Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1899 — FILIPINOS SEEKING FOR PEACE. [ARTICLE]

FILIPINOS SEEKING FOR PEACE.

Committee Appointed to Confer with Bchurman Committee. According to Manila advices, Gen. Lagarda said that a committee of twentytwo Filipinos had been appointed to confer with the peace commission, and would offer the following program: 1. As large autonomous rights for the Filipinos as possible. 2. To bring about peaceful relations between the insurgents and the American authorities. 3. To insist that Americans and Fili- • pinos only shall occupy public offices. Arevalo, a former aid to Aguinaldo, is now in Manila. He said in an interview that, if the Americans send emissaries to Aguinaldo now, he thinks a peaceful solution of the present troubles is possible.