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Laurel pledges anew faith in GEA Charter

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Laurel pledges anew faith in GEA Charter

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English

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1944

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Laurel, Jose P., 1891 – 1959 – Speeches, addresses, etc.

Greater East Asia.

Greater East Asiatic Nations.

Economic development.

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___ a L±£2od jRqjublu UNrvrr—y or ^L.r. library'' 4U£ 1 5 1380 20 Centavos YEAR I MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1944 No. 5 Outstanding Youths From All Provinces And Cities To Be Selected For Rewards In Scholarships, Cash, Osias Announces New Highest Commanders In P. I. Named Gen. Yamasita, Admiral Okoti Entrusted with Islands’ Defense TOKYO, Nov. 8 (Domei)—Gen­ eral Tomoyuki Yamasita, highest commander of the Japanese army forces in the Philippines, was born in Koti prefecture on Sikoku island. After graduating from the Military Academy in 1906, General Yama­ sita completed the prescribed course at the Military Staff College. The General began his career as a member of the General Staff and later served abroad as a resident­ officer in Switzerland, Germany and Austria as well as Hungary. Returning to Japan, General Ya­ masita served many important posts including such assignments as member of the War Ministry’s Military Affairs Bureau, instructor at the Military Academy and com­ mander of an artillery regiment. He was then successively appointed director of the War Ministry’s Mi­ litary Affairs Bureau and brigade commander. General Yamasita took active part in the China Affairs from 1937 to 1939 by serving alternately as unit commander. and Chief of Staff of the Japanese army in China. He also commanded an army corps in Manchoukuo and be­ came Inspector-General of Military Aviation and concurrently of the Army Aviation Headquarters in 1939. In the following year, 1940, the General went to Germany on a tour of inspection. In 1941, he be­ came a member of the Supreme War Council and with the outbreak of the war of Greater East Asia, was appointed Supreme Comman­ der of the Japanese forces in Malai. In that capacity, General Ya­ masita conducted a brilliant blitzkreig down the Malai peninsula which culminated in the utter de­ feat of the British forces at Sin­ gapore. He continued to hold an import(Continued on page 3) This Rice Story Can Give You, Too, Much Painful Headache A government hospital was run­ ning very short of rice and its authorities were frantic for relief. A few days more and patients, not to mention doctors and nurses, would actually have nothing to eat. Even then they were subsisting on the barest nourishment. SOS signals were sent, rather were taken personally by the hos­ pital head and no answer, no help was forthcoming. In despair, he related his tragic story to a friend and this friend sympathized. He will provide 100 sacks at no more than the government price and would transport it himself to Ma­ nila free. What a heavenly blessing! And all this kind friend asked of the hospital head was a pass for that rice to keep it safe from confiscation on the way and for his charcoal-fed truck so it could bring the rice .and safely go back to its owner. Just that and no more. That seemed a very simple matter for the hospital head and .he himself. weni_around_ to secure the necessary passes. The pro­ mises of quick action he received were hearty and florid.. But that was one week ago and still there are no passes and the government hospital patients may yet actually go without rice soon, maybe this week, inaybe be tomorrow. Just now this unhappy hospital head says he is nursing a heavy and painful headache. Gov't To Undertake Project With Half-Million Donation Promotion Of National Spirit And Virtuous Living, Rizal-like, Js Chief Aim Of New KAPARIZ Program With a view to promoting youth development according to the new standards set by the Republic and to encouraging youthful initiative, ingenuity and endeavor with substantial rewards and scholarships, Minister of Education Camilo Osias, National Chairman of the KAPARIZ, has proposed and President Laurel has approved a Youth Promotion Pro­ gram to be financed with the 1*500,000 donation of Ambassa­ dor Syozo Murata. The recommendation of Minister Osias just approved provides for a vast national project that aims at the “cultivation of the national spirit and the development of ex­ emplary youth—Filipinos intense in nationalism and steeped in vir­ tue” along the pattern of Rizal’s life. What will probably arouse immediate widespread response, however, is that