Self-government in the PhilippinesCentury Company, 1919 - 208 páginas |
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administration affairs Amer American and Filipino American Government American sovereignty appointed appropriation bill budget Bureau cabinet Christian Filipinos civil Clarke amendment Commission of Independence complete Congress constitutional Council Cuba Cuban Declaration democracy democratic Department of Mindanao economic elected eral ernment executive fact Fili Filipino foreign Francis Burton Harrison given Governor-General ican inde inhabitants Japan Japanese Jones Act Jones Law justice labor legislative liberty Luzon Manila Manuel L ment military million pesos Mindanao and Sulu Mohammedan Moro Mountain Province non-Christian Nueva Vizcaya organization party passed peace pendence pesos Philip Philippine Assembly Philippine autonomy Philippine Commission Philippine Government Philippine Islands Philippine Legislature Philippine Mission Philippine National pines pino political President McKinley President Wilson presiding officers principles problem provinces and municipalities purpose question Quezon recognized representatives responsible self-government Senate sent Sergio Osmeña teachers tion tional tive United Vice-President
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Página 166 - As Premier of Japan, I have stated and I now again state to the people of America and of the world that Japan has no ulterior motive, no desire to secure more territory, no thought of depriving China or other peoples of anything which they now possess.
Página 181 - WHEREAS, it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein...
Página 71 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts —for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Página 181 - An Act to declare the purpose of the people of the United States as to the future political status of the. people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous government for those islands,
Página 71 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Página 141 - ... an immediate declaration of the nation's purpose to give to the Filipinos first, a stable form of government; second, independence, and third, protection from outside interference such as has been given for nearly a century to the republics of Central and South America.
Página 132 - I am satisfied that the cause of the South Americans, so far as it consists in the assertion of independence against Spain, is just. But the justice of a cause, however it may enlist individual feelings in its favor, is not sufficient to justify third parties in siding with it. The fact and the right combined can alone authorize a neutral to acknowledge a new and disputed sovereignty.
Página 40 - Whereas for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of the people of the Philippines as large a control of their domestic affairs as can be given them without, in the meantime, impairing the exercise of the rights of sovereignty by the people of the United States...
Página 188 - We regard ourselves as trustees, acting, not for the advantage of the United States, but for the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to the ultimate independence of the islands and as a preparation for their independence; and we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the islands will permit.
Página 142 - We insist that we ought to do for the Filipinos what we have done already for the Cubans; and it is our duty to make that promise now, and, upon suitable guarantees of protection to citizens of our own and other countries resident there at the time of our withdrawal, to set the Filipino people upon their feet free and independent to work out their own destiny.