The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-10-19
A New Phase in the Struggle
for Philippine independence

proposal king the Tariff
Bill in the United States Senate which proposed
independence the of the Philippine repre-
of the advances of imperialism forty
alton the Filipino people by compelling the Filipino bourgoe
great pretense that they
independent Philippines United States to cae
them with profits from the ong
of the Philippines into only asng the struggle
pendence, but to come out as vigorous opponents of it.
This in the Senate occupying
shameless horsepay with the aspiration people,
climax the of the American mpeasts by guile and
upOn to win the Philippine bOurgoe to the side of American
peram obtain servy mpast and to use
it despcabe and traitOrOus force opposition
masses of the Philippines.
successful The Philippine bourgeose Philippine
dependence but on the contrary opposed independence has be-
yed the Philippine workers and who
the Naconasta and Democratic capitalist parties struggle
national independence.
We longer that period 6h july 1920
possible for the Philippine legislature by
the face of COodges personal Thompson:
" the constant and intense desire of
for immediate, absolute and complete independence"
The Filipino bourgeos and big landlords for which American
imperialism had created the Philippine legislature
cradle toy intended to divert the demand for genuine self
eminent and to ambitions politicians
President Coolidge April 1927 at rejected by
which the Legislature passed the veto of Governor General Wood
providing for pebisc whether the Filipino
sired Philippine independence.
To make the Philippine bourgeois words United
by willing Quezn Roxas osmena Co., in 1925
the Wall Street bankers who tempted with the
banquet tabes these vena spokesman native
modify and then all ideas independence
regime of Stmson who had from successful ubjugaon
Nicaragua by bribery blood Imperialism progressed
far that when Stmn returning through Japan
a mhs reward secretary of state under Hoover he declared
his mperst mission Governor Philippines
successful that Filipino independence
This wonder accomplished by imperialism holding
the Filipino bourgeoisie the offer of sharehough
and shameful shaO the profits to be extracted from the Filipino
falsely forward deude these political
by American capital and far from making Philippine indie
pendent of American mperat only binds closer
States.
bride Philippine bourgeosie hand
other fist the American mperia the Philippine expoers
entering independence ganted-a grant
which imperialism has not the least intention to make
Thus the farce staged the u Congress- when by threat
ening the Filipino bourgeos with tariff the Philippine Resident
who allowed the back White
pu state of frantic beggar that tariff be not placed on Philippine
products becauthey admit in a surrenerte Philippines
part of the United States.
brazeny staged threatening FipinOs
with independence proposed in the Senate October by the pro
grev mperiast elements American imperialism compes the
Filipino olng complete traitors the and
selfng dmagOg and mseaders the Filipino people, who
only be struggle for independence
considered and the unprncd enemies of and
traitors to the cause of independence
From this development since July 49, 1926 tong
of the Philippines draw lesson
The prospect held out of political independence through
development" delusion the Philippine capitalist and
landlord class has American Imperialism enemy
the workers and peasants of all the exploited toers the Philip
pne only the protara alliance with the
national independence and this al
effective only when joined in united struggle with the
revolutionary workers of the United States aternal relations with
workers of the Soviet Union and the
ebus exploited and oppressed of other colonial and semi
colonial countries.
The Communist Party of the United States welcomes the many
recent evidences given the Philippines
comprehension historic tasks and in the of the
revolutionary pretaa of the United States pledges its support to
the oing Philippines sweeping aside all eploiers
and in driving American imperass and their native rv-
Peasants Government of the Philippines