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 229
gram, please ask Agoncillo carry on campaign America. Commissioners going there. Roxas may remain in Paris waiting instructions
Aguinaldo." In compliance with the instructions contained in the
above-quoted telegram, I have the honor to transmit same to you for
your information and whatever action you may want to take.
May God preserve you,
R. M. ABARCA.
EXTRAORDINARY DELEGATION OF THE PHILIPPINE
GOVERNMENT
The Arlington
Washington, D. C.
Jan. 11, 1899.
To the Honorable
The Secretary of State.
Sir:
On Friday, January 6, 1899, I had the honor, through my Secretary, Sefior Lopez, to submit to you the request that I be accorded
the privilege of an audience with you to arrange for the presentation
of my letters of credential to the President, and to state to you that
I, as envoy from the Philippine Republic to the President of the
United States, would be pleased to know the most agreeable time for
me to call and pay my respects and ascertain when it would meet the
President's convenience to receive me. Accompanying this letter was
a memorandum referring to the condition of the government of the
Philippine Republic, which I have the honor to represent.
Permit me to express my sincere regret that up to the present
time I have not been favored with a reply to, or an acknowledgment
of, the letter submitted as stated. This regret isthe greater because
of the present unhappy relations existing between the Philippine
Government and the representatives of the American Government now
in the Philippine Islands appreciating as I do thoroughly, the material
injurious consequences to result from any conflict which might arise
between the two governments, as well as the moral damage which
would be inflicted by the severance of the relations of trust and confidence which have heretofore existed. This feeling must be my
apology for venturing to address you urging respectfully the importance of a speedy answer to the communication in question.
I venture to submit to you herewith some considerations bearing
upon the right of my country to recognition as an independent sovereignty, as well as upon the benefits to be derived by the parties most
immediately concerned from the granting of such recognition.