The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-06

|~.|r~ N<"~ 1900
sentiment in tie philippines is not
nbaaimo6s Tor Independence. IL one
may Judge from the opposing opinions
eSpresked ~ tslllidfoIined residents Of
he islands tio wsfs passengers on the
paci6c Mai liner 1Iongolia, There was
nhs6imity 81 belief, however, that
tAert i nothing 20 fear from the am
bitiohs 81 Japan
Mkpdel L. Qdts6h resident eom1,is
sioncr o. me I'hiiiprines Il Washing
ton, thinks that iqdepepqepes Is rpi'l
TcrtallY desired tbro6gtout the arehi'
ptIaro and would be- accdpted tomor-
row. we're II obtainable &,
James Ross, formerly on tie snpreme
bench Of The falands and Newton w.
oilbork formerly ecflnf governor gem
traI aid not assent The lessons Of the
great war. they believe, have sunk deep
{nio TIE Filipino conscionsncob, which
AZ they interpret Il, no longer feels
the conldence Il once ala in guaran-
tees Of neutrality
what opszon Thinks !,
.Perhaps, said Senior Quezcn,
their sourees Of information are diff
fereut from mine. For my part bow
ever, Il Il lay with me to accept in:
dependence or reject il tomorrow, 7
would take II. n ~
AZ 50 far rs j can sec, the war has
not had ths sightest effect on the ma
tional desire for independence. Moth
ing in this world Is absolutely certain
ana nothing wholly free from danger.
There might be some risks N accept
/ ing che responsibilities Of complete in
dependence, hut who would not take
themf i, for one, would; and 90, ]
think, would every Filipino. y, 7.
$50 far as the ambitions Of Japan
20, they do not look toward the Philip
pines. We have been IN close touch
with the statesmcn and editors Of
| Japah, and we feel sure OF our
ground - w
= Does the attitude Of Japan toward
China at the present moment reass,ire
! you in that belieffn
Japan has been misfeprcsented.
When the exchange Of correspondence
Il ~
! b seen that most Of the criticigIn al
rected against japan has been news
PAPER talk, founded on halflt and
assumptions y
Revolt was Trivial
"what eject DO you think the re-
i cent revolt in the Philippines had on
the prospect Of independencei
None whatever. There was no re
volt, properly speaking There was 4
small local distnrbance II had nc
leaderabip, no organizRtion and nc
! political Significance. Ricrate. who
1 Is said TO have been at the head Of
| II, was in Hongkong at the time and
had nothing to do with It. These facts
were known to GOyprnor General Har
rispn and to .eongress, "a
i "The Jones bill win pass at the mex
session. IT has the earnest support o.
Il the President, and although II Is Away
in the power Of the senate, Of course
to delay Legislation, theme are not mor'
a than twelve Republican senators oP
n posed TO the bill.
Il president wilson's administration
4 has been very popular in the Philip
Il pines. In Governor General HarrisoI
he sent US the best governor genera
the islands ever have known. He ha
been q strong man, as well as n gen
erons ind wise one Some Of the com
misaioners were not EueA pise appoint
lments.n W.
What effect win free sugar hay
With youf'p
.sThe same as here. Il win be ruin
GUS Sugar ranks third among our ex
ports, end The ,remoyal Of the prefer
entiM tariff will eripple us badly
NJ CommiAsioner Quekon was the CUES
Saturday, during his short stay, OF tn
Hawaiian Planters, Assoeiation. Rep
Eesentative Kuhio, former Governo
Carter and Others saw him of.
A. Republicans Bee II f
J" Hhilippipe indepeRdeneei Peopl
are not talking of Il any more, Tn
. ! war has had much to DO with tn
change; besides, the Wilson admins
tration is poIialar with fhe Filipinol
|. They are recognizing the inability Q
|. the Islands TO maintain themselves a
. an independent country. If the Unite
!, states would quit speaking Of fitness
!. TO rule, agitation for Independents
Z \ would not be heard of for long time
Almost identiesl statements Of thl
mature were made yesterday by jaime
Ross, formerly ON the snpfene bene
iof the islands, and Newton w. 9ilber
formerly vice governor general nnds
Governor General A. Cameron Fofbs
and acting governor general for ~
|. wears preceding the assumption 3
authority by Governor General IEa
! rison, Both were passengers on u
4 Pacific Mail steamer Mongolia, {
Z route TO Manila after several weei
! spent in the states. They are alto
I neys in Manila now
I Mr., Ross anticipates no trouble fro
! Japan over the islands
4 No Japanese Perm
\ Japan does not want the Islands,
\ hesaia, making the same aasertion tia
y has come from representative and wei
4 IA formed men f0r months ffIf "A