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...Lieut. Colonel Jesus Vargas, commander of the 5th battalion, is addressing a very important meeting, His hearers are some 400 field and factory workers of the Hacienda Luisita near San Miguel, a huge sugar estate which is owned by a Spanish combine called "Tabacalera" and is managed by a Spaniard, one Miguel Franco. The Hacienda has its own private police and detachment of constabulary, and many people from outlying barrios have moved within its boundaries. It is also famous as one of the first estates where a rural union was organized before the war, and nowadays it is said...
...MacLeans to listen to insolent beggars," replied the local chieftain, Lachlan MacLean, but, he added, if the Spaniard would lend him 100 men-at-arms, he could have all the food he liked-provided he paid...
...Goes Donald. The agreement made, MacLean marched off with his Spaniards to ravage his ancient enemies, the MacDonalds, on the islands of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. When he returned, the Spaniard announced that he was ready to set sail...
...When you return my men," said the Spaniard...
...This moderation even in virtue is characteristic of Siam. As the Spaniard says manana, so the Siamese says mai ben rai. If a government official is proved crooked or a wife unfaithful, if a favorite gamecock refuses to fight or an old friend proves treacherous, the Siamese says mai ben rai. It means never mind...