Word: filipinos
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philippine Islands present to American investors one of the most fertile fields for investment in the world today", said Mr. Pedro Guevara, Filipino commissioner in Washington, when asked recently to comment on economic conditions in the islands. He continued: "But a small portion of the 65,000,000 acres of land that can be cultivated is now producing. I would place the figure at about 12,000,000 acres. Small though this number may seem, it is nevertheless supporting a population of nearly 11,000,000 people. When one considers the ratio 12 to 65, one can see that...
...Manila, Governor General Leonard Wood turned his solid back on Manuel Quezon and the Collectivists howling in the Filipino Legislature and went off to look into the troubles of the Moros on the Island of Min- danao. Apparently he had forgotten the disputants behind his back. Apparently the War Department agreed perfectly that he should...
...Collectivists refused to cooperate with him in governing the Islands, then there was no need of his presence during the session of the Legislature. He went to Mindanao where the Moros had massacred a detachment of Filipino constabulary. Instead of returning he sent for his aides and a hundred more constabulary. Then he set out on a tour of the disaffected region. His despatch to the War Department said: " Killing of constabulary grew out of alleged grievance against constabulary and local supervising teachers, all Filipinos...
...further add to the belief that General Wood had deliberately turned his back on the malcontents of the Filipino Legislature, instructions were sent from the State Department that he should visit the Straits of Java to confer with the Governor of the Dutch East Indies...
...Guevara next gave a specific example of one of the controversies with General Wood which led to the recent break: "According to the Jones bill of 1910, the governor-general is the chief executive and should enforce all laws of the Filipino legislature. Under the civil service law passed by the Filipino legislature, the mayor of the city of Manila had the power of removing any city official, whose character was for any reason considered untrustworthy and who was not appointed to his position by the governor-general. Such an official, outside the jurisdiction of General Wood, was arrested...