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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.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar expresses his belief that a Republic could have been established in Luzon without U.S. interference.

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