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Grenville Dodge: Have you, or any one else, ever heard a single word of protest from these people or any one connected with them against…

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Have you, or any one else, ever heard a single word of protest from these people or any one connected with them against the revolting cruelties of the enemy in the Philippines?
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Grenville Dodge
Republican · Iowa

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Dodge questions the silence of critics regarding the atrocities committed by the enemy in the Philippines.

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