The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-27

freedom, with no American strings
attached But. on the other hand,
we're to be freed Of responsibility
as to their future national jnteg-
| rity.
In the same article, however, the
/ Shanghai weekly refers 70 mes
sage to the Filipino people from
Senator Willard +. Tydings In
Washington. informing them that,
! II there's 10 be any departure from
the independence program, 1t
must be suggested to the United
States by the Filipinos them
selves
The China Weekly Review. being
exceptionally we'll posted as to
conditions in its part of the world.
speaks with a deal Of authority
SO does High Commissioner Sayre,
as our representative in Manila.
The assumption is that he wouldn't
have expressed himself as he did
unless he'd been authorized TO do
so from Washington. Senator
Tydings. on his part. was espe-
cially influential in getting the
Filipino independence act through
congress, and doubtless knows
what he's talking about. too.
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or course. as the Review re-
marks. the theory is that the Fill.
pinos, who predominantly wanted
independence when the act was
passed. may be decidedly afraid to
60 it alone today. considering the
present situation in the Far
East" In other words. it's sur
missed that they must be apprehen.
'ive of being grabbed by Japan
II we insist on letting EN- 60.
.heyre off our hands. and they al
ways have been a liability II we
aang onto EN-, we may be inviting
trouble presently with the Japs
Yet II does seem like mean trick
TO cast EN- adrift in such an emer.
gency Surely. though, 1t certainly
appears reasonable to ask EN- tc
speak for themselves.
I've had occasion, once or twice
before, 10 refer to DR. Vincente
Villamin. a Filipino lawyer anc
economist Who in the capacity OF
a Manila newspaper correspondent
has been IN the United States fol
some time. Now l refer to him
again: because he's a particularly
competent authority on the subject
in hand Naturally he knows his
home islands like book. He also
is intimately acquainted Will
Japan and China, not to mentor
the rest Of the world, for he's trav.
eled everywhere. He's almost like
a Filipino ambassador in thi.
country.
DR.. Villamin isn't a Philippin,
independence advocate. On the
contrary. he's been here largely a.
a spokesman for the Filipino ele.
ment which has opposed 1t al
along. mainly upon economi,
grounds. and also because h,
thinks we've given his archipelago
a better government than it's like
ly to provide for itself
Japs Don't Seek War
But the doctor doesn't believe
the Japanese are the least BIZ
thirsty for a fight with the United
States.
1T stands, he says. go reason
II they get into a fight with the
United States, they'll have against
them Chiha's enormous man power
on one side. and, on the other side
America S vast resources. They're
not crazy enough to invite such
odds Neither could the Axis help
EN- in such a conflict. Further
more, Russia would surely hop on
EN-
IF We Filipinos get out from
under Uncle Sans wing. the Japs
are likely enough to try TO annex
US, but not while we stay Ameri-
can
BY their tie-up with the Axis
they do, indeed. hope to get French
1ndo-China and the Dutch East
Indies. But they can't take even
those If you Yankees say, No, in
a tone OF voice to convince EN-
China has EN- about played out
already They still seem impu-
dent but it's a bluff.
When they framed up that deal
with the AXIS they did it as for
Torn hope That dicker with the