“Lieut. Gen. Superior P. M. Commander of Southern Region.
“To The Honourable Sultan Raha Halon”
—P.I.R., 810–4.
[40] Spanish for “mountain people.”
[41] P.I.R., 512. A 5.
[42] Extract from a letter to Apacible of the Hongkong junta dated February 26, 1899:—
“It is also said that the Cantonal Government of Negros has wished to make a treaty with the Americans, some members of that government having come in American transports to confer with General Otis. We are not aware of the conditions of the arrangement, because the Negros people have thus far not wished to put themselves in communication with us; we only know by news more or loss reliable that the capital of that island has been occupied by the American forces without opposition.
“Of Mindanao we know absolutely nothing; we also are ignorant of what has been the lot of our agents in America.”
[43] “Of the Visayas and Mindanao we know nothing positive as yet, it is whispered that the Americans have succeeded in occupying Negros and Cebú against the will of the inhabitants. Iloílo continues the struggle energetically. It does not matter that they occupy temporarily those beautiful islands, because Luzón will know how to fight for herself and the rest of the islands, and will not lay down arms without the independence of the Philippine Archipelago.”
[44] Blount, p. 140.