“If the Japanese had won the war, you would have been in a position to claim from them what you so quickly asserted to be your right when America was victorious. As a prisoner of war in uniform, all that you were required to give the Japanese were your name, rank and serial number. In addition, you gave your honor, along with aid and comfort to the enemy.”
– U.S. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes asking Philippine President Manuel A. Roxas his stand during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in WWII from “An Open Letter to Manuel A. Roxas, President of the Philippines” published by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Monday, July 22, 1946 Page 18
From: Man-To-Man:Roxas Is Asked To Explain Stand
By Harold L. Ickes
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Monday, July 22, 1946 Page 18
“In your inaugural address you defended your fellow-collaborators on the ground that they had “committed mental error and should be forgiven.” That was NOT the attitude of the Norwegians toward their Quisling. It has not been the attitude of the loyalists toward the traitors in Holland, France, Belgium and other countries. I am at a loss to comprehend such solicitude.” – Harold L. Ickes asking Philippine President Manuel A. Roxas his stand during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines in WWII – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Monday, July 22, 1946 Page 18
“We Shall Make The Entire Philippines An American Battle Monument.”
– MEG Macario Foundation March 26, 2013
Sept. 15, 2019
With regards to the government in exile for the Freely Associated State of the Philippines based in London, U.K. and a Royal Charter for the recovery, rehabilitation and administration of our ancestral land the Philippines, among others, including the formation of the American Monarchist Society, all under the PERSONAL protection and dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Defender of the Faith, I have decided that the participation and involvement of the following couples would be indispensable: (In alphabetical order).
Tony and Margaret Abbott
David and Samantha Cameron
Brittany S. Lark – my music teacher and dear friend.
BRITTANY S. LARK – my music teacher and remote viewing partner. (Photo April 1, 2015)
Ms. Brittany, May 29, 2021 Costa Mesa, CA
My two sons Fredric A. (Drake) Macario and Gabriel R. Macario.
On Oct. 11, 2015, I made a
promise to Phyllis Gardner, Professor at Stanford School of Medicine that I
shall make a donation to help select Stanford graduates of the School of
Medicine, among others.
Also, I have to set aside a certain amount for our group of remote viewers who are from all over the world and support staff including funding for Jenna Davis’s future projects in the Philippines. A special fund set aside for Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland I would like to set aside a special fund for the orphans and children of the Philippines under the direction and control HRH Princess Madeleine Therese Amelie of Sweden.
In gratitude for the USA coming to the aid and support of the U.K. during WWII, we shall make the ENTIRE PHILIPPINES AN AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENT!
In a March 15, 2015, Roy Domenico introduced a potential WAIS Villa
in Tuscany (See Photo below). On March 17, I countered
with a proposal to have a WAIS Headquarters in the West Coast “as soon as a
substantial portion of my claim has been released.”
Regarding a WAIS Villa in Tuscany, I would prefer to have a WAIS West Coast HQ in Southern California, where the weather is nice and warm like San Diego or Newport Beach. Santa Barbara or up north in the San Francisco Bay Area would also be nice.This will be my priority as soon as I have a freely associated state, Native American status and/or a government-in-exile for the Philippines.Of course this would come after a substantial amount of my claim has been released.
1. We hereby claim among others, restitution for the financial, economic and other damages as Native Americans & victims of the Filipino Genocide also known as the Philippine War 1899-1902.
2. Pre-WW II Philippine treasury assets of sometwo million dollars in gold bullion & $360,000 in silver sitting in the Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA since March 1942 PLUS$8.5 million worth of silver pesos dumped in Manila Bay in Feb. 1942. [20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos and/or 319 40-pound gold bars and 630 bags each containing 1,000 silver pesos the Japanese recovered in part after May 1942.
3. Allthe geothermal resources areas in the Philippines my late wife Maria Elena G. Macario has explored, now taken over by ethnic Chinese and ethnic Spaniards.
See: Stanford University – MS Petroleum Engineering Report by Ma. Elena G.
Macario
4. a.) The $32 billion cash the Philippine government under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tried to deposit to various U.S. banks in March 2001.The U.S. banks by law could not take such deposit and turned over the same to Federal authorities.
b.) Cash, real estate, shares of stocks, assets, jewelries and other valuables the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) HAS RECOVERED from the Ferdinand E. Marcos, his family, relatives, cronies, friends, political allies and subordinates in the Philippines and abroad, except those enumerated in No. 7. The PCGG was created by Cory Aquino after taking power on Feb. 28, 1986.
c.) Cash, real estate,
shares of stocks, assets, jewelries and other valuables the Presidential
Commission on Good Government (PCGG) HAS NOT RECOVERED from the
Ferdinand E. Marcos, his family, relatives, cronies, friends, political allies
and subordinates in the Philippines and abroad.
See: Search for Marcos’
wealth: Compromising with cronies
Updated 11:30 AM, Saturday
February 27, 2016
Philip M. Lustre Jr. Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
5. The Spratlys group of islands, reefs, atolls, shoals including Mischief Reefs occupied by China since April 1, 1995 including the oil, gas & minerals in the Philippines, specifically the 25 trillion cubic meters (900 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas reserves in the Spratlys areas per US EIA (Energy Information Administration), said to be the same as the proven reserves of Qatar.
b.) Gold
bullions worth $14 billion hidden and deposited in a warehouse in Kloten
Airport in Switzerland.
c.) The $658 million in Swiss bank deposits later
identified as belonging to Marcos when the Swiss Supreme Court agreed to lift
its banking secrecy over these accounts and deposits in 1987.
References: Search for
Marcos’ wealth: Compromising with cronies
Philip M. Lustre Jr.
Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
11. a.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from Dec. 12, 1901 to July 31, 1946.
11. b.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from July 04, 1946 to the present.
12.) The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah (Subject to revaluation) The $145 million is based on the WAIS e-mail discussions of Sept. 2002 with Martin Storey and moderated by Prof. Ronald Hilton. But the value is in fact closer to the $10 billion initially claimed.
The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah Part 1
In Aug.
2011, Aquino III’s uncle Danding Cojuangco head of San Miguel Corp. bought Esso
Malaysia Bhd, Exxon Mobil Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Exxon Mobil Borneo Sdn Bhd for$610
million including the 88,000 barrels per day Port Dickson refinery; seven (7) fuel distribution terminals; and about 560
refilling stations. A 2012 study,
Singapore-based FACTS Global Energy, reported that Sabah has reserves of about 11-12
trillion cubic feet of gas and at least 1.5 billion barrels of oilrepresenting
12% and 15% of Malaysia’s natural gas and oil reserves, respectively.
See:
Re-evaluation of the Claim over the Oil Fields of Sabah
13. War Bonds, Securities a.k.a. Victory Bonds issued prior to July 4, 1946 valued at $16 billion after Jan. 2006 per Ben Bernanke’s statement.
14. Benham Rise, also known as Benham Plateau, is a 13-million hectare undersea region east of Luzon. It is enclosed by the coordinates 119°30’E to 132°00’E and 12°10’N to 20°30’N latitude. Bigger than Luzon, the 13-M hectare Benham Rise has been approved by the UN as part of Philippine territory. Benham Rise: The Philippines’ new territory off Aurora province.
[Mindanao is known as “The
of Promise”. The promise of all the promises. Treasures, Land of God, the Lost
Paradise, The lost garden of Eden and the land of the last judgment in earth.
Bible scholars even pointed the Mindanao as the land of promise of all
promises. One verse of the Bible quoted “The God’s kingdom will rise again in
the east of the east seas where the Sun will rises first, in the white sand
shores where the only land which people are willing to live and die for
praising my name ”.]
Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the
United States has a special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and
the ending of the armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion
that the United States is prodding the Aquino administration’s peace efforts
with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including brokering the recent
secret meeting between MILF spokesman Al Haj Murad and President Aquino.
