> .. US achievements in pursuing its “good intentions” can only be guessed. #GeneralJamesBell.. in southern Luzon, estimated in May 1901 that one-sixth of the natives of Luzon had been killed or died from dengue fever.. result of war-induced famine.. over 600,000 dead in this island alone. A US government report indicated that 1/3 of the population of 300,000 had been killed by the army or famine and disease in one province of Luzon, where Bell had been fighting.
#TurningTheTide #Luzon 🧵