Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-06
HAYES GIVES VIEW
OF THE PHILIPPINES
Advocates Island Freedom,
Opposition to Be Heard in
Forum Later.

Inc granting OF early independence
30 the Philippines as the only solution
Of the problem concerning them. which
now confronts this Government was
urged last night by Senator Harry B
Halves of Missouri, In an address in the
National Radio Forum.
Owing to the widespread interest in
The question of Philippine independence
and the fact that there is a wide di-
vergence of opinion as to what course
the United States Government should
pursue, the National Radio Forum at a
later date will present a distinguished
speaker, who will present arguments
against this countrys surrender of its
Island control.
Speaking through Station WMAL
ever the forum arranged by The Star,
and sponsored by the Columbia Broad
casting system over a Nationwide
hook-up, Senator Halves, who is a
member of the important insular af-
fairs committee of the Senate. declared:
Favors PIebiscite Later.
"It would seem that the only solu-
ton Of our problem in the Philippines
is to set a time for their independence
at some early date; direct the charac-
ter of government we desire them to
put into operation; supervise the
framing of a constitution for them;
give them a test period Of, say, five
years, in which to try out the burdens
Of the new relationship, and then pro-
vide for them to hold a plebiScite at
the end of that period to determine at
the polls whether they desire to go on
as an independent people"
Ganafor IaWpe T0iNtpG ont that the
granting of independence might re-
suit in such burdens as the raising by
this country of graduated tariff bar
riers against Philippine goods
He urged that immediate attention
be given this matter. declaring 1t Is
problem Of the present, not Of the
future.
Text of Address.
The text of his address was as fol-
lows: $40,
The average American has little
knowledge of the Philippines. He
knows these islands came into the pos
session of the United States In some
way as the result of the Spanish Ameri-
can War. He has a haZy recollection
Of the historical incidents marking the
many years of rebellion over alleged
br1Italities. both in Cuba and the Phil
ippines. previous to the Spanish-Am
lean War and during the control OF
these island possessions by Spain.
He knows that in South America all
the nations had set up independent
democratic governments years ago and
that there was the same desire on the
part of Cuba and the Philippines at the
time of the war in 1898.
He recalls the destruction of the bat
tleship Maine in the harbor of Havana
and remembers or has read of the call
to arms that followed. The end of the
war Is quite fresh in memory to many
Of us and is one Of the recent martial
pages of American history.
But at this point the average Ameri-
cans acquaintance with the Philippines
begins to grow hay, and the average
man simply takes it for granted that
ut the close of the war we came into
possession of both Cuba and the Phil
ippines and that Cuba later was given
her complete sovereignty, while the
Philippines remained with us.
The average American knows little OF
the details of the Spanish War except
that Admiral Dewey sailed into Manila
Harbor and, turning his guns upon the
city Of Manila, became master of the
situation.
AguinaldO's Part FORGOTTEN.
1t Is necessary to refresh our men,
cries on this subject before we realize
that the SpaniardS had been driven be-
fore the land forces of the veteran Fill
pino leader, Aguinaldo, until the Span
iards were practically confined to the
city Of Manila and that while our YES
sells stood with guns trained on this
capital, we had no land forces to oc-
eupy the islands, and that it was the
army of Aguinaldo, the Philippine lead
er, who cut of the water supply from
L.. l.
that city, where they remained power
less under the range of the guns of the
American fleet.
At this point the knowledge of most
Americans ends as to the Philippine
Islands and the problems which they