Wikileaks
obtained documents dated February 2006 or prior to the botched signing of the
Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) on Aug. 5, 2008 showing
extensive reference to the untapped rich mineral resources of Mindanao and
tensions in the region which hinder the exploitation of these resources.
The
leaked cable from the US embassy in Manila made particular reference to the
so-called Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato Basin spanning 288,000 hectares and is
among areas controlled by the MILF.
The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already identified natural gas and
oil deposits in three areas of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago: the Cotabato
Basin, the Davao-Agusan Basin; and an area straddling Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. The
Cotabato Basin, notably, includes the 288,000 hectare Liguasan Marsh,
straddling the provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudurat,
according to the cable.
There are ^other funds & treasures
in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people and the
Philippines.
Bienvenido Macario –
Lemuria MEG Macario Foundation Sunday 15 March 2015
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18. Jan. 8, 2017 – As of today we are adding to the claim the following: $141 billion worth of gold. 3,500 metric tons 99.999 purity, 12.5 kg/bar which was taken out of the country and deposited at the above mentioned bank, Registered under the Ferdinand E. Marcos as the owner. As alleged in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippine Central Bank) Circular no. 49 covered by Gold Bullion certificate issued by Union Bank of Switzerland certificate no. 27581 B.L. 877 A.U. valued at $141 billion.
19. a.) Sept. 15, 2017 – The $2 billion war reparations given to the Philippines from 1945 to 1949 valued at $27.9 billion in 2018. According to the article “The Philippines: Bristling Bankrupt” published on Time Magazine’s Nov. 6, 1950 issue*.
When Pres. Truman sent a fact finding team headed by Daniel Bell, it was discovered that “the profits of the businessmen and income of large landowners increased considerably while the standard of living of the people were lower than it was before the war.” – from “In Our Image by Stanley Karnow (1989) p. 345
19. b.)War reparations from Japan in the form of ships and industrial machineries estimated at around $300 million in 1948 and given during Quirino’s administration but was divided among his cronies long before the goods were even received. “In Our Image by Stanley Karnow (1989) p. 361
19. c. ) Oct. 25, 2017 – The military benefits, back pay of over 260,000 Filipino WWII veterans and guerrillas whose war service were deemed “not active” service and the guerrillas denied recognition by the Rescission Act of 1946 enacted by the 79th Congress of the USA on Feb. 18, 1946
§107.
Certain service deemed not to be active service (a) *Service
before July 1, 1946, in the organized military forces of the Government of the
Commonwealth of the Philippines, while such forces were in the service of the
Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the military order of the
President dated July 26, 1941, * including among such military forces organized
guerrilla forces under commanders appointed, designated, or subsequently
recognized by the Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area, or other
competent authority in the Army of the United States, shall not be deemed to
have been active military, naval, or air service for the purposes of any law of
the United States conferring rights, privileges, or benefits upon any
person by reason of the service of such person or the service of any other
person in the Armed Forces
Pres.
Truman’s 38 Statement Concerning Provisions in Bill Affecting Philippine
Army Veterans – Feb. 20, 1946. Includes information on Roxas’ acknowledgment that
he received funds of $200 million allotted by Pres. Truman for Philippine Army WWII
veterans.
20. a) Oct. 7, 2018 – COMPENSATION FOR WORLD WAR II MASSACRES COMMITTED BY THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE FORCES: Among others, Bataan Death March: Pantingan River Massacre April 12, 1942: Remuneration, reparations and restitution for Japanese atrocities in the Philippines during WWII, among others, the massacre of 350 to 400 Filipino soldiers of mostly from the 91st Division of the USAFFE on April 12, 1942.
20. c) Fort Santiago Massacreswith focus on the massacres that occurred between December 1944 to March 1945, and specifically the execution of about 50 suspected guerrillas including Brig. Gen. Vicente Lim USMA 1914 on Dec. 31, 1944 at the Chinese Cemetery. Link under construction.
One note-book presumably belonging to a member of the Akasuki Force, says:—”February 7, 1945. One hundred and fifty guerillas were disposed of tonight. I personally stabbed and killed 10. February 8: Guarded over 1,184 guerillas which were newly brought in to-day. February 9. Burned 1,000 guerillas to death to night. February 10: Guarded approximately 1,660 guerillas. February 13. Enemy tanks are lurking in the vicinity of Banzai Bridge (Jones Bridge, Manila). Our attack, preparation has been completed. Iam now on guard duty at guerilla internment camp. While I was on duty 10 guerillas tried to escape. They were stabbed to death. At 16.00, all guerillas were burned to death.” from: Japanese Atrocities Make Tale Of Horror by Jack Percival Our War Correspondent in the Philippines
20. d) Los Baños Massacre Feb. 1945 – The highly successful raid on Los Baños prison camp on Feb. 23, 1945, conducted by elements of the 11th Airborne Division and Hunters ROTC guerrillas liberated 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from University of Philippines at Los Baños an agricultural school campus turned Japanese internment camp. One of Japanese who escaped when the liberators attacked, Lt. Sadaaki Konishi, Imperial Japanese Army, came back a few days later,
with reinforcements. Finding
all the POWs gone he vented his rage on the people in nearby towns and
massacred some 1,500 men, women, and children which they suspected of
collaborating with the liberators. Konishi was later tried for war crimes and
convicted in the Philippines (1946-1947) and hanged in Japan.
Rottman,
G.L., 2010, The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid, Oxford: Osprey Publishing
Ltd., ISBN 9781849080750
20. e)Batangas Massacre – From 9 October 1944 to 1 May 1945, Japanese soldiers massacred up to 25,000 mostly civilians in Lipa, Batangas province.
From:
Bill of Particulars for the Yamashita trial as written on 8 October 1945 by
Major Robert M. Kerr included as part of the appendix of a thesis
entitled “In Re Yamashita,” by Alston Shepherd Kirk, dated May 1974.
20. f ) Massacre at De La Salle College – In one of the worst massacres in the Battle of Manila civilians and the Christian Brothers who sought shelter in the chapel of De La Salle College, were systematically killed.
Mar 20, 2013 – Two released American prisoners of war in chair & on bed. The PoW of Albuquerque introduces his buddy, Sgt. Donald Smith of Boulder, Colorado to interviewer & they talk about events on Death March after capture to San Fernando. No food, no water; Japanese bayoneted Filipinos women & children who tried to give them food & water. Moved after three days in box cars to camp. Lost 150 most of who were bayoneted.
21.)
World Bank Loans to the Philippines from Oct. 2011 to July 2013 totaling $4
billion for disaster preparation and recovery. When Typhoon Haiyan devastated
Central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, there were no preparations. During the
rescue and recovery efforts, it became obvious that there were no funds for the
relief of the typhoon victims. Thousands of dead bodies littered the disaster
area for weeks, even months after the typhoon.
Excerpt:
“Worse, the World Bank gave a $3.7 billion loan to the Philippines in October
2011 and another $300 million last July 13, 2013. There might be other loans,
grants, and aid I am not aware of. I’ve excluded the $150 million donations
from the international community for the typhoon (Haiyan) relief efforts.
The
Philippines is a former US territory and this country has a special
responsibility to those islands and its people. We should stop funding
oppression and the undemocratic oligarchy in the Philippines, withdraw our
Ambassador and encourage others to do the same.
23.)
Benguet Consolidated Mines, San Miguel Corporation and other companies,
corporations and entities, rehabilitated after WWII, using U.S. Assistance and
other funding including U.S. and Japanese war reparations in cash or in kind
such as ships and equipment including grants, loans or other creative
funding. Benguet Consolidated Mines received
$6 million while other American-owned businesses received $150 million in 1946.
Eventually the oligarchs took over the American-owned businesses.
24.)
