Taft, W. H., “we blundered into
colonization,” 44, 291;
original reluctance to go to Ph., 291;
Roosevelt-Taft confession to Carnegie of desire to be “rid
of” Ph., 612–13;
Taft commission of 1900, genesis of idea of, 288;
situation on its arrival at Manila, 282–7;
its initial attitude, 291–4;
belittles work of army, 299;
insists enemy friendly, 301–5;
ignores army views, 306;
“peace at any price” policy, 307;
Governor, 1901–2, 345–402;
prematurity of civil government, 360;
disorders which followed, 371–402;
last year as Governor, 1903, 403–445;
Surigao disorders, 414–16;
reconcentration law, 416–422;
Misamis insurrection, 422–3;
Albay “reign of terror,” 423–5;
magnitude and details of, 426–9;
“Black Hole of” Albay, 430–4;
Taft unpopularity with Americans in Ph., explained, 437;
Iloilo speech, 438;
“bullyragging” Americans, 439;
absoluteness of his power, 439–445;
becomes Secretary of War, 446;
St. Louis speech, 1907, 357;
opens Ph. Assembly, 1907, 550;
address, 552;
Friar lands, splendid work in matter of, 563;
likewise as to Ph. finances, 565;
and public education, 566
Tariff Act of 1902, export tax features, 605 et seq.
Tarlac, MacArthur enters, 239
Tarlac province, area and pop., 233
Tayabas province, area and pop., 263;
disorders in, 1901–2, 372
Taylor, J. R. M., Captain, 200
Taylor, Wallace C., Colonel, 516
Tila pass, battle of, 248
Tillman, Senator, 169
Tiño, General, surrenders, 341
Tobacco, Congressional legislation concerning, 604 et seq.
Trade, 604 et seq.
Treaty of Paris, 121–138;
how we came to pay the $20,000,000, 136–8
“Tribes” and tribal state fetich, 295–8, 566–9, 575–81
Twenty-ninth Inf., U. S. V., 266
War with Filipinos, progressive bitterness of, 198 et seq.
“Water-cure,” 202–5
Way out, the, 647 et seq.
Wealth of Ph. agricultural, 607
Wheaton, General, 234–8
White man, tropics, effect on, 208–9, 549, 590–3
Whitsett, G. P., 361
Wilcox-Sargent trip, 107–120
Wild tribes, 295–8, 566–9, 575–581
Wildman, U. S. Consul, Hong Kong, early dealings with Aguinaldo, 19
Williams, U. S. Consul, Manila, 29, 34, 77–78, 345
Winship, B., Lieut., 76
Winship, Emory, Lieut., U. S. N., off Malabon, 207
Winslow, Erving, 648
Winthrop, Beekman, 443
Wood, General, 288
Worcester, D. C., 571 et seq.