Note 4 — Chapter XXI · Governor Smith—1907–9
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When I first started in against these rebels, I believed that Aguinaldo’s troops represented only a faction. * * * I did not like to believe that the whole population of Luzon * * * was opposed to us * * *. But after having come thus far, and having been brought much in contact with both insurrectos and amigos,4 I have been reluctantly compelled to believe that the Filipino masses are loyal to Aguinaldo and the government which he heads.5