We hereby claim, among others, restitution for the financial,
economic and other as Natives of the Philippines, victims of the Spanish regime
and the remnants thereof that evolved into the main component of the
present-day oligarchy from June 1571 to the present. We also seek the return of
our ancestral land with compensation for the use misuse and abuse of our lands
and natural resources.
25.) September 24, 2005: Real Estate such as Philippine embassy and consular properties overseas, the Cory Aquino administration and succeeding administrations sold, exchanged and/or disposed of. Examples are the Philippine government properties where the Philippine embassies or consulates are situated. For example the Philippine Consul in San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan.
Other
assets include Jewelry, paintings, collectibles, antiques sequestered by the
Cory Aquino regime from the Marcoses, their relatives, friends, cronies and
politicians, including other who were not even connected directly or indirectly
with the Marcoses.
Examples are the Philippine government property in San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan.
Other
assets include Jewelry, paintings, collectibles, antiques sequestered by the
Cory Aquino regime from the Marcoses, their relatives, friends, cronies and
politicians, including other who were not even connected directly or indirectly
with the Marcoses.
Featuring: SEVEN Canaletto paintings of Venice,
plus 122 other priceless oil paintings by Italian Masters valued at least £18.6
million.
On Feb. 25, 1986, Marcos was toppled by
“People Power” and Cory Aquino became de-facto president by 1987 Cory Aquino
formed the PCGG Presidential Commission on Good Government, in charge of
recovering ill-gotten wealth from the Marcoses, their relatives, cronies and
politicians. Among the “recovered”
assets from the Marcoses were seven (7) Canaletto paintings of Venice and 122
other priceless paintings by Italian Masters.
In 2005 Ricardo Abcede was appointed the new PCGG Chairman who rushed the sale of these
priceless paintings sold the same at Christie’s of London for
$16 million.
Later, on July 7, 2005, The Guardian
reported that Christie’s of London sold one Canaletto painting for $11.5
million. Art Daily News said another Canaletto painting as being sold at $20
million. All together the Canaletto paintings and 122 other oil paintings were
sold by Christie’s of London at an estimated price from $1 billion to $1.6
billion.
References:
Venetian painting by Canaletto sold for
record £11.5m
Sam Jones Thu 7 Jul 2005 07.58 EDT First
published on Thu 7 Jul 2005 07.58 EDT
The greatest crime
during the Cory regime was the multi-billion dollar loss of selling off
priceless art BY THE WAY – Max V. Soliven () – September 25, 2005 –
12:00am
26. a) Among others, government infrastructures and facilities such as ports, airports, water, light rail, rail roads, utilities, power plants, transmissions, shipping, port operations, telephone, telecommunication, satellites, railroads, toll roads other utilities including the Philippine Airlines and profits therefrom since 1946.
26. b.) Missed opportunities. About two months after the death of my wife, on Feb. 12, 2011, I proposed the creation of a Freely Associated State in the Philippines or parts thereof; transfer factories from China and elsewhere, even build new ones if need be. The products of these factories would be rightfully labelled as “MADE IN THE USA” and sold in the US, tariff free. See:
26. c) Continued from no. 17^ Examples of ^Other funds and treasures in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people: A Marcos crony and former golfing partner Hernando Disini left the Philippines with the $50.56 million commission/kickbacks for the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant deal. Disini sought refuge in Austria.
References:
Search
for Marcos’ wealth: Compromising with cronies
Philip
M. Lustre Jr. Published 5:15 PM, Thursday February 25, 2016
26. d) Still other monies and funds found their way to Russia that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tried but failed to retrieve. Her brother-in-law Iggy Arroyo deposited funds in a UK bank around 2009. In 2004 Philippine Daily Tribune reported that Iggy Arroyo’s net worth was placed at $5,196,428.57 while First Gentleman Mike Arroyo at $1.5 million. In late Aug. 2011 Iggy Arroyo went back to London. He died of cancer in Jan. 2012.
“In
a telephone interview Friday with the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Bacolod
City, Iggy Arroyo said he was confined in a hospital in London for a
checkup on his liver and surgery to repair his hipbone. He said he first had
hip surgery 12 years ago.”
I don’t
think Aquino III is after any Corona’s, the Arroyos’ or Marcoses assets in the
Philippines or abroad. Below is the real story behind Iggy
Arroyo’s trip to London for “liver check-up”
If Aquino III is after the money Gloria M. Arroyo
has looted from the Philippine treasury, WAIS
Chairman Cameron Sawyer who based in Russia, has given an idea where it went as
early as June 02, 2011. Note that Iggy Arroyo, Gloria’s brother-in-law went to
London in Aug. 2011 two months after
Cameron Sawyer’s post. Cameron and I met in a conference in England last July
2011.
“Every Russian oligarch has at least
a house in London, and many of them live there permanently. There they rub
elbows with their counterparts from India, China, the whole Arab world,
Southeast Asia (Iggy Arroyo?), and much of the rest of the world. The
beneficiary is the UK economy–when they decide to take their companies public,
they naturally do it in London, where they feel at home.”
From: WAIS post:
Taxation of US Citizens Abroad – June 02, 2011
Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo wanted to spend Christmas in the country but was advised by doctors not to do so, congressional chief of staff Edgar Ruado said.
After WWI, the victors awarded former German possessions mostly to Japan with German Samoa going to New Zealand. After WWII, The U.S. took over the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Palau Islands.
I am claiming the former German possessions in the Pacific on behalf of HM Queen Elizabeth II considering that those territories were purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II who was the first cousin of King George V, HM Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather.
Borders of German New Guinea before (in blue) and after (in red) the 1899 German-Spanish treaty. – From wikipedia
Introducing…the Villa
WAIS (Roy Domenico, USA, 03/15/15 4:14 pm)
JE
comments: That’s the one. Imagine the possibilities. €20
million sounds like a lot, but in dollars it’s already $8 million cheaper than
a year ago. With 100 bedrooms and an equal number of baths, it would be
perfect for WAIS retreats. And do I see olive trees in the yard?
With regards to my dual citizenship & a member of the Conservatives (U.K.), I forgot to mention one very good example was the 23rd Governor of Nevada, the late Donal Neil “Mike” O’Callaghan (09/10/1929 – 03/05/2004)
23rd Governor of Nevada – In office Jan. 4, 1971 – Jan. 1, 1979
*Excerpt: “Mike O’Callaghan (QEPD), a former US Marine that lost a leg in Korea, once Governor of Nevada* that was both my mentor and mentor of Senator Harry Reid, *was a reserve volunteer Sergeant in the IsraeI Defense Forces that went there to help repair tanks once a year.*
WAISer Timothy Brown is a former Marine and later a Diplomat. After the Iran-Contra problem,Tim Brown took over Col. Oliver North’s position as SLO (Senior Liaison Officer) for the Contras.He worked in Central America long enough that he became very good friends with the communists some of whom are Sandinistas. I strongly recommend his book Diplomarine.
In one WAIS discussion on Obama’s birth certificate, it was Tim Brown’s clarification as to the difference between a US national and a US citizen that led me to research and discover that Filipinos are in fact US nationals “until July 4, 1946” as Pres. Truman reiterated in his Feb. 20, 1946 “38 – Statement by the President Concerning Provisions in Bill Affecting Philippine Army Veterans” 38 Statement was in reply to the Rescission Act of 1946 that the US Senate of the 79th Congress passed that retroactively declared the military service of more than 260,000 Filipino WWII veterans “NOT ACTIVE SERVICE” and denied Filipino WWII veterans the military benefits they were promised when they signed up to serve for the only country they knew.
In this post, former Consul General Tim Brown says that Americans could legally be a citizen of 2 or 3 or even 5 different countries, as long as you do not vote in any of these country, except the US. Voting in a foreign country is considered “expatriative act” and grounds for losing US citizenship.
