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Title: Recollections of full years Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors: Taft, Helen Herron, 1861-1943 Subjects: White House (Washington, D.C.) Philippines -- Description and travel Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead & Company Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: emember him. He had twoattendants who served only to accentuate his own insignifi-cance. The Commission got nothing out of him either.He had none of the polish and gentlemanly manners of theFilipino leaders, and conversation of any kind with himwas found to be extremely difficult. Almost the only inter-esting remark he made was to invite the ladies of our partyto call on his many wives, a thing I should have greatlyenjoyed, but which was impossible because the Sultanspalace was back over the hills, on the other side of theisland, a long way from Jolo. The problem of the government of the territory in-habited by the Moros in a measure adjusted itself. TheseMohammedans have always been unruly and independentand were never wholly conquered by the Spaniards, andthey absolutely refused, as they have since continued to do,to be placed under Filipino control. So it was decided todetach them from the general organisation and to place them under a semi-military system with an American Army 170

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