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In 1901, General Arthur MacArthur (Douglas’s father) announced: “A rapid extension of educational facilities is an exclusively military measure…” What a clever strategy, that was the essence of “benevolent assimilation” and “pacification.” Immediately, Gen. Elwell Otis endorsed seven sc
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Gemma Cruz Araneta The “Protocol of Agreement” signed by Spain and the USA in Washington in August 1898 brought about a lull. But, the USA kept sending troops to the Philippines. The USS Arizona arrived with four companies of the 18th Infantry, detachments of the 1st Nebraska, 1st Colo
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Treaties are contracts between two or more States, but before these are signed elaborate negotiations take place between or among its signatories. Demands and counter demands are embodied in Protocols. According to lawyer-historian Saul Hofileña, Jr.: “Protocols serve as reliable eviden