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When Tarhata Kiram, flapper Philippine princess, married a Moro chieftain, newspapers printed columns, made sure that the U. S. knew. Last week, other things far more troublous to Governor General Leonard Wood, claimed his attention...
There was revolt in the village of Jolo on the island of Sulu in the territory of the Philippines. Two hundred Moros, led by Datu Tahil and his wife, Princess Tarhata Kiram, who is daughter of the Sultan of Sulu and a onetime University of Illinois coed, vexed the constabulary. Not wishing to shed the blood of her people, Princess Tarhata set forth last week to talk peace with Governor General Leonard Wood at Manila, to. ask him for a Moro governor for the island of Sulu...
...Congress should not attempt to interfere with these land laws. Banking. The Federal Reserve system should be extended to the Philippines. Also, Federal land banks should be established to loan money to Filipino farmers at reasonable rates. They now pay from 12% to 30% interest. Moro Provinces. Mindanao and Sulu, inhabited by Mohammedans, should not be separated politically from the rest of the islands,- but U. S. control in these provinces might well be strengthened to prevent Moro-Filipino animosity. Miscellaneous. The Filipino government should withdraw from its private business enterprises immediately. The Jones Act, fundamental law governing the Philippines...
...Bacon bill, now before the House of Representatives, would provide for a separate legislature for the Moro provinces, and thus give them a sort of "home rule...
...Manila from private business enterprises; 3) That they amend their land laws so as to aid in the large scale development of the rubber industry (in such event, the U. S. Congress will not interfere with these laws); 4) That stronger U. S. control be exercised in the Moro districts to prevent Filipino high-handed rule...