SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINOS.
WHO AGUINALDO IS.
Emilio Aguinaldo was born March 22, 1869, at Cavite, Viejo.
When twenty-five years old he was elected Mayor of Cavite.
On August 21, 1896, Aguinaldo became leader of the insurgents. The revolution started on that day.
He fought four battles with the Spaniards and was victorious in all. He lost but ten men, to the Spaniards 125.
On December 24, 1897, a peace was established between Aguinaldo and the Spanish.
Aguinaldo received $400,000, but the rest of the conditions of peace were never carried out.
In June last Aguinaldo issued a proclamation, expressing a desire for the establishment of a native administration in the Philippines under an American protectorate.
In an interview with a World correspondent at that time he expressed himself as grateful to Americans.