Manila and the Philippine Islands
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Excerpt from Manila and the Philippine Islands: An Up-to-Date Handbook of Facts, Compiled From Official United States War Department´s Information, Spanish Reports and Original Investigation This group of islands, which now become the possession of the United States through the bravery and ability of Admiral Dewey and those under his command, confirmed by subsequent diplomacy, were discovered by the Spanish navigator, Magellan, on March 12, 1521. In 1564 Don Miguel Ropez de Legazpi sailed with an expedition from Brazil and founded a Spanish settlement where the town of Cebu now is. It was then that the islands were named the Philippines in honor of Philip II, then King of Spain. Ever since that date the islands have been nominally under the rule of Spain, although several of the islands and parts of other islands have been governed by independent Malay Mahomedans, who have disputed this Spanish rule. In truth, the Spanish authority has not extended much beyond the sea coast and a little way along some of the more important rivers. In either case, whether under Spanish rule or under the rule of the more or less savage Malay, there has been nothing approaching the ideal of proper government; there has been no satisfactory protection of property rights; there has been no encouragement to enterprise; there has been no adequate aid to the development of the wonderful resources of the islands. The chief aim of the Governor-General of the Spaniards, no less than that of the Sultans of the Malayan Mahomedans, has been pillage. In one case it has been more apparently legal, perhaps, than in the other; but whether it has taken the form of excessive taxation, or of government monopoly of the tobacco trade, or more ordinary robbery - it has been pillage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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