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...Philippine Independence Commission?which is to the Philippine Legislature as Mr. Hyde is to Dr. Jekyll?chose Manuel Roxas, Speaker of the Insular House of Representatives, as a Commission of one. The Commission will go to Washington to explain to the War Department the Filipino side of the Legislature's controversy with Governor General Wood. The Commission will have four technical advisers...
...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...
...This population is almost all of Filipino blood, although there are many Americans and there foreigners in manila and its environs. Many Americans have the idea that the Japanese are overflowing in to the Philippine Islands but this is not the cases. In 1921, they numbered about 7,000. The change in climate, however, was not suitable to their temperament, and after a six years stay, they commenced to migrate back to the Japanese islands. At present, they number about...
...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...