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Only members of the Union and their guests may hear Mr. Guevara's address this evening...
...question of whether the Philippines should ever have independence; the Jones Insular Government Act made some eventual provision for that. The question is, should they have it now? Perhaps Mr. Guevara can advance arguments to prove his case, or even discredit the administration of General Wood. At any rate, it is good to hear the other side of the case from a sincere and intelligent advocate...
...Pedro Guevara of the Philippine Islands will try to convince many of the Union members who hear him speak at 8 o'clock this evening in the Living Room of the Union that the Philippine Islands should have their independence. His announced subject is "The struggle with General Wood for Philippine Independence...
...Guevara is one of the two resident commissioners who represent the Filipino government in Washington, and in this capacity he has made several addresses in the east. He comes to Boston primarily to confer with Mr. Moorfield Storey '66, a Boston attorney, who was an ardent advocate of independence for the Philippines at the time when the United States withdrew its military authority from the islands after the Spanish-American war. Mr. Storey will introduce Mr. Guevara this evening...
...Filipino politics Mr. Guevara has been an eminent figure for many years. After studying law at the University of St. Thomas in Manila, an institution founded 25 years before the founding of Harvard University in 1636, he joined the Filipino insurgents against the Spanish government in 1897, and after the Spanish-American War he continued in the insurgent ranks as a colonel, now fighting the United States administration. When the insurrection was put down, he returned to private life...