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Show RESOLUTION BY RAWLINS. Vants a Committee to lixqdirc Into Philippine Phil-ippine Matters. Washington, Jan. 11. Senator Rawlins Raw-lins of Utah introduced a resolution, which was referred to the Philippine committee, directing the committee to inquire into and report: 1. What form of government, insurgent, insur-gent, revolution or dictatorship, other than that of the kingdom of Spain, existed ex-isted in the Philippines prior to December Decem-ber 10, 1S9S. and to what extent Spain had actual control of the islands? 2. Can sovereign power be justly, and in accordance with international law, claimed in the absence of power to control. |