ld.

6. Precautionary measures to be adopted against the influx
of Chinese.

7. The existing judicial system to be reformed.

8. Liberty of the press and right of assembly to be proclaimed.

9. Ample tolerance of all religions and sects, but abolition and
expulsion of all monastic Orders.

10. Measures to be adopted for working up the natural resources
of the Archipelago.

11. The wealth of the country to be developed by the construction
of highroads and railways.

12. The obstacles operating against the development of enterprises
and employment of foreign capital to be removed.

13. The new Government to preserve public order and check all
reprisals against the Spaniards.

14. Spanish officials to be transported to another safe and
healthy island until there should be an opportunity for their
return to Spain.

From Singapore, General Emilio Aguinaldo returned with his suite to
Hong-Kong, where instructions had been given apparently favouring
his plans for co-operation in the Islands. Consequent on this,
General Aguinaldo and his staff made preparations for proceeding to
Manila in an American warship when it should be deemed opportune to
do so. About the same time the Philippine Patriotic League issued a
proclamation which is too long to reproduce here, as it covers eight
folios of print. This document sets forth that whereas the Treaty of
Biac-na-bato had not been fulfilled by the Spanish Government, the
Revolutionists considered themselves absolved therefrom, and morally
free again to take the offensive in open warfare for the security of
their rights and liberty. But this document does not quote any of the
text of the above alleged treaty. Proclamations and exhortations to
the rebels were issued with such frequency that it would be tedious
to cite them all, but the following is a fair example:--

_(Translation of Full Text)_

_Philippine Patriots_:--

A nation which has nothing good can give nothing. It is evident
we cannot depend on Spain to obtain the welfare we all desire. A
country like Spain, where social evolution is at the mercy of
monks and tyrants, can only communicate to us its own instincts
of calumny, infamy, inquisitorial proceedings, avarice, secret
police, false pretences, humiliation, deprivation of liberties,
slavery, and moral and material decay which characterize its