The Root Cause of the Mindanao Problem by Professor Bascar THE ROOT-CAUSE OF THE MINDANAO CRISIS THE MINDANAO CRISIS ERUPTED BECAUSE OF A POLITICAL, DIPLOMATIC, AND COMMERCIAL SCANDAL COMMITTED BY TWO WARRING COUNTRIES IN 1898. EVEN BEFORE THE CONDUCT OF A MOCK WAR ON AUGUST 13, 1898 FOR THE CAPITULATION OF THE CITY OF MANILA, THESE TWO WARRING COUNTRIES ALREADY SIGNED THE PEACE PROTOCOL DECLARING THE END OF HOSTILITIES WHICH PAVED THE WAY TO THE CONDUCT OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN PARIS FOR THE TURN OVER OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BY SPAIN TO THE UNITED STATES AS A SPOIL OF WAR. HOWEVER, THE SPANISH PEACE COMMISSIONERS VEHEMENTLY OBJECTED BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THEM WHAT OCCURRED ON AUGUST 13, 1898 FOR THE CAPITULATION OF THE CITY OF MANILA WAS JUST A MOCK WAR, AND THEREFORE ,THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A SPOIL OF WAR. THIS WAS THE REASON WHY THE UNITED STATES HAD TO OFFER $20-MILLION FOR THE SALE AND CESSION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. HOWEVER, WHEN THE LINES AND COORDINATES WERE DRAWN TO DEFINE THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, THE SULTANATES OF SULU AND MINDANAO WERE INCLUDED WHICH SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN THE CASE, BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT COLONIAL POSSESSIONS OF SPAIN BY VIRTUE OF CONQUEST OR ANY OTHER MODE OF ACQUISITION ACCORDING TO NOTED HISTORIANS. THIS IS THE ROOT-CAUSE OF THE MINDANAO CRISIS. - BY CLEMENCIO BASCAR
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