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Ramon loved the girl whom his brother Pedro had successfully wooed, and one day while the lilting strains of the Habanera sounded, Ramon stabbed Pedro. But Pedro before he died swore that he would come back to haunt his brother, would come back while the Habanera sounded. He did. The ghost, strumming a guitar, appeared to the murderer, while three blind musicians played the Habanera. And the wraith told Ramon that unless he confessed his crime, he, the spectre, would return and claim the living bride. Ramon could not bring himself to confess, and so while he and the young...
...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...
...disloyal to the American people in time of peace when we were loyal to them in time of war," said Mr. Pedro Guevara, Filipino commissioner in Washington while discussing at the Union last night some of the newspaper propaganda which is responsible for the feeling of Americans that the Filipinos are on the verge of a revolt...
...that the Philippine controversy has resolved itself into a distinct case for complete independence, it is fortunate that Harvard is to have an exposition of this case from Mr. Pedro Guevara, Philippine representative at Washington, tonight at the Union. the some 3,141 islands composing the Philippines, present a problem to our government every bit as complex as that which India presents to Great Britain. In 1899, not long after the Patriots' League demonstration of 1896, which resulted in the overthrow of the usurper, Aguinaldo, President McKinley appointed a commission to investigate conditions in the Philippines. They reported a lack...
...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...