Excerpt: “To make the story a bit shorter, she was legally a citizen of five countries, including the US. She was Israeli because she had automatically become an Israeli citizen when her parents immigrated to Israel. She was also a German because of her father, French because of her mother, British because of her wartime husband, but perhaps still a US citizen.
Can a US citizen also be a citizen of another country–or two, or three, or more? YES. ‘Nuf said.”
If you look at the analyst job postings at CIA a quick summary will show: “US citizenship required (dual national US citizens are eligible)” Dual nationals could work at CIA.
The 51st Death Anniversary of Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
24 Jan. 2016
Today is the 51st death anniversary of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, DL, FRS, RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
Sir Winston Churchill, the GREATEST STATESMAN of all time.
When the Tydings–McDuffie Act, [officially the Philippine Independence Act (Pub.L. 73–127, 48 Stat. 456)] was enacted on March 24, 1934 Sir Winston Churchill warned against the abandonment of the Philippines saying:“The national duty, dignity and honour of the United States are at stake.”
Later during the conference on Aug. 13-14, 1941 that produced the Atlantic Charter, FDR made it clear that he was after the dismantling of the British Empire. FDR did not consider the consequences of giving independence to the former colonies and one U.S. territory, the Philippines, most of which were not ready for self-rule.
Seventy-three years after the Philippines was granted independence, the people never wanted or were consulted about, the Philippines then the only Christian country in Asia is now hell on earth. Where people had to look overseas for decent-paying jobs.
Excerpt from The Other War: FDR’s Battle Against Churchill and the British Empire by L. Wolfe – Printed in The American Almanac, August 28, 1995. Pages 10 & 11
Churchill: “|`You mentioned India,’ he [Churchill] growled.
Roosevelt: “|`Yes, I [Roosevelt] can’t believe that we can fight a war against fascist slavery, and at the same time not work to free people all over the world from a backward colonial policy.’
Churchill: “|`What about the Philippines?’
Roosevelt: “|`I am glad you mentioned them. They get their independence*, you know, in 1946. And they’ve gotten modern sanitation, modern education, their rate of illiteracy has gone steadily down…”
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From wikipedia:
The eight principal points of the Atlantic Charter were:
no territorial gains were to be sought by the United States or the United Kingdom;
territorial adjustments must be in accord with the wishes of the peoples concerned;
there was to be disarmament of aggressor nations, and a common disarmament after the war.
Although Clause Three clearly states that all peoples have the right to decide their form of government*, it fails to say what changes are necessary in both social and economic terms, so as to achieve freedom and peace.[9] “
Treaties signed with the USA rarely have an effective monitoring system to ensure parties comply with the terms of the treaty. A case in point is the chaos in Hong Kong. The 1997 Treaty handing turning over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China requires a 50-year grace period for smooth transition. Dubbed “One Country Two Systems, Hong Kong was given 50 years to continue living under the British system.
But Beijing could not wait and almost immediately started treating Hong Kong like a spoil of war, the Cold War. It should be noted that from the very beginning of the negotiations, points 1, 2 and 3 of the Atlantic Charter have been ignored. The people of Hong Kong, like the natives of the Philippines were never consulted if they wanted to be ruled by communist China and cease to be a British Crown Colony.
Another case is the agreement FDR made with Josef Stalin with regards to the post-WWII administration of Eastern Europe. Stalin reneged on his promise to promote democracy and instead placed communist comrades in these respective countries while off non-communist nationalists were executed or imprisoned. Washington DC rarely have an effective system to see to it that agreements are followed.
Still another case is Ukraine’s turn over of nuclear warheads under the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances that Pres. Bill Clinton signed on Dec. 5, 1994.
This is why we have the problems in Ukraine, Hong Kong and even ISIS was created by Washington DC’s failure to develop a viable closure to “Liberate Iraq Act of 1998” passed by the 105th Congress on Oct. 5, 1998 and signed into law by Pres. Bill Clinton on Oct. 31, 1998.
While the US Congress is one of the biggest sources of solutions, it seems to create more problems than it solves.
We could form or support a nonprofit that would study and anticipate the SEEFITS* of pending and newly passed laws .
S – socio
E – economic
E – environmental
F – financial
I – impact
T – tests^
S – studies
^ – including thought experiments
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I first mentioned doing a SEEFITS in a WAIS post and in the aftermath of the 2008 Financial Crisis that many believes was created by the US Congress.
From: re: US: on the Financial Crisis and Bailout (SOX Sucks)
(Bienvenido Macario, Philippines) – Posted September 25, 2008
This refers to Winston Churchill’s objection to the abandonment of the Philippines which I’ve promptly claimed in the name of HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as Prince of Denmark.
I shall save for later the third a most important reason why I as a Native American CANZUK Monarchist sought the protection and dominion of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
On United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization list of potential “colonies” that still maintain ‘non-autonomies’ or colonial status are:
1) United Kingdom: Anguilla, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Caiman Islands, Malvinas Islands, Turks and Caicos, Virgin Island, Monserrat, Pitcairn, Santa Helena.
2) United States of America: Guam, Virgin Islands, Samoa.
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Since when is handing over a previously uninhabited group of islands like the Falklands Islands to a remnant of the failed Spanish Empire, Argentina, “decolonization”.
Since when is handing over a U.S. territory, the Philippines, to ethnic Chinese and ethnic Spaniards, “decolonization.”
Would Washington DC object if California, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Florida are handed over back to present-day Mexico?
How about if Alaska is handed back to Russia and not to Native Alaskans? Would Washington DC FINALLY SAY SOMETHING?
In 1934 Churchill spoke out against the abandonment of my ancestral land the Philippines, then a U.S. territory (not a colony) and warned that “the national duty, dignity and honour of the United States were at stake.”
He didn’t know then that 25 trillion cubic meters (900 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas would be discovered in the Spratlys. This is why China is grabbing the Spratlys.
See: Japan Unveils Largest Warship since WWII (Bienvenido Macario, USA) Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:49 AM
Or that the US will discover there’s $1 trillion worth of unexplored minerals in Mindanao Island alone. And this is why Malaysia is trying to grab Mindanao.
Sir Winston Churchill had no idea the Philippines possesses huge geothermal resources all of which my late wife Maria G. Macario helped discover, explore and in most cases develop and manage.
Or that Benham Rising would be discovered in the 21st century.
Benham Rise, also known as Benham Plateau, is a 13-million hectare undersea region east of Luzon. It is enclosed by the coordinates 119°30’E to 132°00’E and 12°10’N to 20°30’N latitude. Bigger than Luzon, the 13-M hectare Benham Rise has been approved by the UN as part of Philippine territory. Benham Rise: The Philippines’ new territory off Aurora province.
Sir Winston Churchill’s objection was based on pure conviction of what good leadership and administration is all about.
“A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.”
– James Freeman Clarke
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2019
“We Shall Make the Entire Philippines An American Battle Monument!”
-MEG Macario Foundation, Mar. 26, 2013
With regards to the government in exile for the Philippines based
in London, U.K. I have decided that the participation and involvement of the
following couples would be indispensable: (In alphabetical order)
Tony and Margaret Abbott
David and Samantha Cameron
Brittany S. Lark
On Oct. 11, 2015, I made a promise to Phyllis Gardner, Professor
at Stanford School of Medicine that I shall make a donation to help select
Stanford graduates of the School of Medicine, among others.
Also, I have to set aside a certain sum for our group of remote
viewers and support staff.
