Complex sentence: However, when the United States defeated Spain in the Philippines, many Spaniards, including Spanish clergy evacuated the Philippines and on January 15,1899 it already became necessary to call a plebiscite at Isabela to form some kind of Government in Basilan.
Split into simpler sentences: However, when the United States defeated Spain in the Philippines, many Spaniards, including Spanish clergy evacuated the Philippines. By January 15,1899 it already became necessary to call a plebiscite at Isabela to form some kind of Government in Basilan.