The romance of American expansion . submitting a detailedreport to the President, General Greene conciselysummed up the results of his personal investigationsin a brief memorandum, in which he declared inpart: *If the United States evacuate these islands,anarchy and civil war will immediately ensue andlead to foreign intervention. The insurgents werefurnished arms and the moral support of the navyprior to our arrival, and we cannot ignore obliga-tions, either to the insurgents or to foreign nations,which our own acts have imposed upon us. TheSpanish Government is completely demoralized, andSpa
The romance of American expansion . submitting a detailedreport to the President, General Greene conciselysummed up the results of his personal investigationsin a brief memorandum, in which he declared inpart: *If the United States evacuate these islands,anarchy and civil war will immediately ensue andlead to foreign intervention. The insurgents werefurnished arms and the moral support of the navyprior to our arrival, and we cannot ignore obliga-tions, either to the insurgents or to foreign nations,which our own acts have imposed upon us. TheSpanish Government is completely demoralized, andSpanish power is dead beyond possibility of resur-rection. Spain would be unable to govern theseislands if we surrendered them. . On the otherhand, the Filipinos cannot govern the country with-out the support of some strong nation. Theyacknowledge this themselves, and say their desire isfor independence under American protection; butthey have only vague ideas as to what our relativepositions would be. . The length of our occu-. Copyrijjht, iSyg, by Frances B. Johnston. George Dewey WILLIAM Mckinley 207 pation would depend on circumstances as developedin the future, but should be determined solely in ourdiscretion without obligation to or consultation withother Powers. This plan can only be worked outby careful study by the Paris Commission [theAmerican peace commissioners], and they shouldhave advice and full information from some one whohas been here during our occupation and thoroughlyunderstands the situation. It is not understood inAmerica, and unless properly dealt with at Paris willinevitably lead to future complications and possiblywar.* Testimony to the same effect soon came fromParis, where the American peace commissionerswhile negotiating the first clauses of the treaty gavehearings to American officers and others having afirst-hand knowledge of Philippine affairs. Their tes-timony, however, did not at once produce unanimityof opinion among the commissioners. October 25t
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