Items of Interest July 11, 1903 Issue

Items of Interest

At 10.50 P.M., on July 4, this message was sent by the President from Oyster Bay:— "To Governor Taft, Manila; I open the American Pacific cable with greetings to you and the people of the Philippines.

"Theodore Roosevelt." Governor Taft's reply follows:—

"Manila, July 5.—To the President, Washington; The Filipino people and the American residents in the islands are glad to present their respectful greetings and congratulations to the President of the United States, conveyed over the cable with which American enterprise has girded the Pacific, thereby rendering greatly easier and more frequent communication between the two countries. It will certainly lead to a closer union and a better understanding of each other's aims and sympathies and of their common interest in the prosperity of the Philippines. It is not inappropriate to incorporate in rate in this, the first message across the Pacific from the Philippines to America, an earnest plea for the reduction of the tariff on Filipino products in accordance with the broad and liberal spirit which the American people desire to manifest toward the Philippines and of which you have been an earnest exponent."

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