Two hundred and fifty of them in vain sought to get passage to Hongkong in one boat.

I was informed on authority that was unquestionable that the eviction or extermination of the Spanish priests was one of the inevitable results of Filipine independence--the first thing to be done.
It was with three objects in view that I had an interview with General Aguinaldo: (1) To ascertain exactly as possible his feeling and policy toward the United States and its assertion of military authority; (2) to inquire about his position touching the priests, (3) and to urge him to be at pains to be represented not only at Washington, but at Paris.

As regards the latter point, it was clear that the people of the Philippines, whatever they might be, ought to be represented before the Paris conference.

No matter what their case was, it should be personally presented, even if the representatives were witnesses against rather than for themselves.

In the interest of fair play and the general truth the Philippine population should put in an appearance at the seat of the government of the United States for the information of the President, and at the scene of the conference to testify; and I was sure it would appear in all cases that they were at least better capable of governing themselves than the Spaniards to govern them.