Family members would try to calm Quezon. When they could not, MacArthur would send over a member of his staff. One day, it happened that no one could placate the president. “Listen to what the shameless ones are saying in Washington,” he yelled. “I cannot stand this constant reference to England, to Europe…. How typically American to writhe in anguish at the fate of a distant cousin while a daughter is being raped in the back room.”
