 | John Bancroft Devins - 1905 - 554 ページ
...gods, I did not know what to do with them. When the Spanish war broke out, Dewey was at Hong Kong, and I ordered him to go to Manila, and he had to ;...the Philippines had dropped into our lap, I confess that I did not know what to do with them. I sought counsel from all sides — Democrats as well as... | |
 | George A. Malcolm - 1916 - 824 ページ
...Philippine business. I have been criticized a good deal about the Philippines, but I don't deserve it. The truth is, I didn't want the Philippines, and when...the Philippines had dropped into our lap, I confess that I did not know what to do with them. I sought counsel from all sides — Democrats as well as... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1916 - 486 ページ
...Dewey was at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place...realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps I confess I did not know what to do with them. I sought counsel from all sides — Democrats as... | |
 | George Arthur Malcolm, Maximo Manguiat Kalaw - 1923 - 412 ページ
...Philippine business. I have been criticized a good deal about the Philippines, but I don't deserve it. The truth is, I didn't want the Philippines, and when...the Philippines had dropped into our lap, I confess that I did not know what to do with them. I sought counsel from ,all sides — Democrats as well as... | |
 | Daniel B. Schirmer, Stephen Rosskamm Shalom - 1987 - 452 ページ
...Dewey was at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place...did it! But that was as far as I thought then. "When I next realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps I confess I did not know what to do... | |
 | Wendy S. Wilson, Gerald H. Herman - 2000 - 158 ページ
...Dewey was at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place...did it! But that was as far as I thought then. When I next realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps I confess I did not know what to do... | |
 | Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - 2000 - 416 ページ
...Dewey was at Hongkong, and I ordered him to go to Manila and to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place...Spanish fleet, and did it! But that was as far as 1 thought then. When next I realized that the Philippines had dropped into our laps 1 confess I did... | |
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Spanish fleet, and he had to; because, if defeated, he had no place to refit on that side of the globe, and if the Dons were victorious, they would likely cross the Pacific and ravage our Oregon and California coasts. And so he had to destroy the Spanish... 