phase of the pro­ gram which seeks to organize all the youth of the country into a competition zfor the selection of the outstanding' noys and giris in every province or city, each with a reward of 1*1,000 as well as for the selection of one deserving boy and one deserving girl from each city or province for a four-year free scholarship in any institution in Manila. Other phases of this vast youth program is the rewarding of agri­ cultural, handicraft and other vo­ cational activities to be sponsored by the KAPARIZ, with Pl,000 available for eviery province or city and the development of lite­ rary, musical and artistic achieve­ ments. Dr. Osias emphasized in his re­ commendations that in the award­ ing of scholarships to the out­ standing Kapariz girls and boys, the basis shall not be merely aca­ demic, nor the scholarships limited to intellectual pursuits. Any de(Continued on page 3) PATENT OFFICE NOW FULLY ORGANIZED SISON TELLS GOVERNORS TO KEEP PEACE, ORDER In his capacity as Chief Delegate of the President and Inspector-Gen­ eral of Martial Law, Minister of Home Affairs Teofilo Sison has sent telegrams to all governors of the various military districts in­ forming them of their duty under the proclamation of martial law to “suppress treason, sedition, dis­ order and violence; and to cause to be punished all disturbances of public peace and all offenders against the criminal laws.” Minister Sison further advised RELIEF BODY RECEIVES P7,559 FOR INDIGENTS Voluntary Contributions amount­ ing to f*7,559 have already been received by the Special Relief Com­ mittee created recently by Pres­ ident Jose P. Laurel. The contri­ butions were received in response to an appeal made by the com­ mittee to private citizens for volun­ tary contributions to be used to help the unfortunate residents of Manila. The Special Relief Committee is headed by Minister Emiliano Tria Tirona of Health, Labor and Public Welfare. It is the same committee appointed by the President to ad­ vise him on the disposition of the 1*2,000,000 recently donated by the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines for relief purposes. Laurel Pledges Anew Faith In GEA Charter Ideals Of 5-Point Joint Declaration Wholesome And Valid, He Declares In a nationwide radiocast on the occasion of the first anniversary of the approval of the GEA Charter, President Jose P. Laurel renewed his pledge of faith and support to the historic covenant, declaring that the principles embo­ died in the Charter are wholesome and valid. The President's speech follows in full: Fellow-Countrymen : I have been invited to speak this evening on the occasion of the an­ niversary of the Conference of Greater East Asiatic Nations. I am very glad that I am given this opportunity to talk to you. My countrymen: One year ago. the leaders of the peoples of Greater East Asia, at the invita­ tion of the Imperial Government of Japan, met in Tokyo to discuss multifarious problems common to them which had arisen as a result of the present world conflict. I had the honor to represent the Republic of the Philippines in that, conference, and I still retain a vivid recollection of the solemnity of the occasion and the thoughts and ideals therein expressed. As a result of this conference, the following five-point declaration was adopted; and, although I believe that you are familiar already with the principles enunciated in that declaration, I think it would be worthwhile everytime we comme­ morate this reunion that we live, understand, and reflect on their meaning and importance. These principles are: “1. The countries of Greater East Asia, through mutual coope­ ration, will ensure the stability of their region and construct an or­ der of common prosperity and well-being based upon justice. “2. The countries of Greater East Asia will ensure the frater­ nity of the nations in their region (Continued on page 2) Day And Night, Red Cross Ready For Any Emergency Bombs may be falling every­ where. Hundreds may be killed, and the peril of death may be pre­ sent at any corner, but the Red Cross workers doing first aid work under the Civilian Protection Serv­ ice are always ready to answer the call, within the city of Manila. That readiness, that alertness, far from diminishing, has been in­ tensified as far as the Philippine Red Cross, now thoroughly Filipinized, is concerned. That readiness is best exemplified during cases of severe stress, as during bombings, but it’s a matter of daily routine among the personnel of the Red Cross, specially the volunteer workers who do not get any pay but give all for the sake of human­ ity. Dr. Joaquin Canuto, director of. the Red Cross emergency and re­ lief activities, is a veteran in the game, and when he recites the acti­ vities pf the organization, his mind has an encyclopedic sweep. For he draws not only from theory but from the rich fund of accumulated experience in peace and in war. “We are used to doing the mira­ cle,” he philosophized, “but nothing that we had done in peace time can even approach the scope and extent of our activities today. When we rushed to a stormstricken, earthquake-hit, or plagueridden region during normal times, we go fully provisioned as to food and medical supplies and we had all the transportation facilities at our disposal. Now, when we are called upon to render aid, we have to look for the means to effect such aid, even in the matter of medi­ cines.” This, of course, is wartime, and the even tenor of life has been dis­ located everywhere; Even so, the organizational functions of the Red Cross have not been dislocated, and the body is still doing miracles. (Continued on page 3) With the recent approval by the Ministry of Economic affairs of the rules and regulations, prepared by the Bureau of Commerce and Industries, governing the proce­ dure of securing patents and the enforcement of the provisions of the Patent Law, the new Patent Office under the Bureau of Com­ merce and Industries is now fully organized and ready to act on the various applications for patents' already filed, according to Director Corr.elio Balmaceda of Commerce and Industries. The applicants are advised to call at the bureau to perfect their applications. The necessary forms for the different types of inventions, manufactures and improvements will be furnished . them. I This is the first time that a Patent Office is established in the Philippines. Many attempts made in the past to enact a patent law failed, but the National Assembly of the Republic of the Philippines, realizing the importance of having a Patent Office to give protection and encouragement to local inven­ tions, improvements and devices, approved Act No. 51 authorizing the organization of a Patent Office. Forthwith, the Bureau took steps to establish the new office by secur­ ing the services of the necessary personnel, including mechanical, electrical and chemical engineers, to act as examiners of inventions, processes and designs desired to be patented. the military governors to instruct all deputy military governors and municipal mayors in their respec­ tive jurisdiction to give the widest publicity possible for the full in­ formation of the public of the foregoing provision of law, warn­ ing the people to refrain from com­ mitting any of such criminal acts otherwise they shall be dealt with severely in accordance with mar­ tial law. Manila's Wartime Pictures— Business Goes To Sidewalks By Vicente L. del Fierro A few months ago, it used to be the “genuwine” or the dealers in second-hand clothing and utensils, acquired in clear as well as unclean manner, who cluttered up the side­ walks of certain streets in Manila, specially Tondo and Sta. Cruz. Then the city authorities slapped a ban, and the dealers of these “genuwine,” now confine them­ selves to Bambang street, from Azcarraga to the Bambang market. When one lost a pair of pants or a blanket, likely as one, one can find the missing article being peddled about in Bambang. Then the dealers of second-hand tools and automobile parts, without consulting anybody but their own good sense, appropriated unto themselves the sidewalks on the south side of Azcarraga, from Juan Luna to Folgueras, and the west side of Azcarraga, from Rizal Ave­ nue to Mulawen boulevard. On top of these, the big time dealers in automobiles, trucks and parts, installed themselves on both sides of Soler street, from Rizal Avenue to Evangelista; and the locksmiths and key dealers en­ trenched themselves at the alley of the State Theater between Rizal Avenue and Estero Cegado. These three were the fore­ runners of the sidewalk industry, if such it may be called, that is now city-wide. This sidewalk industry is most active throughout the whole length of Azcarraga, the whole length of Rizal Avenue, the whole length of Rosario, and to a lesser extent in almost all the streets of Manila. If you are hungry, there is “tinapay,” roasted coconuts, all sorts of cakes, coconut candies, guavas, chicos, lanzones, coffee, soft drinks, (Continued on page 2) PAGE 2 THE REPUBLIC: MONDAY, NOVEMBER-13, 1944 SSrpnblir r„77£,£’£L. Published Weekly by The Republic Publishing Co. Suite 28, Jai-Alai Bldg., Daitoa Ave., Manila—Tel. 2-07-56 Vol. I Monday, November 13, 1944 No. 5 SOME SUGGESTIONS Due to lack of transportation and communication facilities the prov­ inces, particularly the more remote ones, are now virtually inaccessible and “incommunicado” from the capital. Except for very urgent and strictly official business, there is no