The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-29
Fly HUGH W. nuBERTs

Washington, September 2S.-(Speciai) J. It is already clear that the Philippine question will not be determined on it's merits, but in the next session of Con. gress will be made the football of bitter and partisan politics.
 One by enc the congressional 'junket- eers' return from the cast. They re- turn after an inspection of the Philip pines and the Filipinos with the same ideas they possessed at the time of their departure. And as a rule, democrats leiieve that the Philippine Islands should
 be made free in a political sense just as soon as possible and republicans adhere to the theory that the islands should be kept in subjection an almost indefinite period.
 For their position. democrats have no
 reason tc advance save their inherent
 Idea that all Deortes aoel1. E. made free from tha inpesitaa ct customs of stronger rsople-thss the biHpnss shase p}5N eeffhtsea t9 ar es cir , own setinH 0f eQarse. the Js aocrats saw things in the Islands wh.ea made hind their impulse is their natural re- pugnance against industrial slavery inn posed in the name of political slavery.
 For their opposite views, republicans offer several views. One of them. Sena- tor Sterling of North Dakota, just re- turned from tha Orient uith an :ntaryiev 70 that freedom should not be granted with.
 in the life of the present generation. cites three causes. The first is his contention that the great mass of the Filipnos are still incapable of self government and will not be for mary years to come. The second is his belief that if this nation should withdraw the Stars and Stripes from the islands, Japan would immedi- ately take possession and foftify them. The third reason advanced by Senator Sterling is the incomparable trade op- portunities offered the United States by China, opportunities than can best be , taken advantage of by the nation with foothold in the far east This argument of Senator Sterling pears out the contention of many democrats that the republicans are animated in their scheme to retain possession of the Philippines by their desire. first, to en- hance the military strength of the United States by fortifying the Philip pines against any future attack of Japan. and second, to give the great merchant firms and bankers of the United States an opportunity rot only to make good their investments in the islands, but to l extend their trading to China. There is heavy investments in the Philippines are anxious that the United States extend | indefinitely it's protectorate. They feel that under the United states their money | is relatively safe, whereas under the l Philippine government 1t might be sub Jected to danger.
 These appeals find ready ears attached
 to republican statemen. Democrats,
 on the other hand. insist that the Phil ippine islands should be restored to the | Fflipinos at the first possible moment They regard the contention of American I capitalists as entirely selfish and place
 such contention in the same category as
 that of Representative Randall of Cali 1 fofnia, another 'junketeer'' who insists 1 that before the United States grants autonomy to tho Filipinos they should
 be forced to accept the new found Amer | can doctrine of the medication of morals through law. as best expressed in stat ,.x~.., rra o,ustitutiouaV xarrh;b;ttxv. i Advance information from Senator w
 J. Harris of Georgia. who is still in the
 east. is to the effect that the Filipino,
 have shown progress within twenty years
 sufficient to warrant belief that they ars able to take care of themselves. This l,
 the attitude of practically all the demo 1 crats who made the trip--of all the dem
 ocrats in Congress, as matter of fact There will be fight in the next Con \ gress.
 | Washington. September 3--{Special)- J.
 There is no mystery in Washington naort tantalisins and perplexing than that in.
 volving the refusal of President Wilson
 to make the appointment Of the person.
 rel of the United States shipping board i It is adpittsd that there is grave ne. cessity that the board be named in thai lit might function. There is political req son, furthermore. why the President
 srouid act. The republicans. ineiudinl
 their presidential nominee. are bitterly
 assailing the board. And all foreign
 powers. including those which are fas
 being rivaled in business by America 'are opposing the p'ans and purposes q