Porto Rico.
-..-it ■J.'fiUMm SITUIATIGM :.; ■ (Per United Press Association.) WASHINGTON, W- 11. President. Taft has sent a message to Congress respecting the grave situation! in Porto Rico, owing to the failure of the Pcwto • Eiican A,^semibly to pass the Appropriation Bill. The Porto Eioans are, ha says, evidently .in,c|a,pnlile of ; s^lf-goverfft ment and political powei' was extended to them, too soon. He rocomv mends the ' .cjompulsary appropriation of the necessary funds.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10420, 13 May 1909, Page 4
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71Porto Rico. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10420, 13 May 1909, Page 4
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