communication with certain areas May it not be suggested, just in case it has not yet occurred to the government authorities, that inasmuch as practically the only trans­ portation and communication systems are those of the military today, representations and arrangements be made with the military authori­ ties for mail and urgent private dispatches to be carried through military lines. Perhaps it may not be difficult to persuade the military to carry mails, say even only once a week, to military district offices and the military governors might themselves make arrangements with military garrisons to transfer such weekly mails from their capitals to provincial capitals within their respective districts. As for urgent telegraph or radio messages, would an hour a day or a few hours a week be too much to ask from the military for civilian convenience? Or perhaps the military governors might be able to pool the resources of the provinces under them so that a bus service for those provinces may be provided for jointly and the national government might pro­ vide the services to the military district capitals. A system like this will probably be easier for the military to accommodate than the pre­ sent wild-cat demand from private sources for fuel supply. Knowing how willingly the military authorities have in the past shown an incli­ nation to help meet the reasonable requirements of the government and the public, it is hoped any plea of this nature would not fall on deaf ears altogether. Isolation for the more remote provinces is so complete today, it is not only the public but the local governments themselves which will soon be clamoring for relief and assistance. When the national funds for purely national personnel and services in say Ilocos Norte run out, how can the government send more funds under present conditions, with no transportation facilities available from Manila to Ilocos Norte? Without such funds the local government will soon be using its own funds for national services and eventually find itself without funds for its own needs. The military governor can afford little help because he does not have funds enough available, he is himself isolated and he cannot liquidate any credits the local government may have in its favor in the National Bank in Manila. Somehow, the transfer of funds cannot be avoided. Aside from funds there are other supplies for the provinces that are fast accumulating in Manila for lack of transporta­ tion, all of which are urgently needed both to safeguard the public service and to meet pressing and daily giowing public needs such as medicines, for instance. That is in so far as the government itself is concerned. How about the private individual? Take an official or employee, still better situated than the ordinary private person without any official connections. He has evacuated his family to the province. Now he cannot communicate with that family nor can he send whatever little funds he may have The situation is critical and the public undoubtedly understands the government’s predicament. There has been and there will be much forbearance but some little facilities must at least be afforded to ame­ liorate growing difficulties and thus satisfy the people that really every ounce of effort is being put forth to help them in their plight. WE ACCEPT CITY HALL’S ASSURANCE In good faith, “The Republic” accepts the assurances of the author­ ities of the City that everything will turn out all right when the new harvest of rice is ready—that rice will be available at reasonable prices and in sufficient quantities to prevent anybody from starving provided, of course, that he can and is willing to pay for it or earn it and that the prices of other commodities will also come down. We quote His Honor, the Military Governor, from “The Republic of November 6: . “When the new harvest is ready, the City will be assured of an adequate supply of rice. With rice available, the rest will take care of themselves—the prices of all other foodstuffs will automatically come down.” After we have done our duty pointing out the tragic possibilities of the food situation, even at the cost of verbal abuse not only of ourselves but also of our highest officials in the Republic and high­ handed use of police power, having been picked up ourselves by police agents as if we were a plain, ordinary criminal or suspect,—to all of which we had to bow meekly as inevitably we suppose we all must, in these days of martial law and military governors,—we shall be the first to express sincere gratification and gratitude to the City if and when the promised relief to the miserable plight of our community comes. Our population, we are confident, join us in our prayers for the realization of the