De Alexander: “From the first it was apparent that the Republican schism, to be successful, needed the support of the Tribune.”

A keen, exhaustive and merciless criticism of the whole Philippine experiment....

In his text he explains the controversy so that the plain man may understand it, while in the notes he adduces the evidence that the specialist requires....

Referring to the fraudulent practices, he said: "No one claims, no one believes, that I had lot or part therein, or previous hint or suspicion thereof.

Human, dramatic, interesting, absorbing, there is philosophy of national and political life back of it--a philosophy which not only furnished interpretation of past events, but offers guidance for the future....