Evening star., 1943-10-14
Take Mandafed Isles
From Japs After War,
Tydings Urges U.S..

IYuhyS urges U. }.
To guarantee the future security
of both the Philippines and the
| United States in the Far East, Sem
ator Tydings. Democrat, of Mary
land declared last night this Gov
ernment should take possession of
the japanese inundated islands in
the Pacific after the war.
Speaking in the National Radio
Forum, arranged by The Star and
broadcast over the Blue Network
the Senator charged that Japan is
using all her inundated islands as
anchored airplane bases to hold
our Navy at bay"
we should own these islands for
our protection in the Pacific" he
said Japan now owns or has man
dated to it, the Maranas Islands
which are strung out north and
south between Hawaii and the
over the Caroline and Marshall Is
lands, which lie about half way be-
tween the Philippines and Hawaii
'' They are really advance islands !
of Hawaii.
Expects Philippine Consent.
Likewise, the Philippines, 7 am
sure, will want us to have suitable |
land, naval and air bases in the |
Philippine Islands from which we
could in the future stop any attack
across the Pacific toward the United
States, and these Philippine bases
would likewise be a protection for
the independence of the Philippines
as well. We should secure these
bases from the Philippines only with
their mutual consent, which l am
sure they will gladly give"
Predicting that the Japanese would
be driven out of the Philippines and
orderly democratic processes of law
and order and election restored be
fore July 4, 1916 the Senator said
it was proposed TO give the Filipinos
their independence then and there
This would be authorized in leg
lslation already pending, but the
Senator predicted that further leg
lSlatlon soon would be introduced
dealing with bases in the Philip
pines, with the matter of securing
reparatlons for the the property the
Japs have damaged in the Philip
pines, for sound trade relations be-
tween the Philippine Islands and
the United States and for the Sc
curlty of an independent Philip
pines as we'll as for the security of
the United States"
Questions Considered.
The whole subject of the Philip
pine matter, both present and fu- I
ture, Senator Tydings said. has
been considered by President Roose (
velt, President Manuel Quezon of
the Philippine Commonwealth. now
living in Washington; various de-
partments of our Government inter-
ested in the Philippines and bv
Congress"
Japanese radio propaganda is
being directed against the United
States in the Philippines. the speak .
er said, adding:
lheV are now treating the Fill
iplhos with great kindness. flatter-
ing them and continually, dav after
day' making propaganda to win
lnem away from American afec-
ton
Asked bv Edward Boykin. who
presided during the forum radio
program, what the japanese were
telling the Filipinos. Senator
TEdines explained:
The japanese say the United
States never intended to give the
Fllipjnos independence, that we are
lnSlncere, that we only want to ex-
plot and Use the Filipinos. that We
never had any business there in the
first place.
Foster Pre- ejudice.
The JapS say to the Filipinos:
You are brown people, we Japs
are fellow We are both colored races
Inc Americans are white Further
the Japs say: Your islands lie close
to Japan. We produce different
Things, not the same things. What
~" piouuCt we neeQ. what We
produce you need. AS we are races
living together in the same section
OF the world and our trade is
beneficial to each other why don't
You JON with us in driving the white
man out of Asia We are all Asiatics
The white man is here to exploit
Asia. Join with us now while we
have chance. Kill the Americans.
they are your real enemies, not YOUR
friends
Such propaganda has not been
successful up TO the present, the
Senator indica ed. FORTUNATELY. .
our record is so idealistic and so
unselflSh toward the Filipino
people, he said, that our friendly .
relations with them of the last 40
years furnish concrete example
that these japanese statements are
hes. The overwhelming masses of
the Flllpinos like the United States.
are loyal to the United States and
appreciate that the American Gov
ernmcnt has scrupulously kept its
word, have helped them and have
treated them as equals. All this
past history is standing US in good
stead now"