Proceedings of the first Independence congress : held in the city of Manila, Philippine islands, February 22-26, 1930 / Published under the direction of Dean maximo M. Kalaw, executive secretary, University of the Philippines.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SECTION 225
Paris request your further valuable support independence opposing
military occupation.
FELIPE AGONCILLO,
Plenipotentiary Philippine
Government.
EXTRAORDINARY DELEGATION OF THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT
Citcular letter addressed to
the following Senators of the
United States of America.
Paris, Dec. 10, 1898.
Vice Pres. Hobart
Senator W. V. Allen
W. E. Chandler
" Eugene Hale
M. A. Hanna
" J. T. Morgan
W. J. Sewell
G. F. Hoar
" C. K. Davies
" W. P. Frye
S. M. Cullom
" Henry Lodge
" C. D. Clark
J. B. Foraker
" George Grey
" David Turpie
" J. W. Daniels
" R. Q. Mills
To the Hon. Senator of the United States of America
Capitol, Washington, D. C.
Sir:
The opening of the present session of the American Senate will
put you in a position to influence the just and good understanding
between the American and the Filipino nations, and I beg you to help
my efforts to this end. The free citizens and Senators of the United
States of America cannot follow the steps of the monarchical countries,
whose institutions are based on force and oppression, the only form
adequate to a Colony or Possession; but they are expected to contribute to the realization in history of the great principle of submitting the government of every country to the wish of the inhab