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...rule, did not want Philippine independence, could be counted on to resist the Japanese as fiercely as they once resisted the Spaniards and the Americans. Silence was to be expected from the Ilocanos, the ingenious "Yankees of the Philippines" in whose villages life followed its immemorial pattern regardless of conquest. Silence was expected from the Chinese who tend the stores in the villages, do much of the islands' trading, lend money to extravagant Filipinos, mind their own business and have bowed temporarily to invaders before...
Spain. One hint that Adolf Hitler might not demand that Spain pave a new road for his conquest lay in the fact that Spain had taken over Germany's interests in the U.S. and was reported preparing to send 200 consular officers across the Atlantic...
...midst of a war, not for conquest, not for vengeance, but for a world in which this nation, and all that this nation represents, will be safe for our children...
...Turkey was scared stiff at concentrations of troops in Bulgaria. Turkey issued a declaration of neutrality, but was wavering. The capitulation or conquest of Turkey would be the signal for a flanking attack on Suez, probably an assault on Alexandria from...
...denial of which has caused this attempt to throw out Western powers? What are we going to do with Europe?--police it, or work out a formula which will give Germany its natural place of leadership and at the same time remove the motives and possibility of world conquest...