Manila, Nov. 1.
The Manila Carnival, for years one of the principal events of the winter season, hes been discontinued, Plans are afoot to hold it again in 41929, but this has not yet been definitely decided.
The carnival has not been finance laily successful, recently, anl_ much politics have been played in its!
agement, it is said. One or two Manila, Nov. 1.
Though most Filipinos pay little! or no attention to affairs ontsi the islands, a few advanced thinkers ar) busily' agitating for a Pan-Malay union, to include not only the Philippines but Java, Borneo, the Federated Malay States, and even Siam, Francisco Varona, editor of Manila pater, recently spoke on the subject_as follows "Pan-Malayism is not a' dream! but a reality. We must not be contented with these small isles of ours and with the small population of our country. We must work for the re-establishment of the defunct Malay empire if we want to have our race recognized."
The speaker went on to show] that the Malay language was funda mentally the same in all its dialects, and said that Tian Malaka, 9 [Javanese agitator recently deported from Manila, had no difficulty: in making himself understood while here.
The meeting at which he was speaking endorsed the Pan-Malay empire in principle, and: passed: a resolution favouring Enjglish as the
—Reuter fature language of the Philippines
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