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Show The ChinCSe At Different Times j , j They Attempted the J InVcKierS... ' Conquest of Asanlla. Tho history of the Chinese ns Invaders Invad-ers and warriors la rcpleto with deeds ot reckless valor, aa well oa ot keen Intellect In-tellect When tho Spanish discovered the Philippine Islands they also discovered discov-ered that Chinamen bad already Invaded Invad-ed tho Islands and wero a powerful political and commercial factor. In 1C74 I.i-Ma-Ilong, n Chlneao naval officer nnd filibuster, arrived before Manila with G2 ablps Ho made a landing, but alter 10 months of bard fighting ho had to withdraw. Other Invasions followed, but were not successful. In 1602 over 20,000 Chinamen Chi-namen had quietly settled In Manila, and thousands were scattered over Luton. Lu-ton. In 1C02 they concluded they would take the Island and started an Insurrection, Insur-rection, but It was not a success and nearly every ono of them waa killed Ily 1010 the Island wna again full of Chinamen, and another attempt was made to throw out tho Spaniards. This war lastenl only six months, and, owing to tho failure of rclnforcemouta to arrive ar-rive on time, over f.0,000 Chinamen lost their lives, and, of course, the rebellion re-bellion waa a failure. In ICC J a Chlncso fleet appeared before Manila and demanded de-manded tribute In 1762 England captured cap-tured Manila, but tho success of the undertaking waa largely due to her Chinese allies. Not only In Luton, but In nearly all the Islands of tho archipelago, archi-pelago, may be found records ot efforts of Chinamen to make conquests of the country In every Instance they failed becauso their force were outnumbered, but their pereletenry shows them to ba mado of no weak stuff |