The Philippine Problem Presented from a New Angle: With Appendices Containing Complete Texts of the Philippine Organic Act Known as the Jones Law, the Treaty of Paris, the Constitution of the United States and Other Pertinent Matter1924 - Constitutional history - 111 pages |
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