Chapter XII: The Americans in the Philippines

Manila Bay--The naval battle of Cavite--General Aguinaldo--
Progress of the Tagals--The Tagal Republic--Who were the
aggressors?--Requisites for a settlement--Scenes of
drunkenness--The estates of the religious orders to be
restored--Slow progress of the campaign--Colonel Funston's
gallant exploits--Colonel Stotsenburg's heroic death--
General Antonio Luna's gallant rally of his troops at
Macabebe--Reports manipulated--Imaginary hills and jungles
--Want of co-operation between Army and Navy--Advice of Sir
Andrew Clarke--Naval officers as administrators--Mr.
Whitelaw Reid's denunciations--Senator Hoar's opinion--Mr.
McKinley's speech at Pittsburgh--The false prophets of the
Philippines--Tagal opinion of American Rule--Senor Mabini's
manifesto--Don Macario Adriatico's letter--Foreman's
prophecy--The administration misled--Racial antipathy--The
curse of the Redskins--The recall of General Otis--McArthur
calls for reinforcements--Sixty-five thousand men and forty
ships of war--State of the islands--Aguinaldo on the Taft
Commission 109-123

Chapter XIII.

Native Admiration for America.

Their fears of a corrupt government--The islands might be
an earthly paradise--Wanted, the man--Rajah Brooke--Sir
Andrew Clarke--Hugh Clifford--John Nicholson--Charles
Gordon--Evelyn Baring--Mistakes of the Peace Commission--
Government should be a Protectorate--Fighting men should
be made governors--What might have been--The Malay race--
Senator Hoar's speech--Four years' slaughter of the Tagals 124-128

RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES.

Chapter XIV.

Resources of the Philippines.

At the Spanish conquest--Rice--the lowest use the land
can be put to--How the Americans are misled--Substitutes
for rice--Wheat formerly grown--Tobacco--Compania General
de Tabacos--Abaca--Practically a monopoly of the
Philippines--Sugar--Coffee--Cacao--Indigo--Cocoa-nut oil
--Rafts of nuts--Copra--True localities for cocoa palm
groves Summary--More sanguine forecasts--Common-sense view 129-138

Chapter XV.

Forestal.

Value exaggerated--Difficulties of labour and transport--
Special sawing machinery required--Market for timber in the
islands--Teak not found--Jungle produce--Warning to investors
in companies--Gutta percha 139-142