"
"In fact, the undersigned request you to direct that the _peseta_
which they offer be accepted and that the said Don Francisco Querubin
and Don Melchor Balueg be relieved of their duties, in order to put
a stop to the abuses constantly committed by them; and if this be
not done, the petitioners will be obliged to leave their homes and
property in the town and take up their residences in the mountains
with the Negritos and Igorots, in order that the others may remain
in the town and live tranquilly.
"This is a grace which we do not doubt we will receive from you,
whose life may God preserve for many years.
"_Bucay_, November 12, 1898." (26 signatures)
(In blue pencil in the handwriting of Aguinaldo:) "It will be approved.
"Dec. 20, 1898.
"E. A."
--P.I.R., 991. 4.
[302] P.I.R., 849.
[303] Blount, p. 130.
[304] _Ibid_., pp. 130-131.
[305] P.I.R., 1142. 4.
[306] _Ibid_., 2002. 3.
[307] P.I.R., 964. 3.
[308] On November 30, 1898, the commander in Alaminos, Zambales
Province, telegraphed that his soldiers were all about to desert as
the head of the town would not furnish rations or pay without orders
from the governor."--P.I.R., 2002.3.
[309] "On December 22, Aguinaldo, in accordance with a request from
the governor of Zambales Province, ordered the heads of the provinces
of Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bataan, and Pampanga to prohibit the people
of their provinces from going to Zambales without passports signed by
them, stating the route they were to take in going and returning and
the length of time to be spent in the journey.
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