FILIPINOS AND INDEPENDENCE
(By Kloctric Telegraph.—Copyright.* (Austialisfi * M.Z. Cable Ar>ar>cintion.) MANILA. Feb. 22. On (lie occasion of (leorge Washinglon's birthday several thousand Filipinos gathered al Luneta and listened to a service in accordance with the rites of Hie Roman Catholic Church and to the reading of ibe national prayer for I'hillipille indcieiidoncc. The < uiire crowd knell on the ground during (he reading of the oilici.il independence prayer adapted for the occasion. Filipino independence church and union, and Protestant prayer services were held in various parts of the city and services were also In Id iii the provinces, except iii regions inhabited bv Mohammedans ami non Christ iaiis.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 February 1926, Page 5
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