at Hongkong, Mr. Williams was the cancout with his colleague, Conel General The omission of General Aguinaldo from this Caliinet is significant. It means that the mode-negotiator of the arrangement by which rate action which Aguinaldo has displayed, is disapproved and that the jingoists are upper most. It also shows the unreliability of the Filipinos in so sout changing their govem
ment.
The fatkaring proclamation which speaks for itself was issued yesterday evening-
... PROCLAMATION." Office of the Military, Governor of the Philipptue Frlands.
OPIUM SALES
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Benares 3896-97 1897-98 chest. 1896-97 1897-98 chest chest. Total
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Patna.
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1950 3.400
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Aguinaldo was taken back to the hippies the affairs of the archipelago. The transaction and enabled to play so mischievous a role in
Anna was permitted by this Government to brings to mind the negotiation by which Santa
States with that Republic. return to Mexico during the war of the United
GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA. And now I will try again. Do our opponents mean to suggest that we ought to have forced war upon Russia, not because up to the present time she has done anything to which we object, not because she has closed any door that we desire to keep open, but because we suspect her for ulterior motives which up to the present tine have not been disclosed?-1-that their contention? Or is it that they would wish us to have resisted even by force, at the risk and probably with the certainty of a great war between these two Great Powers, the natural -ambition
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mean the United Kingdons and her children across the seas (cheers), is well able to defend against all attacks its. possessions and its own exclusive interests. Ai a meeting held under the auspices of the Cheers) That is a task which we will Yorkshire Union of Conservative Associations undertake alone (cheers), and inits perform- Mr. Chamberlian delivered an address, and in
ance we ask for no help and we need no alliances. (Loud cheers.) But there are other are told that the Opposition are unanimous others have with us in common, and surely it interests which are not ours exclusively, which in criticizing and in condemning the policy of is not unreasonable to anticipate that in that (a laugh), and if they wish you to imply Certainly our opponents pay a very great the Government, I am not quite so contain of promoting these intereste there shall be a certain amount of co-operation! (Hear, hear.) in their hands than in ours, then I cannot intercacedness if they think we are ready to that British interests would have been safer compliment to our unselfishness and dis- confceive where they find any ground for such champion a common policy at our own exclu
sive risk and cost, when they perhaps will had an opportunity of speaking upon this I do not think we shall be quite so quixotic as subject a few days ago, and I then pointed out that, and it must be understood that an alliance and no one has yet contradikted me--that is only spoken of, is only desirable, where there so far as we have gone in China, at any
are mutual interests to be served; and I would rate, we have not done badly (hear, hear)-that, wrture to say to some of our German friends, in regard to territorial concession, or in regard their comments upon this matter, that it is idle who I think, have been-a-little-premature-in- to those concessions of mining or railway rights to talk of an alliance in which the advantage is which are now sought by all the Powers of all on one side. We do not want them to pull Europe, British interests have not suffered in
our chestnuts out of the fire, and we are not going to pull out chestnuts for them. (Cheers.) comparison with those of offer States; and if But what has happened in the case of Ger you go to the authorities on the question-the many? We have ascertained by a friendly and great financial and mercantile houses-you a frank interchange of opinion that there are find that they at any rate, would not be willing terests as well as English interests in which very important questions affecting German in- to exchange what they have obtained for any-
we can agree to assist, and not to thwart, each thing that anybody else may have got (Hear, other's policy, and, as a moment's reflection hear.) But I went further, and said what is also will show that there is no part of the globe in true, and cannot be denied, that, so far as
which British and German interests conflict in any serious way, I think we may hope that in regants general trade and facilities for com
the future the two nations-the greatest naval merce, an open door "has been strictly observed.nation in the world and the greatest military (Hear, hear.) Then, in these circumstances, nation-may come more frequently together, what is it that our opponents want? What is and our joint influence may be used on behalf the point on which they differ from our policy? which case it will certainly be more potent
of peace and of unrestricted trade, I have tried to get an answer to this question than would be the influence of either Power before, and hitherto I have failed.
