History of Philippine press / Carson Taylor.

History of the Philippine Press

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poet and literary man in'English, as the editor-in-chief. He
is now the chief editorial writer of the Manila Tribune. Associated with him were Carlos P. Romulo, Mauro Mende,
Julian Bulaon, Pedro de la Llana and a number of other
local writers. The weekly had the support of the English.
speaking Filipinos, but after three years of a rather stormy
existence burdened with good articles and numerous debts,
it passed to the Great Beyond.
Another promising periodical at that time was the Philippines National Weekly, under the editorship again of Fernando Maramag and Apolinario de los Santos, president of
the University of Manila. It was patterned after the Philippines Free Press, both in size and the quality of the articles
printed. Jose Romero, another writer, succeeded Mr. Maramag as editor. I was not a financial success and finally
passed out, probably because of poor management.
The Little Paper was another weekly which lasted for
more than three years. It was the first experiment undertaken here of a two-centavo periodical. Pedro de la Llana
was editor and Clifford Butler, now in the Philippine Education Company organization, was advertising and business
manager.
Among the monthly publications in this country, the
Philippine 'Education Magazine deserves the first mention.
In fact, it is the only high class monthly now being published. Primarily intend for teachers when it first started twenty years ago, it has finally evolved into a magazine of general interest and literary significance, whose influence is
beginning to be felt in the intellectual circles of the country.
The present editor is A. V. H. Hartendorp, former editor of
the Manila Times.
The first newspaper to attempt to cement cordial relation between the Chinese and the Filipinos was the Philippine Chinese Advocate, a sort of a high brow weekly of discussion containing important contributions from the most
eminent intellectual figures of the Chinese Republic. It
was edited by Dr. Luis P. Uychutin, now dean of the college
of law in the University of Amoy; Pedro de la Llana, now
member of the Philippine house of representatives and
Yang Pao Wang, a local Chinese writer and former labor
leader. After great deal of editorial enthusiasm during
the first three years it finally ceased publication in 1920.
Other important Chinese papers at the time were the
Kong Li Po, Man Ho Po and the Peng Ming Daily News.
The Man Ho Po and the Peng Ming Daily News, openly
advocated the overthrow of the present governments of