Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-08

manner in which the Filipino character has
developed under the American regime. The
admiration felt for the United States and
Tor everything which It represents is uni.
v"rsal throughout the islands. and every
iIttl" Filipino models himself ms closely as
he can upon the American type. which is
his ideal For the first time in the his
tory of the islands there has been shown
to the people tn" possibility of becoming
separate nation. and the national char
art"rEtirS Of tn" people have been greatly
stimulated by this possibility.
Grateful to the United States
"Thc gratitude of the Filipinos toward
for them is very deep. The Philippine Is
lands viii be grateful to the United States
ms long nS the world exists. as 1t IS u tradi-
non which is early implanted in the chill
dr"n and which dccpcns as they grow and
see for themselves what has been accom-.
pushed. rs compared with the conditions
which formerly existed and Of which they
have learned from their elders and from the
history of their country.
For not only has the United States
given my native country educational DOS
sib!liti"s but 1t has brought to it Il meas
ur" OF freedom, both religious and political,
which the older generation, which remem-
bcrs vividly the days of the former rule,
can still scarcely believe exists.
This feeling of intense gratitude has
on moro than one occasion taken tangible
form. When the trouble over the Japanese
question in California first came up, the
fliipinos were murh interested and the
sentiment toward Japan, which at that time
In the Philippines was neutral, became nj.
most acutely hostile when the ppop!e felt
That th"r" was any likelihood of trouble
between the countries.
Offered Troops for War
\u1in whom hn nito1 S,o,o, la.I...I
war; against Germany, the Philippine Is
lands offered troops to the number of SOW
eral thousands. There was no cspccioI fcel.
ing toward Germany, but only the f0ct thnt
IN" nI'ed states was in war with another
country and the FilipinoS felt that II was
up to- them to show their fcaltv in !"
practical manner. The debt to this country
WI never be repaid in the eyes of the
Filipinos. '"'
'NnturaIIy most of the Filpinos desire
ind"p"nd"nr", but this feeling will never
take any form except one acceptohia to
the United States. For the first time in
their cXistcnr" the islands have known what
it is lik" t" be treated by the governing
power MS real citizens.
As result of this, the standards of
"a" fhilippin" Islands today are pretty much
like those of the United States, i h;oh
school graduate there knows inst ohnnt
what II high school graduate does in this
country, and III" standards of living md
of personal conrlurt are now more onI p,nra
closely modelled upon those Of this country
The Industrial Development
''Ih" industrial development of the 10.
lands has been almost as great ns the cdura.
tl"nnl ana the political ,lcvelopmcnt sinoo
tn" lnited States Government came, ;rhe
Judges sent there by the American Govern
m"nt have treated all persons exactlv aIiI,o
and the result upon the sensitive TiIinino
chnrn''rr has been enormously beneficial
'Ehrh OF tn" provinces has its own ,ooo,
government. with the central goyern"o',. 'w0"t
at Manila. Thcr" is therefore, Il large I''. de-.
wisely exercised and expanded urIo o'.h1
favorahl" conditions which the I'nit"d Sto,ns ,ns
has made possible, In the things wLirh n."
worth while in the upbui,dlng Of n ,,nu',' "''
troddrn and r"presSrd national charactrr ,ho h
.Amrr,rnh . n''.rnmGmt has given in full
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