. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. A Company of Insurrectos near Bongued, Abia Province, just previous tosurrendering early in 1901. little more than a show of force, had it notbeen for the fact that Spains soldiers, thushemmed in bv A^uinaldos, could not retreatbeyond the range of our naval guns. January21, 1899, a Philippine Republic was set up,its capital being Malolos, which effectivelycontrolled at least the Tagal provinces of -7s EXPANSION Luzon. Its methods were irregular andarbitrary—natural in view of the prevalence of war. Aguin
. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. A Company of Insurrectos near Bongued, Abia Province, just previous tosurrendering early in 1901. little more than a show of force, had it notbeen for the fact that Spains soldiers, thushemmed in bv A^uinaldos, could not retreatbeyond the range of our naval guns. January21, 1899, a Philippine Republic was set up,its capital being Malolos, which effectivelycontrolled at least the Tagal provinces of -7s EXPANSION Luzon. Its methods were irregular andarbitrary—natural in view of the prevalence of war. Aguinaldo, its soul from the firstmoment, became president. The Philippine Republic wished and as-sumed to act for the archipelago, taking. 11th Cavalry Landing at Vigan, I locos, April, 1902. the place of Spain. It, of course, hadneither in law nor in fact the power to dothis, nor, under the circumstances, could theAdministration at Washington, howeverdesirable such a course from certain points ofview, consent that it should at present eventry. The Philippine question divided thecountry, raising numerous problems of fact, iSqq] UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT 279 law, policy, and ethics, on which neitherCongress nor the people could know itsmind without time for reflection. When our commissioners met at Paris todraft the Treaty of Peace, one wished our
Size: 2129px × 1173px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1912
