The Inhabitants of the PhilippinesSawyer, Frederic H.
History
The Inhabitants of the Philippines
Sawyer, Frederic H.
Ethnology -- Philippines; Philippines -- Social life and customs
The Division encamps at San Nicolas--Work of the native
Engineer soldiers--The division marches to Salitran--Second
action at Anabo II.--Crispulo Aguinaldo killed--Storming the
entrenchments of Anabo I.--Burning of Imus by the rebels--
Proclamation by General Polavieja--Occupation of Bacoor--
Difficult march of the division--San Antonio taken by assault
--Division in action with all its artillery--Capture of
Noveleta--San Francisco taken by assault--Heavy loss of the
Tagals--Losses of the division--The division broken up--
Monteverde's book--Polaveija returns to Spain--Primo de Rivera
arrives to take his place--General Monet's butcheries--The pact
of Biak-na-Bato--The 74th Regiment joins the insurgents--The
massacre of the Calle Camba--Amnesty for torturers--Torture
in other countries 97-108
Chapter XII.
The Americans in the Philippines.
Manila Bay--The naval battle of Cavite--General Aguinaldo--
Progress of the Tagals--The Tagal Republic--Who were the
aggressors?--Requisites for a settlement--Scenes of
drunkenness--The estates of the religious orders to be
restored--Slow progress of the campaign--Colonel Funston's
gallant exploits--Colonel Stotsenburg's heroic death--
General Antonio Luna's gallant rally of his troops at
Macabebe--Reports manipulated--Imaginary hills and jungles
--Want of co-operation between Army and Navy--Advice of Sir
Andrew Clarke--Naval officers as administrators--Mr.
Whitelaw Reid's denunciations--Senator Hoar's opinion--Mr.
McKinley's speech at Pittsburgh--The false prophets of the
Philippines--Tagal opinion of American Rule--Señor Mabini's
manifesto--Don Macario Adriatico's letter--Foreman's
prophecy--The administration misled--Racial antipathy--The
curse of the Redskins--The recall of General Otis--McArthur
calls for reinforcements--Sixty-five thousand men and forty
ships of war--State of the islands--Aguinaldo on the Taft
Commission 109-123
Chapter XIII.
Native Admiration for America.
Their fears of a corrupt government--The islands might be
an earthly paradise--Wanted, the man--Rajah Brooke--Sir
Andrew Clarke--Hugh Clifford--John Nicholson--Charles
Gordon--Evelyn Baring--Mistakes of the Peace Commission--
Government should be a Protectorate--Fighting men should
be made governors--What might have been--The Malay race--
Senator Hoar's speech--Four years' slaughter of the Tagals 124-128
RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Chapter XIV.
Resources of the Philippines.
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