[16] Ibid.
[17] Smith, Bell & Co. are an old British mercantile house, well known in Manila and Hong Kong.
[18] The North American Review article by the writer, to which Judge Ide was replying, appeared in the issue of that magazine for January 18, 1907, and could hardly have escaped the attention of anybody concerned, having been given wide circulation; (1) by Mr. Andrew Carnegie through pamphlet reprints; (2) by Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, in his paper, the Commoner; (3) by Hon. James L. Slayden, M. C. of Texas, through reprinting in the Congressional Record.
[19] Such as the breakwater at Manila, the road-building in various provinces, etc.—all, however, be it remembered, being paid for by the Filipino people, out of the insular revenues and assets.
[20] By Mrs. Campbell Dauncey.
[21] Words used by Governor-General James F. Smith, in an address at the Quill Club, Manila, January 25, 1909.
Chapter XIX
Governor Wright—1905
My heart is heavy with the fate of that unhappy people.