THE PHILIPPINES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9642, 14 January 1899, Page 6

THE PHILIPPINES.

(Received January 13, at 10.35 a.m.) ', \'- WASttrNoicoN, January \l2, - * .Senator "Foracker • has • hinted that America's- rotent ion of the Philippines iip due to" the possible* inteVvention of other Powers,, •- \ - ' ' '' ,

' ; fiqulnaldo and tho Amoricanß.

< • "Writing a few weeks ago with referentse ( to, ft'report that Aguioaldo intended chang- "■ . Ang~ his a Manila corre- .' Bpondent'saia^r-Onaoubtedly AquinoWo " -• is frightened aa to, the future. He could , not be willed a great,' brave man himself j ' .benoo he , cannot individually Inspire his - " 1 men ana followers so that they will always .', : Stand by Sim." 'As each day passes, AquiC ,e naldo seea, the weakness or Ills cause ana the? frailty of his claims developing iuto '_,' absolute failure', Unless, the , Philippines V , BhalLbe.retarnod, to the Spaniards, when "i" , ho »woald 4n'aeed have cause for fighting. k ;Ho knows aeofetly that' he has committed 5< '"a great orimein^proclaiming indopeudenoe; 'if he'ia.'\vell aware^that but for American j ' , * nißis'tance he would never have been where ,'; \he is td'-day ; • fid'is'.oonsoious that he owes \". everything to American assistance and V/' cooperation, -and is likewise mindful of . jvthe" faot that he is almost guilty of the gravest troaohery. towards the tJnited ■" ' States in assnming the altitude which he ' , . has in his relations with the United States .. , 'officials in his' proclamations', and hi the instruction, and ! o'rdefg 'which he has • .issued, realising at the same.. time that ' the, Great,' powers of Enroge will never „* recognise f his i claim to independence. In ' Tie w> of 'all these 'conditions Aquinaldo ... S intends to be ready to run if compelled. If , ■ hii magnifie'eni bluff fails' he must get out , of the' way, and he knows it. If. this running shall be.from the Americans I pity /- him, baoause there are 15,000 mon here , who will never atop till they find him if , ( , they are jordered to bring him into Manila. . 'AFtne'sanietlmo/if he wllKpursuo the '-" hohorablo course and 'riot take advantage /, .'of.tha nation to which ho owes everything ' i and fpracef ully aocept its ohief control, he ,""- will find,thesß'Amerioaus equally ready to v protect' the rights of the Filippinos and do '"• their best to promote' the prosperity and \ welfare of the 'natives as well as Ameri

■ V- 'cans and foreigners. The great error of Aquinaldo anil his followers is that thay .<. do nob ."recognise that Americans aro almost as' different from, Spaniards as 'white from, black, and that the former's . ideas of government, freedom and justice aro 'entirely unlike those of the latter. . , Just becauso the Amerioan authorities ' cannot and do not completely change the • /administration "of affairs in Manila, and , '' even al!ovi r a few Spanish officials to re- ■ ffiain temporarily ih their places, the in- ' "-, BnVgent v leadera blindly argue that there is no -difference 'between Americans arid •' , Spaniards, in order to influence the com- "' mon people. They will not for a moment look forward to the future; and they will not recognise., the local difficulties of the situation, ■ ' ;