Unofficial letters of an official's wife [by] Edith Moses.

UNOFFICIAL LETTERS OF

closed for the long vacation. We all need a rest in
some quiet place.
MANILA, February 28, I902.
THE past week has been spent in so frivolous a
manner that I have nothing to write. The
only event of importance was Lukban's surrender.
The general feeling is a regret that he did not " die,
honorably fighting for his country," the heart's desire of all the insurrecto officers, if one may believe
their eloquent manifestoes. It would certainly be
much simpler for the army, for no one seems to
know what to do with a captured insurrecto general. Aguinaldo is living in the former residence
of Commissioner Worcester. He has dropped out
of sight in the Islands. Now and then I hear of a
tourist who asks permission to see him. He never
leaves the house even with a guard, for he is
afraid of being killed by his enemies. It is reported
the friends of General Luna, whom he caused to be
killed, have sworn to bolo Aguinaldo whenever they
have the opportunity. He is anxious to go to
America, and has petitioned the commanding general several times to permit him to do so. A Filipino, formerly a member of his cabinet, told me that
he visits Aguinaldo sometimes, and he seems interested only in what is being said about him in Europe and America. He is disappointed that the
newspapers pay no attention to him.
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