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CONTENTS.

AUTHOR'S PREFACE...........

THE ORIGIN OF THIS STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

ADMIRAL DEWEY ON HIS FLAGSHIP.

A Stormy Day on Manila Bay-Call on Admiral Dewey-The Man in

White-He Sticks to His Ship-How He Surprised the Spaniards-

Every Man Did His Duty on May-Day-How Dewey Looks and

Talks-What He Said About War With Germany in Five Minutes-

Feeds His Men on "Delicious" Fresh Meat from Australia-Pho-

tography Unjust to Him....

LIFE IN MANILA.

Character of the Filipinos-Drivers Lashing Laboring Men in the Streets-

What Americans Get in Their Native Air-The Logic of Destiny

-Manila as She Fell Into Our Hands-The Beds in the Tropics-

A Spanish Hotel-Profane Yells for Ice-Sad Scenes in the Din-

ing Room-Major-General Calls for "Francisco" - A Broken-

Hearted Pantry Woman..

FROM LONG ISLAND TO LUZON.

Across the Continent-An American Governor-General Steams Through

the Golden Gate-He is a Minute-Man-Honolulu as a Health

Resort-The Lonesome Pacific-The Skies of Asia-Dreaming

Under the Stars of the Scorpion-The Southern Cross.

INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL AGUINALDO.

The Insurgent Leader's Surroundings and Personal Appearance-His Re-

serves and Ways of Talking-The Fierce Animosity of the Filipinos

Toward Spanish Priests-A Probability of Many Martyrs in the

Isle of Luzon...

THE PHILIPPINE MISSION.

Correspondence with Aguinaldo About It-Notes by Senor Felipe Agon-

cillo-Relations Between Admiral Dewey and Senor Aguinaldo-

Terms of Peace Made by Spanish Governor-General with Insur-

gents, December, 1897-Law Suit Between Aguinaldo and Arlacho

-Aguinaldo's Proclamation of May 24, 1898...

THE PROCLAMATIONS OF GENERAL AGUINALDO.

June 16th, 1898, Establishing Dictatorial Government-June 20th, 1898,

Instructions for Elections-June 23d, 1898, Establishing Revolu-

tionary Government-June 23d, 1898, Message to Foreign Powers

-June 27th, 1898, Instructions Concerning Details-July 23d,

1898, Letter from Senor Aguinaldo to General Anderson-August

1st, 1898, Resolution of Revolutionary Chiefs Asking Recognition-

August 6th, 1898, Message to Foreign Powers Asking Recognition....69-85

INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA.

Insurgents' Deadly Hostility to Spanish Priests-The Position of the Arch-

bishop as He Defined It-His Expression of Gratitude to the

American Army-His Characterization of the Insurgents A Work

of Philippine Art-The Sincerity of the Archbishop's Good Words....86-90

WHY WE HOLD THE PHILIPPINES.

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....

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AS THEY ARE.

Area and Population-Climate-Mineral Wealth-Agriculture-Com-

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..

merce

.......99-136

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....

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............

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.

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 I ine on Nightshirts-

Ashamed of Big Toes-Dewey and Merritt as Figures of Show-

The Boys in White...

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....

........188-201
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 Shaffer Tells of the Bat-

tle 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..

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 Signifi-

cance-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.

EARLY HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The Abolishment of the 31st of December, 1844, in Manila-The Mys-

tery 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 Magel-

lan-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 Na-

tion, But of a Tribe-Typhoons and Earthquakes-The Degen-

eracy of the Government of the Philippines After It Was Taken

from Mexico- "New Spain" - The Perquisites of Captain-Gen-

erals-The Splendor of Manila a Century Ago.........

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..

276-293

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