taken alone. (Hear, hear) Meantime, in the present state of the world, the friendship of ihis country is not to be despised, and I can assure our German friends that if our interests not cominend themselves to them, we will not are not the same, if at any time our objects do ask for and we will not wish for their assistance. But in the meantime I claim the better under- standing with Germany which is the result of ensang this interchange of thought in the course of the last few months- clairthat as northe least of the successes of her Majesty's suggested and mitiated it was met with sneers Government, although when it was first
(Laughter.) But if I congratulate you on the and incredulity by our well-informed opponents. development of good feeling with a great Con- tinental State, still more do I rejoice in the growth of those friendly relations between ourselves and our colonies (cheers) and be tween ourselves and the United States of America. (Renewed cheers.) Our colonies are influence, and at no distant date they will be growing rapidly in population; in power, in great nations in every sense of the word, sister nations to us, linked to us by every tie of son- timent and of interest. (Cheers.) Meanwhile they hold the outposts of Empire, and if they their resources, and with all the courage are attacked they will defend them with all
(Cheers.) The United States of America, f and tenacity of the race to which they belong,
alreadythe greatest of civilized States, with its you have regard to its potential resources, is
upwards of 70 millions of Intelligent citizens,. immense population, chiefly of Anglo-Saxons, and if we are assured of the friendship of the the Stars and Stripes or under the Union Jack, Anglo-Saxon mce, whether they abide under us afraid. Cheers, and "Hear, hear.") What there is no other combination that can make his been the attitude of the Opposition, or of some of the Opposition--for I do not include, all in any comment of this kind-what has towards this policy which I have indicated to been the attitude of some of the Opposition you? It has been just to "hint a doubt and posed it, but we have been told that Germany hesitate dislike. They have not openly op would never reciprocate our advance that it was foolish to talk of a cordial friendship with protectionist idea, or beenuse of the Irish vote; the United States of America because of their that the colonies would never do anything for the mother country. The whole policy has when they were in office, kept our colonies at been belittled and ridiculed by the men who,
suspicion and coldness to every great nation arms length and were themselves an object of
mit to you that, in regard to foreign policy at on the globe. (Hear, heat) Therefore I sub- any rate. British interests and British honour Opposition have not shown that the ship of have not suffered in our hands, and that the State in all the perils of these stormy times would have been safer and better maneuvred if it had been officered and manned by a
of Russia do have an ice-free port for her Siberian ailway? Is it their view that we ought to have gone to war with Russia to prevent her taking Port Arthur? I can barily believe it, but if it be, then all I can say is that the Home Rule party are no more unanimous upon that than they are upon anything else (laughter), and 1 will undertake to say that the vast majority of the British people would condemn such a course as that as being short-sighted, immoral, and disastrous. (Cheers.) But what, then, is it? What have we done, or what have we left undone, in connexion with British interests in China which they would have wished to be different? There is one thing to which allusion has been made in some of the speeches which I have read by our opponents upon the subject. It is made a complaint against us that we did not give special orders to two ships, which in the crimary course of naval service were leaving Port Arthur, to stay there in order to spite Russia after she had asked for their departure. It seems to be a small matter, but the charge has been laid upon it by Sir Edward Grey-one has been brolight again and again, and stress whose intelligent appreciation of all that is connected with our weign policy I should be one of the last to disparige. But Sir Edward particular matter. In the very same speeches Grey is altogether mconsistent in regard to this in which he complains that we did not keep the we ought to have made a friendly agreement Tshiparht Port Arthur he is always.claining that with Russia, and that we ought not be-to heels." But then, just think, althe very moment use his own werde-"snarling at Russia's at which this incident took place we were negotiating with Rusin for a friendly agree ment. negotiations came in nothing for that time, perhaps owing to what Sir Edward Grey calls the peculiar methods of Russian diplomacy (Laughter) Now those are not my words-1 an almost afraid of using my own language the words of so cautions a politician 34 Sir (laughter)-but I am sure I am safe if I take Edward Grey. (Laughter and cheers.) Now just consider what would have been said to us at the very moment when we were engaged in friendly negotiations, with good hopes of an amicable settlement, we had gone out of our Way to do an unusual thing merely in order to suite Russia and to show that, we were nect willing to meet her in courtesy in anything for which she made a request. Why, conceive how eloquent our opponents would have been, how they would have fulminated against us for having giver wanton provocation and having The President of the United States has
destroyed the only chance of a satisfactory Basumed that the municipal laws of the country
arrangement! (Cheers.) Now, I have said that -in-respéet-to-private-rights and property and
our endeavours to conte to an agreciment did the repression of crime are to be considered
not have any success at that time; but I be as continuing in force, in so far as they may be applicable to a free people, and should be
lieve that an agreement with Russia is desir able, and would even say that it is necessary administered by the ordinary tribunals of
unless very serious complications are to be The Hamburg Correspondent of the Z. justice, presided over by representives of the
encountered. (Renewed cheers.) But i would people and those in thorough sympathy with ation all over Germany is the laying down
C. Express writes:-The topic of convers
go on, and add that there are no insurinourit- them in their desires for good government
able obstacles to such that the functions and duties connected with
of a
a friendly arrange- German telegraphic line to East Asia.
that I believe it is quite possible to civil, and municipal administration are to be
inent, Nearly all syndicates recently conciliate what we may call the reasonable performed by such officers as wish to accept European trade and industry have confined policy of this country to maintain equal
formed in Europe for the opening of China to ambition of Russia with the fixed and settled the assistance of the United States, chosen in
themselves to the constrution of railways, and so far as it may be practicable from the in apparently it has never struck the promoters I hope that we may arrive at auch a settlement, unities in trade for all other nations,, (Cheers.) habitants of the islands; that while the manage- ment of public property and revenues and the
that the establishment of new telegmphic com- and I admit I am more sanguine that we shall munication with China might be a field for do so because it is not our interest alone, be- use of all public means of transportation profitable enterprise. Therefore it has recently are to be conducted under the Military authori
cause our objects, those we have in view, are ties until such authorities can be replaced by been pointed out that it is necessary to lay down also shared by other nations. Japan, Cer a complete German cable from the German civil administration, all private properly coast going to Kino-chow and thus joining the the United States of America (cheers), ;
As
in the opinion of Mr. Williams the sum of $500,000 in gold would be well spent by the Administration upon Aguioaldo and his secre tary as a means of appeasing the natives. This would be an indirect way of compensating the MANILA, P. L., January 4th, 1899.
