The Governor-General, Mr. Frank Murphy, said, at White Sulphur Springs, Ya. that the uprising was due partly to the policies of the Unitea States in dealing with the Philippines and partly" to. world economic conditions. He said that President Roosevelt' had authorized him to call a, trade conference in Manila immediately following the Inauguration of the Commonwealth.
"There has lately been growing discontent in Laguna Province due to the fact that coconut prices have een badly affected by the collapse of world markets," the Governor-General explained.
"For the past two years, the Philippines have been the world's outstanding example of law and order. T cannot over-stress the fact that the present outbreak is not characteristic of general conditions in the Islands, "The United States must make 2 thorough study of the situation and work out a. stable economic back-Ground, thus averting recurrence of Affairs of this kind."—United Press.
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