Military Governor’s hopes and of plans that we urge be made now by the City itself to insure that the City’s part of the new rice procurement scheme being worked out by the Joint Govern­ ment and Army Committee will not go haywire and awry. Every day this blessed assurance of relief—in December and out of the new crop—will be on the lips of a million souls until it comes. And we pray that it will not fail, for if it xyill. ... God bless us all and may He then blight the menufry of our million inhabitants who might, in their disappointment and hunger, still recall City Hall’s pro­ mising picture of a beautiful and bountiful December. REMEMBERING A FRIEND Roughly ten years ago, we were sojourning in Japan eager to learn everything that could be learned about that country and its people. While a guest in the Mainichi office in Osaka, we were introduced to the then Executive Editor of that great newspaper organization. We were deeply impressed by his personal knowledge of certain historic events and characters in Philippine History and he seemed interested in us. The new frienship that immediately grew out of this chance meeting, may have been responsible to a certain degree for the new interest in the history of Philippine-Japan relations that was aroused during the decade that followed. The man we met in the Mainichi was the late Masao Matsuoka, first President of the Manila Sinbun-sya. To him, let it be said as a tribute to his memory, should be given the credit for the unearthing of certain forgotten records about the part that Japan had played in our revolu­ tionary struggles in the past. The late Mr. Matsuoka had revealed to us the story of the “S.S. Nobiki Maru,” the ill-fated ship that had carried arms for Aguinaldo’s forces. He had taken the trouble of showing to us the place in Homoku Hill in Yokohama where Mariano Ponce, Aguinaldo’s emissary to Japan, and his life-long friend, Sun Yat Sen, had lived. Again it was through his introduction that we secured from Secretary Kobayashi of the Im­ perial Diet the first outline of the parliamentary story of the “S.S. Nobiki Maru” episode, which, after publication, served as basis and guide to the research work which eventually turned out the full story with all its romance, as we know it now’. We owe all these to Masao MatSuoka and many more blessings which were showered upon us, all fruits of.his vision, initiative and energy during his stay with us in the Philippines. Matsuoka’s name will be remembered long in this country. This generation will write his story with loving care while future generations will read it with affection and gratitude. New I. N. Governor Is Strongly Lauded Taiwan And P. I. War Data Summarized For Philippine Readers Attorney Pedro G. Albano, U. P. I law graduate and former deputy | provincial fiscal, has been ap­ pointed by President Laurel, as Provincial Governor now known as Deputy Provincial Military Gover­ nor, of Ilocos Norte. This appoint­ ment was recommended by the out­ going governor, M. Farolan. Speaking of Mr. Albano, Mr. Farolan declared that undoubtedly he is the very best man for the position of governor of Ilocos Norte at this time. He said that Governor Albano has both the training ai^d experience for the job and has the added advantage of knowing people and conditions in the province, having grown up in the provincial service and resided in Ilocos Norte all the time. Mr. Farolan further said that when it was known in Laoag that he was leaving the position of governor, the response in favor of Mr. Al­ bano’s appointment when at first suggested was universal and una- i nimous. Another appointment for Ilocos ; Norte made by President Laurel i this week, upon recommendation of ex-Governor Farolan, was that of Attorney Agripino P. Santos, as Mayor of Laoag. Mr. Santos had twice been mayor of Laoag and is energetic and capable. Mr. Faro­ lan also believes him to be the right man for the position at this time. Laurel Pledges.... (Continued from page 1) by respecting one another’s so­ vereignty and independence and practising mutual assistance and amity. “3. The countries of Greater East Asia, by respecting one an­ other’s traditions and developing the faculties of each race, will enhance the culture and civiliza­ tion of Greater East Asia. “4. The countries of Greater East Asia will endeavor to acce­ lerate their economic development through close cooperation upon a basis of reciprocity and promote thereby the general prosperity of their region. “5. The countries of Greater East Asia will cultivate friendly relations with all the countries of the world and work for the aboli­ tion of racial discrimination, the promotion of cultural intercourse throughout the world and contri­ bute thereby to the