 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...  The Case for the Filipinos - Página 340por Maximo Manguiat Kalaw - 1916 - 360 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1924 - 880 páginas
...States' in the Islands. In a message to the Philippine people in October 1913, President Wilson said, 'Every step we take will be taken with a view to the...Islands, and as a preparation for that independence.' The most solemn promise of all, embodied in the preamble of the Jones Act of 1916, declared that 'it... | |
 | Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs - 1938 - 746 páginas
...statements of this intention. President Wilson, in a message to the Philippine people in 1912, said — We regard ourselves as trustees, acting, not for the...Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to ultimate independence, and we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent... | |
 | Waldemar Gurian - 1960 - 632 páginas
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