So he will watch for the
opportune moment of Bryan's election, in order to go immediately to
Hayti and formally arrange the contract with Bryan." [433]
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"'By the end of 1899, by the time guerrilla warfare was well under way,
by the time that any Filipino government, unless an expression of the
unfettered will of the nearest bandit who can muster a dozen rifles
may be called a government, had ceased to exist, a strong opposition to
the policy of the administration had arisen in the United States and a
demand for the recognition of the independence of the Philippines. The
junta in Hongkong were assured that the Democratic party would
come into power in the next elections and that this would mean the
success of the patriotic efforts of Aguinaldo and his followers. The
news was good and was forthwith spread abroad in "Extracts from our
correspondence with America," "News from our foreign agents," "News
from America," and "Translations from the foreign press"--circulars
and handbills printed on thin paper which were smuggled into the
Philippines and passed into the hands of the guerrilla leaders who
could read Spanish. They gathered their followers about them and told
them that a powerful party had arisen in America which was going to
give them all they had ever asked for.
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