Cleveland County herald., 1920-06-17

-Nhat do4 they Maxine M. Nalaw. mean in black and Wlite?s~ e...ss 7 !, Senator Shogun, may think no people is cababies f'selfssovernmcnt. that 'eFoes net establish the judicial, reeallss or that has poe Billy Sunday. John Smith of Soner1ille may think no people is capable of lf-government that does not vote his, ,denfocratic tiSket, or go to church on Sundays. ..s<..,.a,t - "Capacity for self government, Is as bfoad and elastic astthe wortd.1and if that should be- the. criterion for the granting of Philippins3 sipdepee denfe, America niight as well say to the Fiji pinos, .'I will give yda: independence when if pleases me to do so."
 Fortunately. the American promise to. the Philippines is not based on stch obscure and abstract conditions. It is based on definite setzsblee thing. When America, through her Congress, officially told the Filipino people that they would be granted their inldpeii}i- ence as soon as, they could Establish a stable government, no abstract or ob7 Scufe condition was meant Stable government, according to American usage, means a certain, definite thing '' The United States promised tie Ca. bans the} same thing, that, TMhen they ;haveqestablished, a, st9p4e government, then American troops would be with drawn" As soon as tile Cuban people elected a government ssuitedtto them selves, capable of maintaining order and fulfilling all international obliga, tions, there was a stable governnlGnt in Cuba, and American troops were 'wdthdrawn. lo a.s 4't4a-f
 !; When ,Congress passed .;tllea Jones law, it, simply. borrowed the. Thrase "stdble government from. the Cuban history and; applied it to tie Philip pines. The history. of Philippine leg islatipn shows that in black and white With full knowledge Of what it meant the Filipino people accepted the JopaS law and immediately began setting llp the stable sovepment gequired by Con: sress as 9 prerequisite to independ-' -enee. The stable government is now a fact. Ii is indeed more tMan that; ii Is an .undisputed fact
 { The sficia1 representative of fife United States In the Philippine Islands, fhe Governor General, reported. to the American Congress and the admnistra tion that "the Filipino people have es. tablislred the stitble g6verhmept de Congress. as a prerequisite for, the granting of. aipGepenA@nceI namely, a government ;elected,hy thf suffrage of the people which is sup ported hy the people, whlclrfs jcanablp of maintaining order and, of. fulGa|inal its international obligations :"
 The Philippine question is, therefore no longer fuestion or politics. argu. lnent or suppositien, Te the Philip pine mind, at least, it is now a, qucs- tlnn of whether the United States is ready to discharge it's own obligations, fully and codnplet6iy.,ii America .Wseni befoEe the wolsld .in. the reehpts war as the ayowed champion If 'sef-deterini- ratfon" and Filipthos cannot' see how Am erfch can consistently refuse to act.
 The Filipino people, However, :haVe ms grudge or grievance against the peop}e.9 Theirs, Is. a .nessaEe, of friendship and gratitude. They seels5 independence as the natural and log ical outcome of America's policy In the islands and Of America's solemn promise to them. They come willing to give privileges and concessions not with their national wei fare. a
 The Filipino people are willing to accept independence under any of the following conditions: Under q League of Nations, guaranteeing it's territoriai under the protcctorateshil of the United States for the first few years; under treaty of neutrality De tween tue United States, England, Ja pan, France and other powers, or even without any condition whatever-ab5o lute and complete indeperdenc They have no fear of Japan. Philippine in ical to Japanese interests. The .Iapa ncse are now free to come to the Phil ippines, but at the present time there are less than 10000 Japanese in the Islands. There are six times as many Japanese in California as there are in the entire Philippine Archipelago
 Tho Filipinos are willing to take their chance as nation. Smaller na- tionsc beset by graver problems and dangers have taken more hazardous chance at freedoms, and have sue ceaGe1T
 
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