In a March 15, 2015, Roy Domenico introduced a potential WAIS Villa
in Tuscany (See Photo below). On March 17, I countered
with a proposal to have a WAIS Headquarters in the West Coast “as soon as a
substantial portion of my claim has been released.”
see: Villa WAIS: Tuscany? Southern
California? (Bienvenido Macario, USA, 03/17/15 10:09 am)
Regarding a
WAIS Villa in Tuscany, I would prefer to have a WAIS West Coast HQ in
Southern California, where the weather is nice and warm like San Diego or Newport Beach. Santa
Barbara or up north in the San Francisco Bay Area would also be nice.This will be my priority as soon as I have
a freely associated state, Native American status and/or a government-in-exile
for the Philippines.Of course this would come after
a substantial amount of my claim has been released.
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The following is my claim as of Sunday 15 March 2015 as presented
in my website under the title:
We hereby claim among others, restitution
for the financial, economic and other damages as Native Americans & victims
of the Filipino Genocide also known as the Philippine War 1899-1902.
2.)Pre-WW II Philippine treasury assets of sometwo million dollars in gold bullion & $360,000 in silver sitting in the Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA since March 1942 PLUS$8.5 million worth of silver pesos dumped in Manila Bay in Feb. 1942. [20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos and/or 319 40-pound gold bars and 630 bags each containing 1,000 silver pesos the Japanese recovered in part after May 1942.
See WAIS post:
More
Monetary Shenanigans in Philippines (Bienvenido Macario,
USA,) July 30, 2014
3.) Allthe geothermal resources areas in the Philippines my late wife Maria Elena G. Macario has explored, now taken over by ethnic Chinese and ethnic Spaniards.
See: Stanford University – MS Petroleum Engineering Report by Ma. Elena G.
Macario
5.) Oil, gas & minerals in the Philippines, specifically the 25 trillion cubic meters (900 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas reserves in the Spratlys areas per US EIA (Energy Information Administration), said to be the same as the proven reserves of Qatar.
See: Japan
Unveils Largest Warship since WWII
(Bienvenido Macario, USA) Fri, Aug 9, 2013
8.) The so-called Yamashita’s Gold. (See: WAIS post dated July 31, 2014) See WAIS post:Philippines and Yamashita’s Gold (Bienvenido Macario, USA 07/31/14 12:29 AM)
9.) Friar lands bought and paid for by then US Civil Gov. Gen. William H. Taft for $6.9 million on Dec. 22, 1903 and abandoned in 1934, 1946 & 1986. See WAIS post:
US Acquisition of
Philippines, 1898 (Bienvenido Macario, USA, 05/05/15 4:05 am)
10.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from Dec. 12, 1901 to July 31, 1946.
11.) Rent and back rentals for the use, misuse & abuse of our ancestral land from July 04, 1946 to the present.
12.) The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah (Subject to revaluation) The $145 million is based on the WAIS e-mail discussions of Sept. 2002 with Martin Storey and moderated by Prof. Ronald Hilton. But the value is in fact closer to the $10 billion initially claimed.
The $145 Million Claim Over the Oil Fields of Sabah Part 1
In Aug.
2011, Aquino III’s uncle Danding Cojuangco head of San Miguel Corp. bought Esso
Malaysia Bhd, Exxon Mobil Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Exxon Mobil Borneo Sdn Bhd for$610
million including the 88,000 barrels per day Port Dickson refinery; seven (7) fuel distribution terminals; and about 560
refilling stations. A 2012 study,
Singapore-based FACTS Global Energy, reported that Sabah has reserves of about 11-12
trillion cubic feet of gas and at least 1.5 billion barrels of oilrepresenting
12% and 15% of Malaysia’s natural gas and oil reserves, respectively.
See:
Re-evaluation of the Claim over the Oil Fields of Sabah
13. War Bonds, Securities a.k.a. Victory Bonds issued prior to July 4, 1946 valued at $16 billion after Jan. 2006 per Ben Bernanke’s statement.
14. Benham Rise, also known as Benham Plateau, is a 13-million hectare undersea region east of Luzon. It is enclosed by the coordinates 119°30’E to 132°00’E and 12°10’N to 20°30’N latitude. Bigger than Luzon, the 13-M hectare Benham Rise has been approved by the UN as part of Philippine territory. Benham Rise: The Philippines’ new territory off Aurora province.
[Mindanao is known as “The of Promise”. The promise of all the promises. Treasures, Land of God, the Lost Paradise, The lost garden of Eden and the land of the last judgment in earth. Bible scholars even pointed the Mindanao as the land of promise of all promises. One verse of the Bible quoted “The God’s kingdom will rise again in the east of the east seas where the Sun will rises first, in the white sand shores where the only land which people are willing to live and die for praising my name ”.]
Leaked diplomatic documents in Wikileaks showed the United States has a special interest in the natural resources in Mindanao and the ending of the armed conflict in the region, giving credence to a suspicion that the United States is prodding the Aquino administration’s peace efforts with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), including brokering the recent secret meeting between MILF spokesman Al Haj Murad and President Aquino.
Wikileaks obtained documents dated February 2006 or prior to the botched signing of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) on Aug. 5, 2008 showing extensive reference to the untapped rich mineral resources of Mindanao and tensions in the region which hinder the exploitation of these resources.
The leaked cable from the US embassy in Manila made particular reference to the so-called Liguasan Marsh in the Cotabato Basin spanning 288,000 hectares and is among areas controlled by the MILF.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has already identified natural gas and oil deposits in three areas of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago: the Cotabato Basin, the Davao-Agusan Basin; and an area straddling Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. The Cotabato Basin, notably, includes the 288,000 hectare Liguasan Marsh, straddling the provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudurat, according to the cable.
There are ^other funds & treasures in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people and the Philippines.
Bienvenido Macario – Lemuria
MEG Macario Foundation
Sunday 15 March 2015
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18. Jan. 8, 2017 – As of today we are adding to the claim the following: $141 billion worth of gold. 3,500 metric tons 99.999 purity, 12.5 kg/bar which was taken out of the country and deposited at the above mentioned bank, Registered under the Ferdinand E. Marcos as the owner. As alleged in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Philippine Central Bank) Circular no. 49 covered by Gold Bullion certificate issued by Union Bank of Switzerland certificate no. 27581 B.L. 877 A.U. valued at $141 billion.
19. Sept. 15, 2017 – The $2 billion war reparations given to the Philippines from 1945 to 1949 valued at $27.9 billion in 2018. According to the article “The Philippines: Bristling Bankrupt” published on Time Magazine’s Nov. 6, 1950 issue*. When Pres. Truman sent a fact finding team headed by Daniel Bell, it was discovered that “the profits of the businessmen and income of large landowners increased considerably while the standard of living of the people were lower than it was before the war.” – from “In Our Image by Stanley Karnow (1989) p. 345
20. a) Oct. 7, 2018 – WORLD WAR II MASSACRES: Among others, Bataan Death March: Pantingan River Massacre April 12, 1942: Remuneration, reparations and restitution for Japanese atrocities in the Philippines during WWII, among others, the massacre of 350 to 400 Filipino soldiers of mostly from the 91st Division of the USAFFE on April 12, 1942. As a monarchist, this claim is actually quite favorable to His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese people.
20. c) Fort Santiago Massacres with focus on the massacres that occurred between December 1944 to March 1945. Link under construction.
20. d) Los Baños Massacre Feb. 1945 – The highly successful raid on Los Baños prison camp on Feb. 23, 1945, conducted by elements of the 11th Airborne Division and Hunters ROTC guerrillas liberated 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from University of Philippines at Los Baños an agricultural school campus turned Japanese internment camp. One of Japanese who escaped when the liberators attacked, Lt. Sadaaki Konishi, Imperial Japanese Army, came back a few days later, with reinforcements. Finding all the POWs gone he vented his rage on the people in nearby towns and massacred some 1,500 men, women, and children which they suspected of collaborating with the liberators. Konishi was later tried for war crimes and convicted in the Philippines (1946-1947) and hanged in Japan.
