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Show IRK PROCEEDS IN PHILIPPINES Dimming of (he Morot Progrctiei Without Serio'M Trouble and Lanao Diitricls are Quiet. Life of the Soldier In Our Island Pes sessions Not so Strenuous as In the Pjst, Operations Being neitrlcted to Police Duty. Manila The disarming of the natulan na-tulan Mom la progressing without serious trouble Tim lanau dlalrlcta are quiet The trouble against which the troops were recently operating was sporadic, and neither general nor serious Major (leneral Weston, who h returned re-turned to Manila from an Inspection of the entire district, report that conditions are quieter than usual, lie pronounce the recent operation to have been imllce rather than mill lory. The government la being urged to secure a loan for the purpose of In-klalllug In-klalllug an extended system of Irrigation. Irriga-tion. The Islands must purchase 10.WW,. 000 peaoa of foreign rice this year, making a total purchase during the tst ten year of lM.UOQ.UOO peao worth. It la believed thai Irrigation will restore the crop |