We thus broke down Spanish means for controlling the Philippines, and were left with the Spanish responsibility for maintaining order there--responsibility to all the world, German, English, Japanese, Russian, and the rest--in one of the great centers and highways of the world's commerce.
Reid discusses the consequences of American actions in the Philippines following the Spanish-American War.
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