[1] The “self-doubting” lay in the doubt of the Administration as to whether its programme of conquest would or would not be ratified by the Senate. The “pusillanimity” lay, wholly unbeknown to Washington of course, in the estimate of us it produced among the Filipinos.
[2] War Department Report, 1899, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 62.
[3] War Department Report, 1899, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 64.
[4] War Dept. Report, 1899, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 79.
[5] Ib., p. 67.
[6] “I sent you the President’s proclamation, not for publication, but for your information,” wrote Otis to Miller after the latter had let the cat out of the bag. Senate Document 208, p. 58.
[7] Senate Document 208, 56th Cong., 1st Sess., p. 54.
[8] War Dept. Report, 1899, vol. i., pt. 4, p. 66.
[9] Ibid.