Facts about the Filipinos, Volume 1Philippine Information Society., 1901 - Philippines |
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12 Otis Place 56th Congress Admiral Dewey affairs archipelago arms arrival asked attack August authority Bacoor Boston cabled Cavite Cebu chief civil Colonel Colonel Potter command commission Congress Consul desire E. S. OTIS EIGHTH ARMY EIGHTH ARMY CORPS EMILIO AGUINALDO established evidence February fighting Filipinos form of government gents Hongkong honor Iloilo independence inhabitants instructions insurgent government insurgents January José Rizal leaders letter liberty lines Luzon Mabini MacArthur Major-General Malay Malolos Manila ment Merritt Miller Mindanao nation natives occupied officers Otis Report Otis's Outbreak of Hostilities Panay Pandacan peace PHILIPPINE INFORMATION SOCIETY Philippine Islands plan of government present President SCHURMAN priests prisoners proclamation provinces received reply revolutionary government Santa Mesa Secretary secure Senate Document 208 Senate Document 62 Señor BARRETO sent soldiers sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish Government suburbs Sulu Tagalogs Tarlac tion town treaty United Washington WESLEY MERRITT wish
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Page 40 - ... or be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself; that the right to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated: that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist except as a punishment for crime...
Page 10 - Spain cedes to the United States the archipelago known as the Philippine Islands...
Page 38 - these people are far superior in their intelligence and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races.
Page 69 - Private property taken for the use of the army is to be paid for, when possible, in cash at a fair valuation ; and when payment in cash is not possible receipts are to be given.
Page 49 - The following are deemed of cardinal importance: 1. The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end other than their own ruin.
Page 9 - the civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 43 - Though the powers of the military occupant are absolute and supreme and immediately operate upon the political condition of the inhabitants...
Page 93 - Filipinos: The Great Nation North America, cradle of true liberty and friendly on that account to the liberty of our people, oppressed and subjugated by the tyranny and despotism of those who have governed us, has come to manifest even here a protection which is decisive, as well as disinterested, towards us considering us endowed with sufficient civilization to govern by ourselves this our unhappy land.
Page 44 - While the United States may occupy and control such points in the archipelago of Jolo as public interests seem to demand, encroachment will not be made upon the lands immediately about the residence of His Highness the Sultan, unless military necessity requires such occupation in case of war with a foreign power; and where the property of individuals is taken, due compensation will be made in each case.
Page 68 - In performing this duty the military commander of the United States is enjoined to make known to the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands that in succeeding to the sovereignty of Spain, in severing the former political relations of the inhabitants, and in establishing a new political power the authority of the United States is to be exerted for the security of the persons and property of the people of the islands and for the confirmation of all their private rights and relations.