Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — FILIPINO LEGISLATORS DEBATE IN ENGLISH. [ARTICLE]

FILIPINO LEGISLATORS DEBATE IN ENGLISH.

The English language recently was used for the first time in the debates •f the Filipino House of Representatives. The fact was cabled to the United States Insular Affairs Lareau. The principal speakers were Messrs. Benitez, De Guzman and Virata. These members are graduates from the University of the Philippine#. English Is taught exclusively in the public schools of the Philippines, and it is announced, will continue to be if independence 1? granted. According to an estimate based on’ the census Just completed, seventy per cent of the Inhabitants of the Philippines over 10 years of age are literate. This is a higher percentage of literacy than that of any South American country.