[52] War Department Report, 1901, vol. i. pt. 4, p. 99.
[53] For a copy of this proclamation see War Department Report, 1901, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 100.
[54] The War with Spain, by H. C. Lodge, p. 20.
Chapter XV
Governor Taft—1901–2
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying—Peace, peace; when there is no peace. Jeremiah viii., 11.
On February 22, 1898, the American Consul at Manila, Mr. Williams, after he had been at that post for about a month, wrote the State Department, describing the Spanish methods of keeping from the world the outward and visible manifestations of the desire of the Filipino people to be free from their yoke thus:
Peace was proclaimed and, since my coming, festivities therefor were held; but there is no peace, and has been none for two years.
He adds: