MALCONTENT FILIPINOS IN SMALL WAR
^ Received Alondav, 7.35 p.m. XKW YOlMx, Alay 19. The American owned Al.inilii Dail Biiiletin says a sccret Co verniuen: cxists lieliind the socalled irukbalahup organisation which hiis been coaductiug a smal 1 seale war against tlie Dliilip oine army in rice growing Cent ra i Buzon which is ktiowti as I lukiandia. About 600 deatlis have occiirred since ihe recent elections in iirme.l clashes between the peasant army and militarv police. Iluklandia is described as a nation within a nation. L consists ot ajiproxiiiiiil ely 15-0,00" traditiouallx ! liialcoiiteiit Kilijiinos known to theii [ ci.mpat riois as " lluks", who have their invva laws, levv their own taxes, adminlister punishment through their own jcoiirts. and' maintain their own marI riage and divorce ceremonies, indepen.i jentlv of the Philip])ine Commonwealt Ii j or tlie Catholie Church. All attenqits j by the I Mi i 1 i ] »] »i n e Goverainent to force ihe lluks to surrendel* their arnis. have met with deliance and armed resistance. Tlie Daily Bulletiu says the llukbaka liap system of governiueiit follows ihe put toru of Coiiimuuism iis closely as anytliing outside Russia.
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Chronicle (Levin), 21 May 1946, Page 5
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