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The insurrection has become an affair of local banditti and marauders, who deserve no higher regard than the brigands of portions of the Old World.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Roosevelt describes the insurrection in the Philippines as devolving into a situation involving local bandits, comparing them to brigands from other regions.
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