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PHILIPPINES'
INDEPENDENCE
Warning of U.S.
Loss of Trade
"The Age" Special Correspondent
in Washington,
American policy to the Philippines
showed "shameful neglect"
of economic interests, the U.S.
High Commissioner to the Philippines,
Mr. Paul V. McNutt,
; asserted, In describing the islands
; as the "most devastated .country
In the world." . V '7 -
He sounded a warning ;tliat the
act granting the Philippines irfe
dependence in July would be a
trial of Western democracy in - the'
Orient, He urged the adoption
; or special measures to provide an
incentive to -economic restoration;
particularly the production - of
cocoanuts, sugar and tobacco.'
He said that under present
legislation the Philippines will
Become a "foreign", country on
July 4. and tariff walls will ; be
raised against the U.S. as against
other countries. , Mr; McNutt
proposed a bill for eight years of
free trade, followed, by 20 years
oi gradually increasing - tariffs. - ' ;
i uStlrling Hayden, a former
i Hollywood actor, has filed- a di
vorce suit against the former:
sctress Madeleine Carroll,' charg-
? "Sher with mental cruelty. Car--
! I„is ottovney fiied a - demurrer,
i ill? le would cross -petition.
- isL El ? Property settlement and
; me maintenance were settled out
j oi court.
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