Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1917 — FILIPINOS EAGER TO ENTER U. S. NAVY [ARTICLE]

FILIPINOS EAGER TO ENTER U. S. NAVY

Manila, P. I.—Enthusiasm for the war rules 'high among the Filipinos. They are almost unanimously loyal tc( the United States. They have not forgotten how the German fleet threatened Dewey at Manila in 1898, and might well have attacked the American warships had not the British fleet made it clear it would support the conquerors of the Spaniards. The islanders are especially eager to enter the United States navy. t .