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The Blow from Behind; Or, Some Features of the Anti-Imperialist Movement Attending the War with Spain, Together with a Consideration of Our Philippine

Frederick Carleton Chamberlin

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX ANTI-IMPERIALISM COST LIVES HOW ANTI-IMPERIALISM COST THE LIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS Ut there was a dangerous side to the work of these Anti-Imperialists. Their work cost the lives of American soldiers. There is no reasonable doubt about that. Their work cost the lives of hundreds of American soldiers, --stabbed in the back as they stood out there on the firing line, by their own countrymen. Soldiers were encouraged and urged to desert by the Anti-Imperialists; and it meant death to a soldier to desert in time of war. Letters went from this country to the leaders of the enemy urging them to hold out a little longer, --that is, to keep on shooting down our soldiers; for that's what urging an enemy to keep on a little longer means, if it means anything. "Keep on shooting down our men and if you can only shoot enough of them, the people of the United States will withdraw their troops, and then you can put Aguinaldo in power!" That, the Anti-Imperialists told you, would give the Filipinos their freedomX The Philippine Commission told Mr. McKinley that if Aguinaldo were put in power and we withdrew our troops, it would be nothing but anarchy in those islands. The men who reported that were Mr. Schurman, Mr. Denby, Admiral Dewey, General Otis and Professor Worcester. They all spent many months there. Mr. Edward Atkinson, who runs a fire insurance business in Boston and turns out such statistics as we have examined in these pages, says in effect, that the men on this commission do not know what they are talking about! Vaii up and down this great country the AntiImperialists made speeches of sympathy for the men who were shooting at our own soldiers. It is said that money was collected here and dispatched to that enemy, and I am...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blow from Behind; Or, Some Features of the Anti-Imperialist Movement Attending the War with Spain, Together with a Consideration of Our Philippine. To get started finding The Blow from Behind; Or, Some Features of the Anti-Imperialist Movement Attending the War with Spain, Together with a Consideration of Our Philippine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX ANTI-IMPERIALISM COST LIVES HOW ANTI-IMPERIALISM COST THE LIVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS Ut there was a dangerous side to the work of these Anti-Imperialists. Their work cost the lives of American soldiers. There is no reasonable doubt about that. Their work cost the lives of hundreds of American soldiers, --stabbed in the back as they stood out there on the firing line, by their own countrymen. Soldiers were encouraged and urged to desert by the Anti-Imperialists; and it meant death to a soldier to desert in time of war. Letters went from this country to the leaders of the enemy urging them to hold out a little longer, --that is, to keep on shooting down our soldiers; for that's what urging an enemy to keep on a little longer means, if it means anything. "Keep on shooting down our men and if you can only shoot enough of them, the people of the United States will withdraw their troops, and then you can put Aguinaldo in power!" That, the Anti-Imperialists told you, would give the Filipinos their freedomX The Philippine Commission told Mr. McKinley that if Aguinaldo were put in power and we withdrew our troops, it would be nothing but anarchy in those islands. The men who reported that were Mr. Schurman, Mr. Denby, Admiral Dewey, General Otis and Professor Worcester. They all spent many months there. Mr. Edward Atkinson, who runs a fire insurance business in Boston and turns out such statistics as we have examined in these pages, says in effect, that the men on this commission do not know what they are talking about! Vaii up and down this great country the AntiImperialists made speeches of sympathy for the men who were shooting at our own soldiers. It is said that money was collected here and dispatched to that enemy, and I am...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Blow from Behind; Or, Some Features of the Anti-Imperialist Movement Attending the War with Spain, Together with a Consideration of Our Philippine. To get started finding The Blow from Behind; Or, Some Features of the Anti-Imperialist Movement Attending the War with Spain, Together with a Consideration of Our Philippine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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