If the U.S. goes to war in the Pacific, her first defensive problem will be the Philippines. What happens there depends mightily on President Manuel Luis Quezon, volcanic, theatrical, temperamental, ambitious politico of 62 crowded years, called the smartest politician in Asia, whom even tuberculosis cannot keep in bed when he gets excited about something. And last week President Quezon finally placed himself on record for the first time about where he stands on World War II.
He was still weak, but not too weak to make his pledge strong—that he and his people would support the U.S. if the...
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