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The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions,

CHAPTER VIII
17/24

The opponents of the Republican form of Government, as it is in the United States and the Territories of the Nation will become insignificant in the Philippines.

They will have no grievances, except some of them may not be called at once to put on the trappings of personal potentiality.

General Aguinaldo would find all the reforms the Spanish promised when they paid him four hundred thousand dollars to prove their good intentions, free as the air.

He could not make war against the benignancy of a Government, Republican in its form and its nature, which simply needs a little time, some years maybe, before erasing the wrongs that have had a growth of centuries.

The American Governor-General need not send out troops to conquer districts, coercing the people.


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