The Story of the Philippines. Murat Halstead

      The Responsibility of Admiral Dewey—We Owe It to Ourselves to Hold

       the Philippines—Prosperity Assured by Our Permanent Possession—The

       Aguinaldo Question—Character Study of the Insurgent Leader—How

       Affairs Would Adjust Themselves for Us—Congress Must Be Trusted to

       Represent the People and Firmly Establish International Policy

      CHAPTER IX.

      THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS THEY ARE.

      Area and Population—Climate—Mineral Wealth—Agriculture—Commerce

       and Transportation—Revenue and Expenses—Spanish Troops—Spanish

       Navy—Spanish Civil Administration—Insurgent Troops—Insurgent Civil

       Administration—United States Troops—United States Navy—United

       States Civil Administration—The Future of the Islands

      CHAPTER X.

      OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF MANILA.

      The Pith of the Official Reports of the Capture of Manila, by

       Major-General Wesley Merritt, Commanding the Philippine Expedition;

       General Frank V. Greene, General Arthur McArthur, and General

       Thomas Anderson, with the Articles of Capitulation, Showing How

       8,000 Americans Carried an Intrenched City with a Garrison of 13,000

       Spaniards, and Kept Out 14,000 Insurgents—The Difficulties of American

       Generals with Philippine Troops

      CHAPTER XI.

      THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL MERRITT.

      The Official Gazette Issued at Manila—Orders and Proclamation of

       Major-General Wesley Merritt, Who, as Commander of the Philippine

       Expedition, Became, Under the Circumstances of the Capture of Manila,

       the Governor of That City

      CHAPTER XII.

      THE AMERICAN ARMY IN MANILA.

      Why the Boys Had a Spell of Homesickness—Disadvantages of the

       Tropics—Admiral Dewey and His Happy Men—How Our Soldiers Passed

       the Time on the Ships—General Merritt's Headquarters—What Is Public

       Property—The Manila Water Supply—England Our Friend—Major-General

       Otis, General Meritt's Successor

      CHAPTER XIII.

      THE WHITE UNIFORMS OF OUR HEROES IN THE TROPICS.

      The Mother Hubbard Street Fashion in Honolulu, and That of Riding

       Astride—Spoiling Summer Clothes in Manila Mud—The White Raiment

       of High Officers—Drawing the Line on Nightshirts—Ashamed of Big

       Toes—Dewey and Merritt as Figures of Show—The Boys in White

      CHAPTER XIV.

      A MARTYR TO THE LIBERTY OF SPEECH.

      Dr. Jose Rizal, the Most Distinguished Literary Man of the Philippines,

       Writer of History, Poetry, Political Pamphlets, and Novels, Shot on the

       Luneta of Manila—A Likeness of the Martyr—The Scene of His Execution,

       from a Photograph—His Wife Married the Day Before His Death—Poem

       Giving His Farewell Thoughts, Written in His Last Hours—The Works

       That Cost Him His Life—The Vision of Friar Rodriguez

      CHAPTER XV.

      EVENTS OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

      No Mystery About the Cause of the War—The Expected and the Inevitable

       Has Happened—The Tragedy of the Maine—Vigilant Wisdom of President

       McKinley—Dewey's Prompt Triumph—The Battles at Manila and Santiago

       Compared—General Shafter Tells of the Battle of Santiago—Report of

       Wainwright Board on Movements of Sampson's Fleet in the Destruction of

       Cervera's Squadron—Stars and Stripes Raised Over Porto Rico—American

       and Spanish Fleets at Manila Compared—Text of Peace Protocol

      CHAPTER XVI.

      THE PEACE JUBILEE.

      The Lessons of War in the Joy Over Peace in the Celebrations at Chicago and Philadelphia—Orations by Archbishop Ireland and Judge Emory Speer—The President's Few Words of Thrilling Significance—The Parade of the Loyal League, and the Clover Club Banquet at Philadelphia—Address by the President—The Hero Hobson Makes a Speech—Fighting Bob Evans' Startling Battle Picture—The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet—The Proclamation of Thanksgiving

      CHAPTER XVII.

      EARLY HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

      The Abolishment of the 31st of December, 1844, in Manila—The Mystery of the Meridian 180 Degrees West—What Is East and West?—Gaining and Losing Days—The Tribes of Native Filipinos—They Had an Alphabet and Songs of Their Own—The Massacre of Magellan—His Fate Like That of Captain Cook—Stories of Long-Ago Wars—An Account by a Devoted Spanish Writer of the Beneficent Rule of Spain in the Philippines—Aguinaldo a Man Not of a Nation, But of a Tribe—Typhoons and Earthquakes—The Degeneracy of the Government of the Philippines After It Was Taken from Mexico—"New Spain"—The Perquisites of Captain-Generals—The Splendor of Manila a Century Ago

      CHAPTER XVIII.

      THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.

      Important Facts About the Lesser Islands of the Philippine

       Archipelago—Location, Size and Population—Capitals and

       Principal Cities—Rivers and Harbors—Surface and Soil—People

       and Products—Leading Industries—Their Commerce and Business

       Affairs—The Monsoons and Typhoons—The Terrors of the Tempests and

       How to Avoid Them

      CHAPTER XIX.

      SPECIFICATIONS OF GRIEVANCES OF THE FILIPINOS.

      An Official Copy of the Manifesto of the Junta Showing the Bad Faith of Spain in the Making and Evasion of a Treaty—The Declaration of the Renewal of the War of Rebellion—Complaints Against the Priests Defined—The Most Important Document the Filipinos Have Issued—Official Reports of Cases of Persecution of Men and Women in Manila by the Spanish Authorities—Memoranda of the Proceedings in Several Cases in the Court of Inquiry of the United States Officers

      CHAPTER XX.

      HAWAII AS ANNEXED.

      The Star Spangled Banner Up Again in Hawaii, and to Stay—Dimensions of the Islands—What the Missionaries Have Done—Religious Belief by Nationality—Trade Statistics—Latest Census—Sugar Plantation Laborers—Coinage of Silver—Schools—Coffee Growing

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