I think that under the lead of Mabini and Aguinaldo and their associates, but for our interference, a Republic would have been established in Luzon, which would have compared well with the best of the Republican Governments between the United States and Cape Horn.
Hoar expresses his belief that a Republic could have been established in Luzon without U.S. interference.
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