The Senate and the Philippines: the Debate in the Senate of the Fifty-fifth Congress on the Ratification of the Peace Treaty with Spain December 6, 1898-February 6, 1899Stanford University, 1960 - 464 pages |
Contents
HISTORY OF TREATY OF PEACE WITH SPAIN | 11 |
SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE STRUGGLE | 23 |
Constitutionality | 28 |
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