War Breaks Out in Philippines

War Breaks Out in Philippines is one of the newspaper articles in Red Dead Redemption 2.

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INSURRECTION AGAINST UNITED STATES GROWS.

The First Philippine Republic has effectively declared war on the United States, objecting to the Treaty of Paris in which the U.S. took possession of the Philippines from Spain after the Spanish American War. American Naval forces have bombarded the city of Iloilo after the first shots were fired.

THEY WILL BE TAUGHT THE HUMANITY OF CONQUERORS.

The War Department expects the cessation of hostilities to happen quickly as the American military force is strong and the Filipinos are armed mostly with bolo knives, spears, bows and other hand crafted weapons. American occupation of the archipelago has been contentious; however, military officials are planning a humanitarian campaign after hostilities cease.