Rottman, G.L., 2010, The Los Baños Prison Camp Raid, Oxford: Osprey Publishing Ltd., ISBN 9781849080750
20. e) Batangas Massacre – From 9 October 1944 to 1 May 1945, Japanese soldiers massacred up to 25,000 mostly civilians in Batangas province.
From: Bill of Particulars for the Yamashita trial as written on 8 October 1945 by Major Robert M. Kerr included as part of the appendix of a thesis entitled “In Re Yamashita,” by Alston Shepherd Kirk, dated May 1974.
21.) World Bank Loans to the Philippines from Oct. 2011 to July 2013 totaling $4 billion for disaster preparation and recovery. When Typhoon Haiyan devastated Central Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, there were no preparations. During the rescue and recovery efforts, it became obvious that there were no funds for the relief of the typhoon victims. Thousands of dead bodies littered the disaster area for weeks, even months after the typhoon.
Excerpt: “Worse, the World Bank gave a $3.7 billion loan to the Philippines in October 2011 and another $300 million last July 13, 2013. There might be other loans, grants, and aid I am not aware of. I’ve excluded the $150 million donations from the international community for the typhoon (Haiyan) relief efforts.
The Philippines is a former US territory and this country has a special responsibility to those islands and its people. We should stop funding oppression and the undemocratic oligarchy in the Philippines, withdraw our Ambassador and encourage others to do the same.
From WAIS post: Philippines -> German Genocide in Namibia; US Genocide in Philippines? (Bienvenido Macario, USA) Jan 15, 2014 at 7:28 AM
23.) Benguet Consolidated Mines, San Miguel Corporation and other companies, corporations and entities, rehabilitated after WWII, using U.S. Assistance and other funding including U.S. and Japanese war reparations in cash or in kind such as ships and equipment including grants, loans or other creative funding. Benguet Consolidated Mines received $6 million while other American-owned businesses received $150 million in 1946. Eventually the oligarchs took over the American-owned businesses.
24.) We hereby claim, among others, restitution for the financial, economic and other as Natives of the Philippines, victims of the Spanish regime and the remnants thereof that evolved into the main component of the present-day oligarchy from June 1571 to the present. We also seek the return of our ancestral land with compensation for the use misuse and abuse of our lands and natural resources.
25.)September 24, 2005: Real Estate such as Philippine embassy and consular properties overseas, the Cory Aquino administration and succeeding administrations sold, exchanged and/or disposed of. Examples are the Philippine government property in San Francisco, CA and Tokyo, Japan.
Other assets include Jewelry, paintings, collectibles, antiques sequestered by the Cory Aquino regime from the Marcoses, their relatives, friends, cronies and politicians, including other who were not even connected directly or indirectly with the Marcoses.
Featuring: SEVEN Canaletto paintings of Venice, plus 122 other priceless oil paintings by Italian Masters valued at least £18.6 million.
On Feb. 25, 1986, Marcos was toppled by “People Power” and Cory Aquino became de-facto president by 1987 Cory Aquino formed the PCGG Presidential Commission on Good Government, in charge of recovering ill-gotten wealth from the Marcoses, their relatives, cronies and politicians. Among the “recovered” assets from the Marcoses were seven (7) Canaletto paintings of Venice and 122 other priceless paintings by Italian Masters.
In 2005 Ricardo Abcede was appointed the new PCGG Chairman who rushed the sale of these priceless paintings sold the same at Christie’s of London for $16 million.
Later, on July 7, 2005, The Guardian reported that Christie’s of London sold one Canaletto painting for $11.5 million. Art Daily News said another Canaletto painting as being sold at $20 million. All together the Canaletto paintings and 122 other oil paintings were sold by Christie’s of London at an estimated price from $1 billion to $1.6 billion.
References:
Venetian painting by Canaletto sold for record £11.5m
Sam Jones Thu 7 Jul 2005 at 07.58 EDT First published on Thu 7 Jul 2005 07.58 EDT
26 a.)Continued from no. 17 Examples of ^Other funds and treasures in Europe and elsewhere that rightfully belong to my people: A Marcos crony and former golfing partner Hernando Disini left the Philippines with the kickbacks from the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant deal and sought refuge in Austria.
26. b) Still other monies and funds found their way to Russia that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo tried but failed to retrieve. Her brother-in-law Iggy Arroyo deposited funds in a UK bank around 2009. In 2004 Philippine Daily Tribune reported that Iggy Arroyo’s net worth was placed at $5,196,428.57 while First Gentleman Mike Arroyo at $1.5 million.
In late Aug. 2011 Iggy Arroyo went back to London. He died of cancer in Jan. 2012.
“In a telephone interview Friday with the Philippine Daily Inquirer in Bacolod City, Iggy Arroyo said he was confined in a hospital in London for a checkup on his liver and surgery to repair his hipbone. He said he first had hip surgery 12 years ago.”
I don’t think Aquino III is after any Corona’s, the Arroyos’ or Marcoses assets in the Philippines or abroad. Below is the real story behind Iggy Arroyo’s trip to London for “liver check-up”
If Aquino III is after the money Gloria M. Arroyo has looted from the Philippine treasury, WAIS Chairman Cameron Sawyer who based in Russia, has given an idea where it went as early as June 02, 2011. Note that Iggy Arroyo, Gloria’s brother-in-law went to London in Aug. 2011 two months after Cameron Sawyer’s post. Cameron and I met in a conference in England last July 2011.
“Every Russian oligarch has at least a house in London, and many of them live there permanently. There they rub elbows with their counterparts from India, China, the whole Arab world, Southeast Asia (Iggy Arroyo?), and much of the rest of the world. The beneficiary is the UK economy–when they decide to take their companies public, they naturally do it in London, where they feel at home.”
From: WAIS post: Taxation of US Citizens Abroad – June 02, 2011 (Cameron Sawyer, Russia, 06/02/11)
Negros Occidental Rep. Ignacio “Iggy” Arroyo wanted to spend Christmas in the country but was advised by doctors not to do so, congressional chief of staff Edgar Ruado said.
Introducing…the Villa WAIS (Roy Domenico, USA, 03/15/15 4:14 pm)
JE comments: That’s the one. Imagine the possibilities. €20 million sounds like a lot, but in dollars it’s already $8 million cheaper than a year ago. With 100 bedrooms and an equal number of baths, it would be perfect for WAIS retreats. And do I see olive trees in the yard?
After WWI, the victors awarded former German possessions mostly to Japan with German Samoa going to New Zealand. After WWII, The U.S. took over the Marshall Islands, the Carolines, the Marianas, the Palau Islands.
I am claiming the former German possessions in the Pacific on behalf of HM Queen Elizabeth II considering that those territories were purchased by Kaiser Wilhelm II who was the first cousin of King George V, HM Queen Elizabeth II’s grandfather.
Borders of German New Guinea before (in blue) and after (in red) the 1899 German-Spanish treaty. – From wikipedia
February 4, 1899 – Considered the start of the Philippine War (1899-1902) when a Filipino was shot by an American sentry as he crossed Silencio Street, Sta. Mesa, Manila.
February 5-6 1899 – Battle of Manila – Philippine War 1899-1902. Ill-equipped Army of Liberation was no match to the superior arms of the Americans. Aguinaldo’s army was split into. He was with the group north of Manila while Pio Del Pilar and others retreated to the South.
April 28, 1899 – Aguinaldo sent Col. Manuel Arguelles, Gen. Antonio Luna’s Chief of Staff as a special commissioner to seek a truce and possible end of hostilities. Otis wanted unconditional surrender. Here is where Otis was criticized for his firm stand. But Otis claimed he has every reason to demand unconditional surrender. Aguinaldo was buying time. Arguelles was in fact trying to buy arms from Japan while he was in Manila.
