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Show Good Times And Bad Have Marked American-Philippin- gunpottiii.i iu keep them in line, writes Don Moser in lira e but not as badly as when the two count- are strained today, ries first met. Filipinos in Geographic. were 1898 issue of National the-Marc- W11II.K THK AMKKIC'AN to the growth of Filipino nation- fighting to end three centuries of rule by Spain when the United States intervened. The Americans drove out the and preempted Spanish their role. presence dealt a setback alism, Moser notes that the Americans did promise the Filipinos eventual independence. . . It was slow in coming. In the 1930s the United States found it useful to hold the islands as advance bases in an increasingly troubled Pa- It was the era of the white man's burden," and though there was opposition at home to the takeover of the islands in the Pacific, it never was as strong as sentiment' against the Vietnam war decades later. As new colonialists, the cific. Then the Japanese landed in 1941 and occupied the Philippines World War II. Americans on one hand referred to the Filipinos as our little brown brothers' and on the other used plenty of for most of fought troops Filipino bravely alongside the Americans to throw out the latest invader. After the war the China Wall Biggest WHALE MUSIC Great Wall of China is the biggest structure ever The The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has premiered Nuances II, a work based on the sounds made by whales. The work containing eerie, ethereal, and often dramatic whistles, screams and bellows, was composed by built. Fourteen feet wide and 20 to 40 feet high, it stretches 1,500 miles and would reach almost halfway across the United States. island nation gained its independence. ending 4H years of American rule. The new nation, a democracy patterned on the American model, faced many problems. The country was dominated by great oligarchies -wealthy families with feudalists power." Moser points out. "laical politicians recruited private armies and bought or coerced voles. Relationship ne Metro Manila, and relatives tunities for all. Opponents claim his goal is to perpetuate his power, and charge he n, replacing one feudalist ic older with another. the Marcos sit on corporate boards and government agencies, leading to the joke: "Today everything in if you politics is relative aren't one, you don't have a chance." of HE RECENTLY his wife Governor of stiff terms if are American military bases to remain in his country. But despite these strains, the author believes Amera icans and Filipinos retain will that sjiecial friendship continue. is demanding Moser also found that Americans are losing privileges that once amounted almost to honorary citizenship. as nationalism Philippine grows. The Philippines has established diplomatic relations with China, and Marcos FERDI- PRESIDENT NAND south, Things degenerated until our economy came to a stop. The country was in a state of anarchy." Marcos has broken up the holdings of some oligarchies and has promised to build a "New Society" with oppor US-Philippi- Marcos ended the exPhilippines short-livewith democracy by periment declaring martial law in 1972. He dismantled private armies and jailed thousands of student activists, political opponents, and journalists. "There was no alternative if the republic was to continue, Marcos told Moser in an interview. In Luzon, Communist-front organizations were staging violeni demonstrations. 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