ibility," says Doctor Leverson. "If it is necessary,
I shall go so far as to provoke a revolution in my own country,"
repeats Mr. Udell. "It is necessary to save the Republic and
democracy from the abyss of imperialism and save the worthy
Filipinos from oppression and extermination" is cried by all,
and the sound of this cry is ever rising louder and louder.'" [434]

Extract from a letter of Papa Isio [435] dated March 4, 1901:--

"I have received from Luzon an order to proceed more rapidly with my
operations this month, as Bryan ordered Emilio to keep the war going
vigorously until April, and he also said that if independence was
not given the Philippines by that time, he, Bryan, and his followers
would rise in arms against the oppressors." [436]

"_Tarlac_, Oct. 26, 1899.

"To the Military Governor of This City, and To the Secretary of
the Interior.

"As a meeting shall be held on the morning of Sunday next in the
Presidential Palace of this Republic in return for that held in the
United States by Mr. Bryan, who drank to the name of our Honourable
President as one of the heroes of the world, and for the purpose
of celebrating it with more pomp and contributing to it the greater
splendor with your personnel, I will be obliged to you if you will
please call at this office to confer with me on the matter.

"God preserve you, etc.

(Signed) "_F. Buencamino_." [437]

In a letter written by A. Flores, acting secretary of war, to the
military governor of Tarlac on October 27, 1899, there occurs the
following:--

"In the United States meetings and banquets have been held in honor
of our Honourable President, Don Emilio Aguinaldo, who was pronounced
one of the heroes of the world by Mr. Bryan, future president of
the United States. The Masonic Society, therefore, interpreting
the unanimous desires of the people, and with the approval of the
government, will on Sunday the 29th instant, organize a meeting
or popular assembly in the interest of national independence and
in honor of Mr. Bryan of the anti-imperialist party, the defenders
of our cause in the United States. The meeting will consist of two
functions; first--at nine A.M. of the 29th the assembly will convene
in a suitable place, a national hymn will inaugurate the exercises,
after which appropriate addresses will be delivered; and second--at
four P.M. a popular demonstration will take place throughout the town,
with bands of music parading the streets; resi