May 2, 1899 – Aguinaldo’s representatives proposed a three-month cease-fire, couched in language which required Otis to acknowledge the Philippine Republic as a sovereign nation. Otis refused the truce on those terms, but gave the delegate a copy of President McKinley’s plan for a Philippine civil government, which would include an advisory council and judiciary selected from Americans and Filipinos.[Note 2]
Aguinaldo’s delegates were won over. Aguinaldo’s cabinet headed by hard-liner Apolinario Mabini was ousted and replaced with a “Peace cabinet” headed by Pedro Paterno, which sent the delegates back to Manila to discuss surrender terms with Otis.
May 13, 1899 – Aguinaldo again sent another peace commission to include Gen.Gregorio Del Pilar, Gracio Gonzazo, a member of Aguinaldo’s cabinet, Lt. Col. Alberto Barretto, military advocate, & Maj. Zialcita, a member of Aguinaldo’s staff. Additional members of the delegation were Florentino Torres, Pablo Ocampo and Theodore Yanco, residents of Manila.
General Luna who against the peace negotiations, arrested the delegates and Paterno’s cabinet. He then restored Mabini and the hardliners. Negotiations collapsed, and Otis resumed his offensive.
Felipe Buencamino saw it was useless to fight and DEFECTED to the Americans taking P90,000.00 of the fledgling republic’s funds.
This is in reference to the movie “HENERAL LUNA” (2015).
June 5, 1899 – Gen. Antonio Luna was assassinated in Cabanatuan. Antonio Luna was 31 yrs. old FROM a wealthy criollo family in ILOCOS NORTE. “His equally hotheaded brother the painter Juan Luna had killed his wife for allegedly committing adultery.”
So Antonio, a soldier, was not really an ideal husband material if his brother Juan, a painter, killed the wife. From page 156 & 157 from Karnow’s book “In Our Image”. (March 1990).
HERE IS THE MYSTERY: Gen. Gregorio Del Pilar the “Boy General” only 24 years old PRESIDED OVER THE TORTURE OF GEN. ANTONIO LUNA’S AIDES. WHY??!! See: Page 158 & 159 from Karnow’s book “In Our Image” (March 1990).
According to Karnow’s book, two Illustrados, Pedro Paterno and Felipe Buencamino were in favor of making a deal with the Americans, something Gen. A. Luna would never agree.
It appears from this account, Aguinaldo gave “his discreet approval” to Luna’s assassination on June 5.
In another book, Aguinaldo reputedly told his captor Funston the issue with Luna boiled down, “either Luna would kill him (Aguinaldo) or Aguinaldo would kill Luna.” P. 136.
But then again, after Luna was killed, why didn’t Aguinaldo resumed peace negotiations with the Americans? Later after his capture Aguinaldo would pledge allegiance to the U.S. rather quickly on April 1, 1901, eight (8) days after his capture.
Reference: “In Our Image: America’s Empire in the Philippines by Stanley Karnow (Author) ISBN-13: 978-0345328168 ISBN-10: 0345328167
In the meantime, back in the South . . .
June 10, 1899 – Start of operation towards Las Piñas.
June 12, 1899 – Gen. Henry W. Lawton (photo below) sets up HQ in Las Piñas.
June 12, 1899 – Gen. Henry W. Lawton sets up his HQ in Las Piñas Bamboo Organ Church on the eve of the Battle of Zapote Bridge.
June 13, 1899 – Battle of Zapote River Bridge. It was the second biggest battle of the Philippine War next to the Battle of Manila Feb. 5 & 6, 1899. Gen. Lawton called the battle of Zapote Bridge “A beautiful battle.”
The Battle of Zapote Bridge also known as the Battle of Zapote River was fought on June 13, 1899 between 3,000 American soldiers and 5,000 Filipinos.
It was the Battle of Zapote Bridge that earned the respect of General Henry Ware Lawton, whose dispatches invariably carried a sympathetic note of the heroism displayed by Filipinos fighting for their freedom.
The Battle was called the “Liveliest Engagement of the War.”
The New York Times reported that it [the Filipino Army] was “the largest and best organized body of men which had yet met American troops.”
After the Battle of Zapote Bridge, everything went downhill for the so-called “Army of Liberation” led by Aguinaldo and the Hacienderos , the future oligarchs of the Philippines).
Above: Zapote River Bridge as it stood after the Battle on 13 June 1899. It was the second biggest battle of the Philippine War next to the Battle of Manila Feb. 5 & 6, 1899. Gen. Lawton called the battle of Zapote Bridge “A beautiful battle.”
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AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE OF ZAPOTE BRIDGE
On June 15, 1899, two days after the climatic Battle of Zapote Bridge correspondent Edwin Wildman interviewed one of Aguinaldo’s officers, Capt. Martin who left the insurgent camp and surrendered to the American troops stationed in Las Piñas.
Apparently Capt. Martin heard how Gen. Henry W. Lawton and his men earned the trust and respect of the people of Las Piñas. Capt. Martin told Wildman the grievances of the Filipinos and their concerns with the American authorities. He also said that many native troops were ready to surrender.
It was only on Aug. 3, 1899 that newspapers across the United States published the story of Capt. Martin based on Edwin Wildman’s interview that must have been conducted on or before June 15, 1899.
The story of Capt. Martin is on the front page of the newspaper Democrat Chronicle Thursday Aug. 3, 1899 at upper left hand “A Captain’s Story”.
Also in June 1899, Gen. Henry W. Lawton allowed natives of Las Piñas a certain measure of autonomy and under American supervision organized the local municipal government of Las Piñas.
It being the last months of the 19th century, word about this development in the Philippines was not published in the USA until Aug. 1, 1899 in Harper’s Weekly – History of the War in the Philippines.
“Municipal Home-Rule for the Filipinos/Organizing the Local Government at Las Piñas. The Interpreter explaining American Institutions to the newly elected President.—Drawn from Life by William Bengough.” Harper’s Weekly – History of the War in the Philippines Aug. 1, 1899.
[Seated are Brig. Gen. Frederick D. Grant; Dean C. Worcester, Philippines Commissioner, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Standing behind Gen. Grant is Calixto Laral, President, and, to his left, Paulo Ellanigat, Vice-President. The American officials all have chairs. Only one Filipino is seated. The newly elected president is standing].
The Irony of Aguinaldo’s Capture
Emilio F. Aguinaldo
March 23, 1901 – Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was captured in Palanan, Isabela.
April 1, 1901 – Emilio Aguinaldo pledge allegiance to the United States of America.
Retroactive Charges Of Murder; Case Railroaded
July 13, 1901, Nicolas Aldana, Isaac Antonio, Prudencio Santiago, and Estanislao Quilatan were retroactivelycharged for an alleged crime committed in the month Jan. 1901, before a military commission at the HQ Dept. of Southern Luzon, Lt. Col. John G. Leefe, presiding and Capt. Palmer E. Pierce judge-advocate. Counsel for the accused, if any, was not named.
November 7, 1901 – The accused were found guilty and General Orders No. 344 was issued sentencing the four to death by hanging. Major Gen. Adna R. Chafee confirmed the sentence.
December 12, 1901 – Nicolas Aldana, a landowner with the help of three more accomplices namely: Isaac Antonio, Prudencio Santiago, and Estanislao Quilatan were executed in Cavite for murder of a newspaper boy.
July 6, 1902 – AGUINALDO IS GIVEN LIBERTY, BUT FEARS HAND OF ASSASSIN http://cdnc(DOT) ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19020707.2.9# San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 37, 7 July 1902
On the charges, trial and execution of Nicolas Aldana, Isaac Antonio, Prudencio Santiago & Estanislao Quilatan, the way the indictment and sentence were written gave so many red flags to indicate this was politically motivated to facilitate the transition period. The American officers were reluctant to condemn these men to death to accommodate what was believed would end the Philippine War.
