From May lst to 13th, the leading newspapers in the Philippines Republics The Manila Times, The Manila Chronicle and the Daily Mirror, have published 24 editorials and commentaries denouncing the pressure which the United States' Government is applying to the country to send troops to Vietnam.
There was "rising protest. from almost every sector of the community" against the move to send Filipino soldiers to Vietnam, said the Manila Chronicle in an editorial on May 13th. The editorial was criticising the Philippine House of Representatives for passing a bill on May 12 approving the sending of Filipino troops,
These sentiments have been echoed by.all other serious newspapers in the country and there is no doubt that reflects the feelings of the ordinary man in the street, There can be little doubt that the neer future will see an upsurge in the mass movement against American domination. Thus the U.S. by applying pressure to help it in its fight against the Vietcong will merely open up a new front asainst itself,