Note 21 — Chapter III · Insurgent “Coöperation”

We have already noted the action of Basa and the Cortez family who insisted that the Islands must remain American,21 and that of Agoncillo, who cabled President McKinley in Aguinaldo’s name and his own, congratulating him on the outcome of the war, commending the occupation of Manila, and assuring the people of the United States of the allegiance and unquestioning support of the Filipinos,22 but it is to be feared that the sending of this cablegram was only one more move in the Insurgent game of deceit.