progress of mankind.” These principles are clear and self-evident. The primary purpose in reality is to form an Asiatic league of States in the interest of self-protection based on the re­ cognition of the sovereignty and political independence of the com­ ponent units. The objective is to unite the peoples of Greater East Asia, so that they may not remain as before mere “hewers of wood and drawers of water” of peoples of other hemispheres, and so that the peoples of the Occident may be relieved of what Kipling calls the ‘white man’s burden”. Negatively, the motive is not to establish a federation of power­ ful states to conquer the world or menace universal peace. The aim is not to permit the political domination or economic exploita­ tion of one unit by the more po­ werful members of the league as otherwise there would only be a substitution of masters which is neither to be desired for the rea­ son that there is no fundamental difference between domination or exploitation by a Western power and that by an Eastern power. Whatever difference there might be between the two, would be only in degree but certainly not in kind. No, the Philippines and the Fili­ pinos are against any (form of domination, political or economic, by any foreign power. Respect for one another’s so­ vereignty and independence, and the development of the potential and inherent faculties of each race, are the corner-stone of the historic movement of Asiatic na­ tions inaugurated at the confer­ ence of Greater East Asiatic Na­ tions on November 6, 1943. Only by the realization of these great ideals will the one billion peoples of East Asia be in a position to assert their personality with effi­ cacy, work for the abolition of ra­ cial discrimination and the esta­ blishment of a new world order based on peace, liberty and moral justice, and thereafter promote, as enunciated in paragraph (5) of the Joint Declaration, the cultural TOKYO, Nov. 10 (Domei)—A grand total of at least 209 enemy warcraft and transports have been either sunk or damaged by our Army and Navy Forces in the aerial battle in the waters off Tai­ wan on Oct. 12, the battle off the Philippines, and the naval and aerial battles in Leyte Gulf up to Nov. 2, according to a survey of war results compiled by the Board of Information. Of this total more than 88 enemy vessels were sunk, while 121 were damaged. The tabulation showed that 17 enemy vessels were sunk off Tai­ wan, more than 22 off the Philip­ pines and 49 in Leyte Gulf, while 28 enemy vessels were damaged off Taiwan, 28 off the Philippines and 65 in Leyte Gulf. Enemy vessels sunk were 20 air­ craft carriers, two battleships, one battleship or cruiser, 15 cruisers, 11 cruisers or destroyers and nine destroyers and, in addition, more than 13 transports and 17 large landing vessels. Those damaged included 24 aircraft carriers, 14 battleships, one battleship or crui­ ser, 13 cruisers, four cruisers or destroyers, five destroyers, 39 transports, two large landing ves­ sels and 19 vessels of unidentified category. Enemy naval vessels sunk or damaged in the aerial battle in the waters off Taiwan chronologically follow: On Oct. 12, four aircraft car­ riers were sunk, while one aircraft carrier and 11 enemy vessels of un­ identified category were damaged. On Oct. 13, three aircraft car­ riers, and one cruiser or destroyer were sunk, while one aircraft car­ rier and one cruiser were damaged. On Oct. 14, three aircraft car­ riers, two battleships and three cruisers were sunk, while two air­ craft carriers, two cruisers, one cruiser or destroyer and two ves­ sels of unidentified category were damaged. On Oct. 15, one aircraft carrier was sunk and three aircraft car­ riers and one cruiser were dam­ aged. On Oct. 16, one aircraft carrier and one battleship were damaged. The total war results scored by the Nippon forces follow: Seventeen enemy naval vessels sunk, including 11 aircraft car­ riers, two battleships, three crui­ sers and one cruiser or destroyer. Twenty-eight were damaged, in­ cluding eight aircraft carriers, two battleships, four cruisers, one crui­ ser or destroyer and 13 vessels of unidentified category. The results achieved in the naval and aerial battles in the Philip­ pines sector chronologically follow:On Oct. 20, two aircraft carriers were damaged when an enemy task force was attacked in the waters east of the Philippines. On Oct. 24, one aircraft carrier was sunk and four aircraft car­ riers and two cruisers were dam­ aged when an enemy task force was subjected to an attack in the waters east of the Philippines, while four transports were sunk by a submarine attack. On Oct. 25, four aircraft car­ riers, three cruisers, and three desI troyers were sunk and two aircraft | carriers and* three