Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1902 — AMNESTY BRINGS JOY TO FILIPINOS [ARTICLE]

AMNESTY BRINGS JOY TO FILIPINOS

Gov. Taft’s Secretary Reads the President’s Proclamation at Manila. AGUINALDO TO LEAVE ISLANDS Noted Leader Will Remain in the Philippines for a Fortnight and Then Determine on His Future Home. A storm of enthusiasm entered Manila on the Fourth and swept through the archipelago because of the proclamation of peace and amnesty issued by President Roosevelt. It was the grandest demonstration since the occupation of the country by the Americans and was the first complete public recognition of general peace. The Filipinos celebrated the day with supreme satisfaction and rejoiced over the amnesty and general forgiveness for past offenses. Manila itself responded to the invitation of the municipal boards, and decorated the city for miles with bunting and American flags, plentifully interspersed with those of other nations. The whole made a grand cosmopolitan display. Cheer Wright ancf Chaffee. There was a parade of 3,000 troopjp, many civic societies and members of the federal party and the workingmen’s union. The last named halted at the grana stand and gave three cheers for Acting Governor Wright and General Chaffee, who reviewed the parade.

Gen. Chaffee will formally notify Aguinaldo that the guard at present around him will be withdrawn. It is probable that the ex-dictator will remain here for a fortnight until he has decided upon a new home. Crowds of Filipinos thronged Ahe streets of Manila. They were curious as to what had happened, but made no demonstration. The Filipinos who were deported to Guam will not know of the amnesty proclamation until a transport stops there on the way from San Francisco.