The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
MAKES BOLD DEMAND
FOR INDEPENDENCE
Resident Commissioner of Philip
pine Islands Says Freedom
Was Promised.
TIME rs RIPE, HE DECLARES
Filipinos No Longer Satisfied to
Fill the Minor Offices With
Small Salaries.
TIME Is RIPE, HE DECLARES
Rx LEASED Wire TO The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.
WASHINGTON, May 6.-In an inter"
view Manuel l.. Queson, one OF the resi-
dent commissioners OF the Philippines,
has made a bold demand for Philippine
independence, declaring IL is high time
the United States made good its promise
of thirteen years ago that his people
would be held as wards only until they
were fit for self-goyernment; ooo
"As the representative of the S.OQoooV
people OF the Philippine islands, l am
directed TO say that they seek from you
that which will cost nothing TO concede.
and something that Will be more 10 them
than wealth and lIfe-thelr liberty.
Washington is that of delegate In con-
gress from the territories. claims 10 pe
the only real representative OF the Fill
pino people. although he has a colleague
Queson was chosen by the Philippine as.
sembIy being the unanimous choice OF
all parties. Legarda is the representa- :
tive OF the Philippine commission and
therefore, It is claimed, Is not in sym
pathy with the demands OF the Filipinos
FOR Immediate Independence.
when the people Of the Philippine S
came in contact with those Of the United
States the latter knew that there were
some uncivilized in the mountains. and
the people OF the United States took IL
for granted that all the rest OF tne
Islands were more or less in the same
| condition.
president MchinIey's investigating
commission found that the Filipinos even
| at that time were In much better conoi
| ton and were more fit 10 govern them
selves than were the people of Cuba. TO
whom independence was given immedi-
"You OF the United States do not know
| that all branches of science or art arc
and have always been we'll represented In
| the people of my race We have always
been well represented. We have Rial
| who became Il world known celebrity,
whom the FAipinos worship as much as
the Americans worship Washington.
| ''There Is a, Luna whose paintings have
been the admiration Of the world. There
is a Ycaza and a Moreno -Lacalle, whose
| learning In the law made them objects
| OF admiration Of the highest courts in
| spain. There are nurnberIess doctors
who rank with the highest OF their pro-
fessIon in Europe or this country There
are politicians that can occupy any place
in any legislative body OF any nation and
| fn that position in creditabe manner
"The government OF the United States
pledged itself before the world that ir
| governing the Philippine islands the wei.
| fare of the Filipino should be given tirs'
consideration and this. ! regret to say
has not been the case. a gradual LETTING
In of the Filipinos In the government
management has been promised time anC
again, but has not been done. and the
most important positions continue TO b'
filed by Americans
''The high -salaried positions are occu
pied by American citizens and only thu
minor and unimportant ones arc giyel
10 natives,
The Islands are costing the govern
mcnt OF the United States millions year
w The longer the United States re
tains the islands the greater will be thi
temptation for American capital 10 ex
plolt the islands. The moro American
capital is entrenched in the Philippine
islands the more difficult VIII It be 70
the United States 90 grant our inacpcn
. dence. because the American INTEREST
will demand Of Uncie Sam that he remain
there and protect them.
And we do not want American capi
tai TO take hold OF our lands and ou
farms President Taft said that tn
3 Philippine islands are for the Filiplnos
and those words have been engraved Fl
, the heart OF every Filipino and when W
see that the conduct OF the ndministra
ton is not in conformity with that doc
> trine We protest and demand that sto
r TO the actual conditions OF affairs b
made at once and that our voice b
heard"