Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Roosevelt ya gaji wata ƙasa da aka raba ta da muhawara game da yankunan da aka samu a cikin Yakin Spain da Amurka. Roosevelt ya yi imanin cewa ya kamata a ba Cuba 'yancin kai da sauri kuma Puerto Rico ya kamata ya kasance mallakar mallakar mallaka a ƙarƙashin Dokar Foraker. Ya so sojojin Amurka su kasance a cikin Philippines don kafa gwamnati mai zaman kanta, ta dimokiradiyya, ko da a fuskar tawaye
wanda Emilio Aguinaldo ke jagoranta. Roosevelt ya ji tsoron cewa janyewar Amurka da sauri zai haifar da rashin kwanciyar hankali a cikin Philippines ko kuma sa hannun manyan iko kamar Jamus ko Japan.