cruisers or des| troyers were damaged when our {fleet attacked an enemy task force in the waters east of the PhilipI pines, one aircraft carrier and one I cruiser sunk and two aircraft car| riers and one battleship damaged i in an attack on the enemy task force b- the Kamikaze Special At­ tack Corps, and one aircraft car­ rier and one destroyer sunk by our submarines. On Oct. 28, one aircraft carrier was sunk and one damaged in an attack by the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps. On Oct. 29, one aircraft carrier, one cruiser and two vessels of un­ identified category were damaged by the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps. On Oct. 30, one aircraft carrier was sunk and two aircraft car­ riers and one battleship damaged by the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps. On Nov. 1, one cruiser was sunk, while one battleship, one battleship or cruiser, one cruiser and one des­ troyer were damaged by the Kami­ kaze Special Attack Corps. The total follows: Twenty-two enemy vessels were sunk, including nine aircraft carriers, five cruisers, four destroyers and more than four transports. Twenty-eight vessels were damaged, including 14 air­ craft carriers, three battleships, four cruisers, three cruisers or destroyers, one battleship or crui­ ser, one destroyer and two vessels of unidentified category. The war results gained by our naval forces in Leyte Gulf chro­ nologically follow: From Oct. 19 to Oct. 25, six transports, two cruisers, one des­ troyer and 17 large landing vessels were sunk, while 18 transports, one cruiser, one destroyer and three vessels of unidentified category were damaged. On Oct. 27, one transport was sunk and one battleship, one crui­ ser, one transport and one vessel of unidentified category were dam­ aged by the Kamikaze Special At­ tack Corps. On Oct. 28, two transports were damaged. On Nov. 1, one battleship or cruiser and three cruisers were sunk and three battleships dam­ aged. Between Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, one transport, one cruiser and three destroyers were sunk. The total war results obtained by our forces in Leyte Gulf follow: Forty-nine enemy naval vessels sunk, including nine transports, seven cruisers, five destroyers, 17 large landing vessels, ten cruisers 'or destroyers and one battleship or cruiser. Sixty-five enemy naval vessels were damaged, including 30 transports, five cruisers, four destroyers, two large landing ves­ sels, two aircraft carriers, nine battleships and four vessels of un­ identified category. The grand total shows a figure of 209 naval vessels sunk or dam­ aged in the three areas, Taiwan, the Philippines sector and Leyte Gulf, from Oct. 12 to Nov. 2. intercourse with the entire world and contribute thereby to the. pro­ gress of mankind. The ideals enunciated in the Joint Declaration (which I have read may perhaps meet obstruc­ tions or objections in the minds of those people who can only see the light coming from the West and are highly influenced on this account by their political, economic and social background. There can be no doubt, however, about the wholesomeness and validity of the principles laid down in this great Pacific Charter. It is to be la­ mented that the forces of greed and prejudice, ignoring these eter­ nal verities, ■ have plunged the world into the most savage con­ flict it has ever known. But if humanity is to be saved, it must be made to grasp, understand and follow the divine principles of right, equality, and justice. The Joint Declaration is the cross of faith, as it were, with which the one billion peoples of Greater East Asia offer to redeem a war-torn and bleeding world. I am indeed very happy on this occasion to join in the celebration of this great day for the peoples and nations of Greater East Asia, and to have been able to jfledge, on behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, my support and ad­ herence to the principles contained and embodied in that great Char­ ter. I thank you. Manila's.... (Continued from page 1) hot dog, and even “genuwine” rice and viands, including “dinuguan.” (It is rumored that “dinuguan” comes mostly from slaughtered cats and dogs.) If you want stockings or polo shirts, or textiles still uncut, or books, or newspapers, etc.,-you can get them from the sidewalks. If you want corn, rice, camotes, vegetables, jewelry, or a new pair of wooden shoes or shoes, the side­ walk is the place for you. If you want to gamble, play “beto-beto” or poker for instance, the sidewalk will give it to you. The sidewalk industry is omni­ present, and well-nigh omnipotent. It is the hotbed of the black mar­ ket. Still it is a market and, in the absence of any substitute, everybody tolerates it.