rebel chief for his personal expenditures and To the People of the Philippine Islands:- sacrifices in the war with Spain. As Aguinaldo Instructions of His Excellency, the President has been bought before, our diplomatist, who of the United States, relative to the adminis appears to be skilled in Oriental ways, thinks tration of affairs in the Philippine islands have it could be easily done again. been transmitted to me by direction of The' Our sly diplomatist further recommends that Honourable, the Secretary of War, under date a twenty-dollar gold picce he given to every of December 28th, 1898. They direct me to Filipino who shall lay down his arms. publish and proclaim in the most public Aguinaldo has somewhat more than 40,000er manner to the inhabitants of these islands that
under his command this would amount to a little in the war against Spain the United States more than three-quarters of a million dollars. forces came here to destroy the power of that But with the Federal Treaty bulging over Nation and to give the blessings of peace and with gold such a price would, he a mere individual freedom to the Philippine people; bagatelle in the sun of colonial expenditures. that we are here as friends of the Philippinos The trouble, however, with this pacification to protect them in their homes, their employ-scheme of our ex-Consul is that the rebels ments, their individual and religious liberty; whom he proposes to buy up at so much a head that all
persons who, either by active aid or would not stay bought. After the money should honest endeavor cooperate with the Govern- have been spent it would be quite easy for them ment of the United States to give effect to these beneficent purposes, will receive the any one of the thousand islands. In fact, with to inaugurate a new revolution, with a basis in reward of its support and protection.
such encouragement, rebellion' would prove a most enticing pursuit to the war-like Malays, As for leaders, thereis more than one Aguinaldo in the Philippines. Phila Record.
whether of individuals or corporations, must be repected and protected. If private property be taken for Miltary uses it shall be paid for at a fair valuation in cash if possible, and when payment in cash is not practicable at the time, receipts therefor will be given to be taken up and liquidated as soon as cash becomes avall able. The Ports of the Philippine Islands shall be open to the commerce of all foreign nations, and goods and merchandise not pro- hibited for military reasons by the Military Authorities shall be admitted upon payment of such duties and charges as shall be, in force at the time of importation.
The President concludes his instructions in the following language
أسد
A GERMAN CABLE TO CHINA.
new German colony in the celestial empire with the European network of telegraphe, while on the other hand also a communication is to be looked for with the Chinese telegraph system.
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· ANNIVERSARIES. →→
Murder of Mr. Holworthy at the Peak LEVYA HERMANOS MATSUIBUSSAN KAISHA
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TO-MORROW.
should any political complication arise in The Frankfurter Zeitung points out thats China, Germany would easily find herself cut off from all telegraphic connection with that country, her colonies in Eastern waters, and her diplomatic representatives in Peking and elsewhere. It is therefore of the utmost im portance that a third telegraphic line in Germ- of which would, without doubt, yield a fair an hands shall be laid down, the working,
profit. The telegraphic intercourse between
*ALLIANCES. Europe and the Far East is continuously- ----an reminded of a criticisin which has been Increasing, and even to-day, our contemporary made by: Mr. Asquith where, in spite of his contenda, has reached a magnitude sufficient great neuteness, he seems to me to have mis. 10 support three different lines.
Kwang-sil The apprehended the Government's policy with only question which troubles the Frankfurter regard to alliance and understanding with Zeitung is if at the present juncture the neces other nations. He taunts me with inconsis. sary capital, amounting to several millions of tency. He days" Mr. Chamberlain at one marks, could be found in Germany for such a time boasts of the splendid isolation of this vast undertaking. But another project, on a country, and at another time he is touting for smaller schley might be realised in China, and alliances it may even be mischievous, but let that is to lay down a European cable along the that pass. There is no inconsistency in the Chinese const, which, according to competenti two attitudes, which refer to altogether different authorities, will be one of the best-paying in-circtimstances. When I spoke, as I eball. vestments in China. This cable, our German speak again, of the splendid isolation of this contemporary declares, must belong to Ger country, 1 gavs expression to my deep-seated
conviction that the British Empire, by which
Finally, it should be the earnest and par amount aim of the Administration to win the confidence, respect and affection of the inhabit. ants of Philippines insuring to them in every possible way the full measure of individual rights and liberty which is the heritage of a free people, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one, of beno- Acent assimilation, which will substitute the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule, In the fulfillment of this high mission, while upholding the temporary administration of affairs for the greatest good of the governed, there will be sedulously maintained the strong arm of authority to repress disturbance, and to evercome all obstacles to the bestowal of the many,
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