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...organic act for the Philippines approved by President Wilson on August 29, 1916, it was stated that "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein, ' '2T in section 5 of the organic act for Porto Rico, approved by President Wilson on November 2, 1917,...

...out of their birth-right. In 1916 the United States Congress pledged itself solemnly to withdraw its "sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize...as a stable Government can be established therein." The only condition laid down has long since been fulfilled. Since, however, the men at the helm of...

...clause, so that it may be in the record—just what you are talking about? Mr. WORCESTER. Yes, sir: Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein. It seems to me that the government should be just as well as stable, and it seems to me, to meet the...

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...forth that " it has always been the purpose of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established." An amendment providing for neutralization under an international guarantee was rejected. The biJI abolishes...

...following is the Preamble to the Jones Bill, which many of our readers will wish to keep on record: Whereas it was never the intention of the people of...to recognize their independence as soon as a stable govern-^ ment can be established therein; and Whereas for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose...

...$49,961,536 $36,662,227 $33,194 912 Coffee 397.761 492,883 824,512 2,948,733 4,055,622 5,061,525 ippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon...as a stable government can be established therein. This declaration was in the form of a preamble, which was followed by an organic act providing a government...

...provision for independence at any stated time, but declared in general terms in the preamble that it was "the purpose of the people of the United States to...stable government can be established therein" and that this should be done by giving as much of the powers of govemment to the Filipinos as possible,...

...1921, they would be granted full and complete independence. The bill HR 18459, which declared it to be the purpose of the people of the United States to...their independence as soon as a stable government could be established therein, and which passed the House of Representatives on the 14th day of October,...