Demand for Independence under Protectorate Manila, May 26.
General Leonard Wood and Mr. Forbes will return to Manila on the 3ist instant. They find that most of the speakers who address them in the Northern Provinces ask for independence, with a protectorate if. possible. Mr. Harrison's administration was criticized by a senatorial candidate, who is urging the reappointment of Mr. Forbes as Governor-General.
Apparently many speakers are telling the mission privately the direct opposite of what they express publicly. General Wood and Mr. Forbes are both granting many conferences to citizens who are afraid to express their real sentiments in public.—Reuter.
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