TERRITORIES: Somnolent Samoa

Last month retiring Governor George A. Alexander of the U.S. island of Guam proudly reported to his Navy superiors that after five years of begging his 19,500 subjects to run for office and cajoling them into attending sessions once they were elected, he had at last filled all 16 seats in the upper House, all 27 seats in the lower House of his "advisory" Congress of Guam. Last week, hoping to find something more creditable to U. S. imperialism, newshawks dug up Governor Otto C. Dowling's fat report on U. S. Samoa,...

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