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...said Mrs. Thompson, "an earthquake." "Well, we can't help that," answered the Colonel. "Pass the olives." The next day Col. Thompson clambered into his Filipino-financed automobile for a tour of Tayabas province and a two-day visit at the plantation home of Manuel Quezon, president of the Filipino Senate. Like Caesar in triumph, Mr. Thompson's august entourage proceeded down a flower-strewn path between 3,500,000 coconut trees over 100 feet high-slowly on, on to Lucena, capital of the province, where eager little Malay schoolgirls dressed all in snowy white, held...
...both Houses, informing President Coolidge of the intense desire of the Filipinos for immediate, complete, absolute independence. Colonel Thompson had another entry for his notebook, along with the item that the night before he had drunk champagne to Mr. Coolidge's health at the proposal of Manuel Quezon, president of the Senate...
...Filipinos would hate to have the Americans leave. Petite brown ballarinas had begun to like U. S. soldiers, sailors, wealthy businessmen, dance halls, automobiles from Detroit, clothes from Chicago. There is a possibility that General Aguinaldo may come out of his retirement to lead Americanists if Filipinos Quezon and Roxas continue their noncooperation policy toward Governor General Wood...
Gradually authority asserted itself. Gradually, the General's personal likeableness was felt. Politicians Quezon and Osmena, furious because of the diminished power of their rhetoric, could not prevent it. So they began to flood the cables with anti-Wood gossip. They made local scenes which in far off Washington looked bad. They came personally to Congress with petitions railing against the General. Two years ago President Coolidge told them it was useless, told them in effect that it was impossible for them to make any sober individual in Washington believe that Governor General Wood was a tyrant, knave or fool...
...what made me desist from reading your newsmagazine, let me tell you that in your issue of May 18, 1925, Page 2, in telling something about the Philippines, my country, you have incurred in inaccuracies. Such despective statements as "The old rebel Aguinaldo" and "the professional politicians such as Quezon, Osmena, Roxas" are not the news a Filipino...