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It is a bugbear that the Filipinos would be citizens of the United States, and would therefore have the same rights of free travel and free entry of their own manufactures with other citizens.
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Whitelaw Reid
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Reid dismisses the fear that Filipinos would automatically gain U.S. citizenship and rights.
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