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Lucio and Simplicio Godino of Manila. They refused to be parted...
General Leonard Wood, according to reports from Manila, has made up his mind to resign as Governor General of the Philippines. His superior, Secretary Weeks, said nothing on the subject. General Wood declared that he expected to resign because his work was done. Perhaps he was tired of the climate. Said...
...Philippines may well have caused Secretary of War Weeks to reflect upon his island charge : 1) On the 25th anniversary of the proclamation of the "Philippine Republic" Emilio Aguinaldo motored peaceably side by side with Governor General Wood to Malolos, a town about 30 miles north of Manila. General Wood made a speech declaring that the Filipinos' desire for independence was "natural and creditable" and that "all should coöperate in establishing conditions precedent to independence." Aguinaldo, in full agreement, unveiled a monument commemorating the founding of the erstwhile republic...
Major General Leonard Wood, Governor General of the Philippines: "In giving an account of the marriage of my niece, Miss Frances Field Judson, who has been visiting us in Manila, The New York Herald ignorantly referred to me as Brigadier-General Wood...
General Wood, who had been visiting Java on invitation of the Dutch Government, returned to Manila. He declined to comment on the Frear resolution. The Dutch Governor of Java, Fock, will visit the Philippines in March. The object of the mutual visits of the Governors is to exchange knowledge of the art of colonial Government...