The Treaty of Peace in Paris 1904

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General Douglas Mac Arthur Recollection of The 1904 Treaty of Paris

General Douglas MacArthur Reminiscences Son of State Governor to Philippines General Arthur MacArthur USA Vice Royal to USA/Mexico Vis Roi and Emperor of Rome Scandinavia and France Frederick Clement II deOldenburg. Margrethe II Valdemarsdatter great grand father mother side.'

Page 25 pp2 - 3

"On June 1, 1898, my father was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers and Ordered to the Philippines. On July 31st, My father arrived in the Philippines. And was assigned to command the Second Brigade of the 1st Division, then the fighting along the Singalong Road, with its strong blockhouses, was severe. The city, however, shortly capitulated and a “TREATY OF PEACE OF SPAIN” was negotiated."

"My father was at once promoted to be a major General of Volunteers and assigned to the command of the 2nd Division of the VIIIth Army Corps. Under the Terms of Treaty of Paris, Spain ceded the Philippines to United States, the United States agreeing in return to pay 20-million dollars."

"The question of the possession of this distant land by our country was hotly debated. The Republican Administration under President McKinley favored expansion; the Democrats led by Grover Cleveland and William Jennings Bryan were, for the most part, convinced that our previous policy of isolationism would best secure America interests"

Reminiscences Page 26 pp1-2

"President McKinley appraised the situation as follows: The future of the Philippines Islands is now in the hands of the American people, and the Paris Treaty commits the free and franchised Filipinos to the guiding hand and the liberation influence, the generous sympathies, the uplifting agitation, not of their American masters, but of their American emancipators."

"Until congress shall direct otherwise, it will be the duty of the Executive to posses and hold the Philippines giving to the people there peace and order and beneficent government affording them every opportunity to prosecute their lawful pursuits, and encouraging them in thrift and industry; making them feel and know that we are good friends not their enemies; that their good is our aim, that theirs is our welfare; but that neither their aspiration nor ours can be realized, until our authority is acknowledged and unquestioned; that the inhabitants of the Philippines, will be benefited by this republic is my unshaken belief; that they will have a kindlier government under our guidance, and that they will be aided in every possible way to be a self-respecting and self-governing people, is as true as that the American people love liberty and have abiding faith in their own government and in their institutions."

Reference

General Douglas Mac Arthur Reminiscences 1962 Edition