Evening star., 1933-01-18
F|L|P|NOS PREPARE
TO ACCEPT TERMS
InsuIar Leaders Indicate
Approval Likely for
Ten-Year Term.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The question of independence toda,
was one for the 100000 people Of tht
Philippine Islands to decide and they
probably will accept the conditions laid
down by Congress.
Despite some expressed opposition
there were indications that the 10-yeal
transitional period would be taken BY
Filipino leaders as the best possible
terms now obtainable, and that the In.
sular Legislature would accept the in.
dependence bill enacted, yesterday b!
Congress.
Members of the Philippine Independ
ence Mission here, composed of 1eaderl
of the island legislative body, said aftel
the Seante had voted, sc to 26, to over.
ride President Hoover's veto:
THE full realization of the signifi.
canoe of this action will bring joy ans
happiness to the hearts of the Filipino
people"
Objections from Manila have ema.
mated from faction that wants imme.
diate and unrestricted freedom. Presi.
dent Manuel Quezon of the Insular Sen
ate has sent word that he would come
to Washington to satisfy himself that al
had been done to obtain the best pos.
sible bill. After that, he will decid,
what attitude he and his followers will
take toward the 1O-year measure.
Have Year to Accept.
The Senate passed the bill over the
objections of Mr.. Hoover by five more
than the necessary two-thirds. Ths
House voted, 274 to "a, last week, tt
set aside the veto and make the bill
law.
Under the terms Of the measure, the
Island Legislature must accept it within
one year and then fix date for the
election of delegates to convention fol-
the purpose of drafting constitution
The constitution must be acceptable
to the President of the United States
and also must be approved as a special
island election, this vote to be the test
OF whether the Filipinos want freedom
Then 10 years of economic and politi-
cal trial would begin, during which
time immigration and free imports from
the island to the United States would
be reduced. Complete withdrawal OF
American sovereignty would follow on
the July Immediately after expiration
OF the l0-year transition period.
The campaign for free government
has been pressed by the Filipinos in one
form or another for 35 years and was
consummated yesterday afternoon in a
burst of loud cheers and hand-clapping
as Vice President Curtis announced the
result of the Senate vote.
Forty-flve Democrats, twenty Repub-
licanS and one Farmer-Laborite voted
to override the veto of President Hoo
yer. Twenty-Five Republicans and one
Democrat-Copeland of New York
voted to sustain the President.
Law Is Compromise.
The law is a compromise between
those who wanted a longer transition
period, with an island plebiscite on in
dependence at its termination, and
those who urged shorter period of re-
adjustment and irrevocable freedom.
Once the new government is estab-
ASueu-tSIIHdteu Co require TWO years
or mora 10-year period of readjust-
ment Is provided, should the islands ac-
cept the BILL
immigration from the islands to the
United States would be restricted to a
quota of SO annually, but after the 10
year transition the Asiatic exclusion
would apply, barring entry to all per-
sons not eligible to citizenship.
Imports into the United States of
sugar, coconut oil and cordage, free of
duty, would be limited annually during
the 10 years-sugar to 850,000 tons, in
Guiding 100000 tons of raw and $4,000
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