These men had a choice; a choice was between saving the hometown by surrendering it to the Americans or wreaking destruction on the city by resisting the foreigners. Those who decide to surrender were considered as collaborators and those who decide to fight led a resistance.
The seven personalities to be discussed hereafter are Luis Flores, Bonifacio Aranas, Juan Climaco, Arcadio Maxilum, Leon Kilat, Candido Padilla and Julio Llorente. The discussion of these seven personalities includes introducing the person through demographic data regarding the person’s birth, education, profession, and the person’s actions upon the coming of the Americans in Cebu.
Luis Flores y Perez - a native of Samar who first came to cebu in 1891 as a steward of Bishop Martin Garcia Alcocer. With Alcocer’s patronage, he served as procurador of the Cebu audiencia as well as regidor of the Cebu ayuntamiento in the 1890s. Luis became involved in the Katipunan activities as early as 1896-1897. …show more content…
He was also a supreme head of the revolutionary forces. On February 1899, Flores signed the document surrendering Cebu to the Americans. Although he had fought valiantly against the Spaniards in the preceding war, he realized the point posited by the moderates regarding their inability to defend the city against any bombardment. Shortly after deciding to surrender the city to the Americans to avoid its destruction, Luis Flores called a meeting to elect a new set of officials. He resigned and was replaced by Julio Llorente. (Mendoza, Louiechi Von Rama, CEBUANO KATIPUNEROS: A NATIVE STORY OF HEROISM. https://cnu-ph.academia.edu/LouiechiVonRamaMendoza. Accessed 12