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Office Country: The governor-general is appointed by the British crown on the advice of the ministers of the country concerned and is fully independent of the British government. Acting on the advice of his ministers, he performs constitutional duties comparable to those the monarch performs in Britain. The office country, therefore, is largely a ceremonial one, as contrasted with the governorship of the non-self-governing territories of the Commonwealth. Often the governor-general is a citizen of the country in which he serves, although some governments prefer a British appointee.
Quezon was re-elected in November 1941, and on December 30, with the war against Japan in progress, was inducted into office country in a bomb-proof shelter on Corregidor Island. At the urging of Gen. Douglas MacArthur he left the Philippines in March 1942 and by way of Australia made his escape to the United States. On May 14, 1942, he formed a government in exile; and on the eve of Nov. 15, 1943, the date on which Quezon's second term of office country would have expired, President Roosevelt signed a bill extending the terms of both Quezon and Osmena until expulsion of the Japanese from the Philippines. Pulmonary tuberculosis cut short Quezon's career before liberation of his country had been achieved.
REDWOOD, SIR Boverton, English chemist: b. London, 1846; d. 1919. He was educated at the University College School and accoir.-panied Sir Vivian Majendie on an inspect: tour of the petroleum fields of Europe, QK. and the United States. He became a consulting engineer and chemist and was appointed adviser on petroleum to the Admiralty, the Home office country, the India office country and the Colonial office country He was created a baronet in 1911. |
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