So much hopes were pinned on Aguinaldo’s cooperation. The Americans believe with Aguinaldo’s pledge of allegiance after acceding to his terms, the resistance to the Benevolent Assimilation would end. Unfortunately the landowners continued to resist American control and supervision of the Philippine Islands. More natives suffered and died in concentration camps and massacres than before Aguinaldo’s surrender and supposed pledge of allegiance to the United States of America.
The indictment or hearing left so many ‘red flags.” Here are some:
1.) There was no counsel for the defendants.
2.) The accused were charged with MURDER that was committed sometime in the WHOLE MONTH of January 1901. There was no specific date.
3.) Lack of motive – My great grandfather was the husband of a land owner Ana Quilatan. During the Spanish regime, only full blooded Spaniards either born in Spain or in the Philippines could own real estate. Creoles or half-Spanish could only lease and manage farm lands as was the case of Dr. Jose Rizal’s family.
Why would a husband of a landowner rob and kill a newspaper boy?
4.) The second victim was unknown.
5.) The condemned men were not given the chance to appeal the verdict and were executed 35 days after they were allegedly found guilty on 7 Nov. 1901.
6.) The Local Government in Las Piñas was already established as early as 1 Aug. 1899. Why would Nicolas Aldana and others continue to resist after the capture of Aguinaldo? Did Aguinaldo feel guilty pledging allegiance to the U.S. This would mean Nicolas Aldana and others never swore allegiance to the U.S.
7.) The Brigandage Act that interpreted all acts of armed resistance to American rule as banditry wasn’t made into law until Nov. 12, 1902, exactly eleven (11) months AFTER my great grandfather’s execution.
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** “The army used the 1863 General Orders 100 (signed into law by Abraham Lincoln to govern the actions of Union soldiers in wartime) as legal authorization for governing the Philippines. As long as Filipinos did not resist military authority, support the insurgents, or take up arms, they could expect friendly treatment. For those who actively opposed the United States, however, the order prescribed cash fines, confiscation or destruction of property, summary imprisonment, relocation, capture of hostages, and execution of guerrillas who did not observe the laws and customs of war.”
Folly in the Philippines** By Rod Paschall | Published: August 10, 2010 at 4:41 pm
San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 37, 7 July 1902
Filipino Leader Desires Bodyguard of Soldiers. Chaffee Meets Late Foe for First Time.
MANILA, July 6.— As a result of the proclamation of amnesty on July 4, the guard of American soldiers has JL f JbjL been withdrawn from .the ! house in Which Aguinaldo ‘ ¦ lived in Manila, and Lieutenant Johnson, ‘Aguinaldo’s custodian, took the Filipino to-day to see General Chaffee. It was the first meeting between the American general and the leader of the Filipino revolution. Lieutenant William E. MacKinley of the Ninth Cavalry acted as interpreter. ¦ ¦ y
Aguinaldo was told that he was free to go anywhere he pleased, and General Chaffee asked him if he had any complaint to make of American discourtesy or harshness. Aguinaldo replied that he had no such complaint, to make. He told General Chaffee that he ¦was going to visit friends at his home in Cavite Viejo, in Cavite province and inquired what protection the American authorities would afford him. He seemed to be afraid to venture out. . General Chaffee replied that “Aguinaldo would get the same protection as any, other citizen.”
“The former Filipino leader then asked General Chaffee to prevent the courts requiring: him to testify in civil suits. General Chaffee replied that he’ had no authority to grant this request, and advised Aguinaldo to make a social call upon acting Civil Governor Wright.
This Aguinaldo – said he would do, but he declared that he would go at night, as he was timid about appearing in the’ streets in daylight.”- ;
The release of the former Filipino leader has renewed speculation as to possible vengeance upon him by friends of Luna and his other enemies. Luna was a Filipino leader whom Aguinaldo caused to be killed in 1899.
In another article “AGUINALDO IS TIMID” published by St. Joseph Evening Herald, (St. Joseph Michigan) on Monday July 7, 1902
He says he does not fear the vengeance of the friends of Gen. Luna.
Comment: But Antonio Luna was from Ilocos Norte and grew up in Tondo, Manila. For Aguinaldo to reach Cavite Viejo, Cavite (now Kawit, Cavite), he had to pass through Las Piñas the ancestral land of Nicolas Aldana and three others.
Below is the map of Cavite, Morong & Manila During the Battle of Binakayan Nov. 9-11, 1896.
Map of Cavite -Morong-Manila during the Battle of Binakayan Nov. 9-11, 1896
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OTHER NEWS:
ADMITS RHODE’S REPORT.
The court-martial trying Captain James A. Ryan of the Fifteenth Cavalry on the charge that he was unnecessarily severe with the natives of the province where he was stationed has admitted, for purposes of cross-examination, the entire report of Judge Rhode, which forms the basis of the charge against the captain. The order, convening the court disregarded all the’ allegations except the one of cruelty to. natives. . -•
Judge Rhode has testified that he had no personal knowledge of the facts In the principal allegations, and has declined to give the names of his informants. He admitted and then denied the right of the* defense to require an answer to the question as to where he obtained his information. . • ;r’i.; ; -K
The cross-examination of Major Cornelius; Gardener, Governor of Tayabas province.’ Luzon, by the board Which has been Investigating, the charges of cruelty, etc/, brought by the major against American officers and has been completed. The board had again formally demanded the production by- Major Gardener of testimony as to . the alleged” ho*tHity of f lie- military’ authoritiM : in th» Philippines to the. civil government. Major, Gardener has promised to answer this demand on July 7. Ho ‘testified that he had not intended to reflect upon th* fair)pp3s of the. court, and that the recorder had. not, to his knowledge. Interfered -with, his witnesses. ¦
SULTAN GROWS : DEFIANT.
J i The Sultan of Bacolod. Mindanao, haa sent: an Insultingly -worded letter to the commander of the American expedition ‘to Lano Lano, in Mindanao, in which. h« threatens to begin offensive operations in August. The Sultan’ is at present strengthening his position. Captain John H. Shollenberger of th*” Tenth Infantry committed suicide by shooting at Iligan, on the island of Mindanao, July 4. He was despondent.. Second Lieutenant Thomas Ryan of the Philippine scouts’ also committed suicide .by shooting, in the interior of the Island of Mindanao on ¦ June 1$. ¦ i – A number, of the former followers of the insurgent general Lukban, who”, operated and was finally captured in the. Island of Sanaar, were examined here on the charge of misappropriation of revolutionary funds. General Chaffee has permitted Lukban to go through the captured insurgent archives in Manila for the purpose of obtaining documents to show the innocence of his’ followers.
AMERICAN AND FILIPINO LEADr ERS WHO HAVE JUST HAD THEIR FIRST MEETING.
Welcoming The Philippine Territory To The Union (United States of America)
Two years after President Theodore Roosevelt declared the end of the Philippine War 1899-1902, to introduce the USA’s most recent acquisition, native inhabitants of the Philippines were included in the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO.
Dubbed the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the St. Louis World’s Fair featured Apache hero Geronimo and Natives of the Philippines.
A young Filipino girl sitting on a wooden bench in an enclosure in Coney Island, New York City in a horrifying 1906 ‘exhibit’
The girl, whose name is unknown, was one of the many indigenous people taken from their homelands and displayed in exhibits such as this. They were often treated like objects, with little regard for their dignity or fundamental human rights. They were forced to perform for the entertainment of the crowds, and their cultures and customs were often misrepresented or sensationalized. She was far from home, surrounded by strangers who looked at her as curious. She was dressed in traditional clothing and made to sit on a bench for hours, with no understanding of what was happening around her.
Source: The Shocking Story of the Young Filipino Zoo Girl Put on Display in Coney Island in 1906 https://www.bygonely.com/young-filipino-zoo-girl/
