...this time a declaration as to this status. Briefly, the bill as it passed the House declared it to be the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty from the Phil1912 1913 1914 $49,961,536 $36,662,227 $33,194 912 Coffee 397.761 492,883 824,512 2,948,733...

...people of the United States in the incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and Whereas it is, as...their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recopnize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein; and Whereas...

...three. The preamble is marred by the insincerity of intentional ambiguity — it is "the deliberate purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw...Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as stable government can be established therein." The room for controversy over the italicized section...

...the people of the Philippine Islands, and to provide a more autonomous governmont for those islands. Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw thier sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable...

...the United . I States in the incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of | i conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and | ! " Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the j I people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty I i over the Philippine Islands and to...

...of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or terri-_ torlal aggrandizement ; and, Whereas it has always been the purpose of the people of the United State? to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence...

...definite date when the United States should withdraw from the Philippines, but its preamble speaks of "the purpose of the people of the United States to...Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence jis soon_as^a stable government can be established therein.*' To attain this end, the bill continues,...

...an enunciation of the general policy of the I'nited States toward the Fhillyipini's, i, us follows: "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...the people of the United States to withdraw their iity over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government...

...people of the United States in the incipiency of the war with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and "WHEREAS, it is, as...the people of the United States to withdraw their sovereignly over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as poon as a stable government...

...regard to the preamble of the Jones bill. That preamble recites : Whereas it has always been the purpose of the United States to withdraw their sovereignty...Islands and to recognize their independence as soon i as a stable government can be established there. I call a stable government a government that is...