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Philippine Annexation

In January, 1900, there was a debate for American annexation of the Philippines. There were those in favor and some against it. The debate for annexation was between Senator Beveridge who was in favor or annexation and Senator William Mason and Andrew Carnegie who were against it. One argument was that at what price would the United States have to pay to take control and govern the Philippines. With other European countries having a much better naval fleet Andrew Carnegie felt that it was not worth it for the United States to try to take control of the Philippines. His logic was that how many people would have to be put in a position to go to war and possibly the loss of many lives to ...

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in my opinion, could civilize them. On the other hand Mason felt that these people were just like anyone else, and that they should be able to live the way they have always lived. Mason also felt that it was unfair to govern the people of the Philippines given that they lived ten thousand miles away. He felt that how could a senator set laws to people that he really did not know anything about. He also felt how can you govern them when in reality you don’t “speak their language, read their newspaper, know how their schools are run, or know their religion.” Mason argued that by giving independence to the people of the Philippines meant that they would have the right to govern their own country. Another argument that was presented was that not only did the United States have to deal with Britain, Germany, Russia, and France for possession, they would also have to deal with Japan who had formidable ships of war. Europe and Japan also were prepared for a struggle for possessions of the ...

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Added: 7/14/2005 04:27:13 AM
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