| History, Modern - 1900 - 376 pages
...make good citizens. || In a telegram sent to the Department on June 23 I expressed the opinion that "these people are far superior in their intelligence...natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races." Further intercourse with them has confirmed me in this opinion. || As Luzon is the farthest north of... | |
| 1901 - 998 pages
...telegram sent to this Government by Admiral Dewey in 1899, in which he said: " They "(the Filipinos) "are far superior in their intelligence and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba. I am familiar with both races, and further intercourse with them has confirmed me in this opinion."... | |
| Ohio State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1900 - 240 pages
...ammurrtion Irom the arsenal as he needed. I have advised him to conduct the war humanely, which he has done. In my opinion these people are far superior in their...intelligence, and more capable of self-government than the Cubans, and I am familiar with both races." Again 'on July 22, 1898, he wired : " The following is... | |
| James Abram Garfield - United States - 1881 - 380 pages
...moral." Said Admiral Dewey in his cablegram of June 2yth : — " My relations to Aguinaldo are cordial. I believe he expects to capture Manila without my assistance, but doubt his ability, they not yet having many guns." See, also, the strongly commendatory testimony concerning... | |
| American periodicals - 1899 - 862 pages
...York World derful. Have advised frequently to conduct the war humanely, which he has done invariably. In my opinion, these people are far superior in their...natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races. Brigadier-General Charles King, the famous soldier-novelist, returns from service in the Philippines... | |
| South Carolina Bar Association - Bar associations - 1886 - 742 pages
...opinions formed by our representatives were favorable to them. Thus Admiral Dewey on June 27 cabled : "In my opinion, these people are far superior in their...natives of Cuba; and I am familiar with both races." General Merritt. on his arrival in Paris in October, 1898, was reported as saying : "The Filipinos... | |
| William Bittle Wells, Lute Pease - West (U.S.) - 1900 - 1250 pages
...Admiral Dewey says: "In a telegram sent to the department on June 23, I expressed the opinion that these people are far superior in their intelligence...natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races. Further intercourse has confirmed me in this opinion." Their constitution, proclamations, local institutions,... | |
| Murat Halstead - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 850 pages
...the Admiral was that he knew familiarly both the Filipinos and Cubans, "and "these people (Filipino) are far superior in their intelligence and more capable of self-government than the natives of Cuba." The movement of the Cadiz fleet was a subject of great interest; and the Admiral, July 17th, said he... | |
| Robert Stevens Pettet - United States - 1899 - 52 pages
...citizens. — George Dewey. In a telegram sent to the department June 23 I expresssed the opinion that these people are far superior in their intelligence,...natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races. Further intercourse with them has confirmed me in this opinion. — George Dewey. I consider the forty... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - Imperialism - 1899 - 841 pages
...soon make good citizens. In a telegram sent to the Department on June 23 I expressed the opinion that "these people are far superior in their intelligence,...natives of Cuba, and I am familiar with both races." Further intercourse with them has confirmed me in this opinion. Do you know that in the "Notes on the... | |
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