United States were locked in dispute over who shouldhave control over the Samoan island chain.189899 China:November 5, 1898 to March 15, 1899, US forces provided a guard for the legationat Peking and the consulate at Tientsin during contest between the DowagerEmpress and her son.[RL30172]1899 Nicaragua:American and British naval forces were landed to protect national interests atSan Juan del Norte, February 22 to March 5, and at Bluefields a few weeks laterin connection with the insurrection of Gen. Juan P. Reyes.[RL30172]18991913 PhilippineIslands: PhilippineAmerican War, US forces protected American interestsfollowing the war with Spain, defeating Filipino revolutionaries seekingimmediate national independence.[RL30172] The U.S. government declared the"insurgency" officially over in 1902, when the Filipino leadershipgenerally accepted American rule. Skirmishes between government troops andarmed groups lasted until 1913, and some historians consider these unofficialextensions of the war.[4]190019091900 China: FromMay 24 to September 28, Boxer Rebellion. American troops participated inoperations to protect foreign lives during the Boxer uprising, particularly atPeking. For many years after this experience a permanent legation guard wasmaintained in Peking, and was strengthened at times as troublethreatened.[RL30172]1901 Colombia(State of Panama): From November 20 to December 4. (See: Separation of Panamafrom Colombia) US forces protected American property on the Isthmus and kepttransit lines open during serious revolutionary disturbances.[RL30172]1902 Colombia:From April 16 to 23, US forces protected American lives and property at Bocasdel Toro during a civil war.[RL30172]1902 Colombia(State of Panama): From September 17 to November 18, the United States placedarmed guards on all trains crossing the Isthmus to keep the railroad line open,and stationed ships on both sides of Panama to prevent the landing of Colombiantroops.[RL30172]1903 Honduras:From March 23 to 30 or 31, US forces protected the American consulate and thesteamship wharf at Puerto Cortes during a period of revolutionaryactivity.[RL30172]1903 DominicanRepublic: From March 30 to April 21, a detachment of marines was landed toprotect American interests in the city of Santo Domingo during a revolutionaryoutbreak.[RL30172]1903 Syria: FromSeptember 7 to 12, US forces protected the American consulate in Beirut when alocal Muslim uprising was feared.[RL30172]190304 Abyssinia(Ethiopia): Twenty-five Marines were sent to Abyssinia to protect the US ConsulGeneral while he negotiated a treaty.[RL30172]190314 Panama: USforces sought to protect American interests and lives during and following therevolution for independence from Colombia over construction of the IsthmianCanal. With brief intermissions, United States Marines were stationed on theIsthmus from November 4, 1903 to January 21, 1914 to guard Americaninterests.[RL30172]1904 DominicanRepublic: From January 2 to February 11, American and British naval forcesestablished an area in which no fighting would be allowed and protectedAmerican interests in Puerto Plata and Sosua and Santo Domingo City duringrevolutionary fighting.[RL30172]1904 Tangier,Morocco: "We want either Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead." Asquadron demonstrated to force release of a kidnapped American. Marines werelanded to protect the consul general.[RL30172]1904Panama: From November 17 to 24, U.S forces protected American lives andproperty at Ancon at the time of a threatened insurrection.[RL30172]190405 Korea: FromJanuary 5, 1904 to November 11, 1905, a guard of Marines was sent to protectthe American legation in Seoul during the Russo-Japanese War.[RL30172]190609 Cuba: FromSeptember 1906 to January 23, 1909, US forces sought to protect interests andre-establish a government after revolutionary