“Kindly advise me of your intention in the matter. The bearer of this communication has instructions to wait for your reply. I shall interpret failure to hear from you by return messenger as refusal to retract this slander and to publish the enclosed communication, and shall act accordingly.
“Very respectfully,
“Dean C. Worcester,
“Secretary of the Interior.”
[5] Just before I left Manila in October, 1913, cholera reappeared there.
[6] Sept. 15, 1913.
[7] The first organization of American physicians in the Philippines was the Manila Medical Association, from which the Philippine Island Medical Association ultimately developed.