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The Story of the Philippines. Murat Halstead
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isbn 4057664644671
Автор произведения Murat Halstead
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Murat Halstead
The Story of the Philippines
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664644671
Table of Contents
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
THE ORIGIN OF THIS STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES
CHAPTER I.
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—Photography Unjust to Him
CHAPTER II.
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 Dining Room—Major-General Calls for "Francisco"—A Broken-Hearted Pantry Woman
CHAPTER III.
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
CHAPTER IV.
INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL AGUINALDO.
The Insurgent Leader's Surroundings and Personal Appearance—His
Reserves and Ways of Talking—The Fierce Animosity of the Filipinos
Toward Spanish Priests—A Probability of Many Martyrs in the Isle
of Luzon
CHAPTER V.
THE PHILIPPINE MISSION.
Correspondence with Aguinaldo About It—Notes by Senor Felipe Agoncillo—Relations Between Admiral Dewey and Senor Aguinaldo—Terms of Peace Made by Spanish Governor-General with Insurgents, December, 1897—Law Suit Between Aguinaldo and Arlacho—Aguinaldo's Proclamation of May 21, 1898
CHAPTER VI.
THE PROCLAMATIONS OF GENERAL AGUINALDO.
June 16th, 1898, Establishing Dictatorial Government—June 20th, 1898, Instructions for Elections—June 23d, 1898, Establishing Revolutionary 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
CHAPTER VII.
INTERVIEW WITH ARCHBISHOP OF MANILA.
Insurgents' Deadly Hostility to Spanish Priests—The Position of
the Archbishop 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