Springville Herald | 1941-03-20 | Page 2 | Wise or Otherwise

I Wise or Otherwise Would you believe it that when Charles Pinckney, noted American minster to France, said, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute," he little visualized visual-ized that in the days to come the United States would be paying tribute tri-bute to a foreign Sultan but we're doing just that, and to the tune of two hundred and fifty dollars dol-lars per month. Yes, the Sultan of Sulu, for over forty years ruler of some five hundred islands that help to comprise the archipelago of the Philippines, has been collecting collect-ing tribute from the United States for the maintenance of law and order over his people.