The reason why Hoar was opposed the the Philippine-American War was because it was brutal for the Filipinos.
According to Hoar, the United States did not have the right that it was trying to establish over the dominion of a sovereign nation that belonged to another nation and its people. According to him, taking a leaf from how the colonists suffered in the hands of the British, it was not possible for a sovereign nation to be subjugated and also governed by another country
This was the war that was fought between the United States and the Phillipines following the fact that the Americans occupied the Philippines. It was fought from 1899 to 1902.
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