Page 162 - Planet Rothschild. Volume 1 : the forbidden history of the new world order, 1763-1939

Neither the Pope, nor the innocent Spaniards, nor the U. S. President was able
to beat back the insane war mania and press propaganda which followed the
destruction in the Maine. The Congressional and media pressure on McKinley
forced him to finally ask for a war declaration.

APRIL 12, 1898
TR ORDERS NAVY TO ATTACK SPAIN’S PACIFIC FLEET

Within hours of the war declaration, "Assistant" Secretary Roosevelt again
takes matters into his own hands by issuing an order for America's Asiatic
Squadron, stationed in British Hong Kong, to "protect commerce" - by
destroying the Spanish fleet based in the Philippines. Try not to laugh, dear
reader; but some warmongers justify this outrageous act of aggression as a
necessary defensive strike aimed at preventing a Spanish attack on California!

The Battle of Manila Bay takes place on May 1 and it is an absolute rout.
Commodore Dewey not only destroys the Spanish fleet, but also captures the
harbor of Manila - effectively a U.S. body of water ever since. On June 20, a
U.S. fleet commanded by Captain Henry Glass, also captures the island of Guam
- a U.S. territory ever since.