The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

forces of Philip.”[8]
The parallel or analogy between that war
“solely for humanity” and the one through which
the United States has just passed, is quite complete.
The little republics of Southern Greece stood
related to Philip of Macedon much the same as
Cuba, Porto Rico, and other places stood related to
Spain at the time when this nation, “solely in the
cause of humanity,” declared war in their behalf.
And, moreover, it may not be out of the way to
compare “the barbarous tribes on the north and
west of Macedonia,” who were led to join the
confederacy, and whose irruptions served to
distract the councils and forces of Philip,--it may
not be out of the way to compare these to
Aguinaldo and his “barbarous” hordes of Negritos,
who, by a United States consul and a commodore
of the United States navy, were led to “join the
confederacy,” and whose “irruptions served to
distract the councils and forces of Spain.”
At the battle of Cynocephale, in 197 B. C.,
Philip was signally defeated, his country was
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