RAMULO'S ALLEGIANCE
Williams, John
Romulo's Allegiance MOTHER AMERICA, by Col. Carlos Romulo. Doubleday Doran. $2.50. Reviewed by John Williams CARLOS ROMULO is a Filipino who by choice swore allegiance to America. He is a...
...The Japanese infiltrated widely in the Philippines simply because it suited special Filipino interests, in the same way as Japanese were encouraged to settle in Hawaii and California...
...Romulo avoids such chronic facts in his weakest chapter which deals with "The Japanese Mind...
...Romulo does not report, was a haven for Filipino political exiles...
...Romulo knows, are in the mood for the truth, especially about the critical years in the Philippines prior to the war...
...This was well told in Japan at a Glance, published in 1934 by M. Faro-Ian, who was general manager of the D-M-H-M newspapers of Manila of which Col...
...Filipinos cannot be free and at peace until they are rid of the special economic and political interests, both Filipino and foreign, which exploited the fabulously rich islands...
...Japan's association with the Philippines is historic, and Japan, as Col...
...Romulo goes overboard on Page 72 when he says "only the Filipinos refused to listen" to Japan's propaganda prior to the war...
...Americans, as Col...
...He should, as a public service to Americans who want facts, compile a documented history of Japan's influence in the Philippines, because until all the facts become known, how can American military, political, and economic forces successfully reoccupy the islands and restore them to Filipino rule...
...Romulo was an editor...
...He is a prolific writer and lecturer, and in this latest appeal he deals in fundamental moral and spiritual facts carefully and flatteringly written for American consumption...
...Farolan, a Filipino, enthusiastically described Japan as the Land of the Risen Sun, so convinced was he of Japan's importance to Asia, including the Philippines...
Vol. 7 • December 1943 • No. 50
