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United States Sovereignty in the Philippine Islands
The document outlines U S policy in the Philippines after the Spanish War. It defends American sovereignty, the mission to govern until inhabitants are ready for self government, and warns opponents against abandoning sovereignty in favor of a protectorate. It cites commissions led by Schurman and Taft, amnesty, education pushes, and the duty to protect life and property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Spain
Islands
Jacob Gould Schurman
New York
George Dewes
Charles Derby
Indiana
Dean C. Worcester
Michigan
Elwell Satts
Manila
Uiity
American Republic
Senate
Tsun
Philippine Commission
S¢ehuriman
Schurman
The
Dewey
Philippine Commonwealth
Ipwa
William H. Taft
Ohio
Luke I. Wright
Tennessee
Weary Elle
Vermont
Bernard Moses
California
Secretary of War
Miilitary
Islatuls
Government of
Unitedates
MacArthur
P. I
Commission
Aguinaldo
Luzon
Dagupan
Negros
Cebu
Romblon
Masbate
Sibuyan
Fablas
Bohol
Malolos
Spirit of Department
Senate of
Philippine Archipelago
Philippines 2
Archipelago
Republic
Commonwealth
Res
Porter Wae
Senate of the United States
Republican Party
Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Porto Rico
China
Pekin