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of Self Government

at

failed

to

present on Western

lines except the Japanese He said that

the Assembly of the Philippinos would only

sit a very short time That if they

vote appropriations the appropri

ation of the preceding year would prevail.

That it was a means of letting off steam

and giving them plenty of rope. I laughed

and asked if that too was part of the

Taft policy,

admitted

altruistic

he and

it

was. >

From that I

that gathered

at

at

any

rate the

present

Assembly

regarded as a serious form of Government

is not

but

as merely

Talking of

He

taker

at maximum &

generally severe

tests

in two.

and

a safety valve +

said opium Mr

had invented an man named Towns (7)

alleged cure

could cure the most

confirmed drunkard, opium

limit

He had been put

invariably

Taft

that

&

smoker

of eight days,-

or

drug

to

succeeded

and

there was no

an

to

relapse

President the

Dr Lambert

·

, physician

very

cases

standing high

admitted and

a medical man of

had scrutinised his

the

no

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effects. This

complete cure

verdict had

with

MY

Į

that few

impressed completely sceptical. In

abolished was isles opium

excluded and Japanese

remained. now

who Taft

otherwise

had

greatly

been

the Philippine

Chinese

>

30 diminishing

fast

They would

not

remain in

tropical any

Talking of Corea he explained

climate.

the

reason Japan

had

not

afford

to

the

They not annexed

forego

could

customs

revenue.