THE PHILIPPINES To the End of the Military Régime AMERICA OVERSEAS By CHARLES BURKE ELLIOTT, Ph. D., LL. D. Author of THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS Former Member United States Philippine Commission, ernment of the Philippines, Associate Jus- tice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Associate Justice PREFATORY NOTE BY ELIHU ROOT Portraits in Photogravure INDIANAPOLIS THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1916 BY CHARLES BURKE ELLIOTT PRESS OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. By acknowledging and accepting the Sovereignty of the United States throughout the entire Archipelago, as I now do without any reservation whatsoever, I believe I am serving thee, my beloved Country. -Emilio Aguinaldo. How weary a step do those take who endeavor to make out of a great mass a true political personality. -Edmund Burke. 320713 |