a hearty manner by the Administration. But let that pass. It cannot be undignified to do what honor and righteousness demand. Who will help me in the cause of peace? Could any cause be worthier the genius of the statesmen of a great nation? "In placing this statement before the people of America, I beg to assure them that whatever its demerits may be, it is the outcome of a sincere desire for peace and for an honorable settlement of the differences and difficulties of the Philippine question." His moderate demeanor enabled him to establish close ties with Americans in Massachusetts, that soon he became an influential voice in the Anti-Imperialist League's shift from a nearly exclusive focus on the effects of imperialism on the United States to one, which included a component of solidarity with the Filipino people. López remained in exile for many years because he refused to take the pledge of allegiance to the United States that was required for his entrance back into his homeland. His sister, Clemencia López, arrived in the U.S. in 1902 to secure the services of the famed jurist and future Supreme Court justice, Louis Brandeis in order to aid her brother's fight against deportation to Guam. She told reporters that her brother and many others who had surrendered in good faith, had been arbitrarily deported by MacArthur. Reminding his colleagues that arbitrary deportation of this sort had been a key grievance of the American colonists against the British King, George II, Senator Hoar took up Miss López's cause on the U.S. Senate floor. Writing Online Lopez, Sixto. "Do the Filipinos Desire American Rule?" Gunton's Magazine (Jun. 1902). Accessed from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York). Sixto López and Thomas T. Patterson (1904), "Too Wise To Work." In the Springfield Republican; reprinted in Liberty XIV.21 (June, 1904). 6. Eyot, Canning. The Story of the Lopez Family: A Page from the History of the War in the Philippines. Boston, Massachusetts: James H. West Company, 1904). See also a description of this book from the Commonwealth Cafe. Notes p. 165 References People of the Philippine–American War 1863 births 1947 deaths