. A history of the United States. d the Americans, there aremany Japanese and Chinese. In the Philippines there are more than 3000 islands. Luzon,the largest, is about the size of Ohio. More than 7,000,000people inhabit the archipelago, varying from the highlycivilized Spaniards and Filipinos, to the rudest savage islands are only half explored and the natural resourcesalmost untouched. When Commodore Dewey attacked the Spanish fleet inManila Bay, the natives were already trying to overthrowSpanish rule. They welcomed the Americans, whose forcesmade certain the defeat of the Spaniar
. A history of the United States. d the Americans, there aremany Japanese and Chinese. In the Philippines there are more than 3000 islands. Luzon,the largest, is about the size of Ohio. More than 7,000,000people inhabit the archipelago, varying from the highlycivilized Spaniards and Filipinos, to the rudest savage islands are only half explored and the natural resourcesalmost untouched. When Commodore Dewey attacked the Spanish fleet inManila Bay, the natives were already trying to overthrowSpanish rule. They welcomed the Americans, whose forcesmade certain the defeat of the Spaniards. Many of them 526 THE REPUBLIC AND THE LARGER WORLD were angry when they discovered that they had simply changedmasters, and they attacked the American army. This new warlasted about three years. As soon as possible after its closethe Americans gave the natives a share in the government ofthe islands. Americans are divided upon the questionwhether the Filipinos should be made independent or shouldremain under American A PxjBLic School in Porto Rico Solving New Problems. — In the newly-gained territoriesof the United States and in Cuba natives and Americans haveworked well together. Much has been done to make theislands more healthful. Major Walter Reed, an army sur-geon, discovered that malaria and yellow fever are carriedby mosquitoes. He concluded that if these little pests weredestroyed, those diseases would die out. It was one of theworlds great discoveries. Yellow fever, the scourge of alltropical countries, and especially of the West Indies and thesouthern cities of the United States, was conquered. Besideshelping Cuba, Porto Rico, and the Philippines to conquerdisease, and besides building roads and harbors, the UnitedStates has tried to establish its free school system amongthem. More than a thousand American school teachers havebeen sent to the Philippines. THE PANAMA CANAL 527 P A C I FI C OCEAN T jrna, £ulboa.
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