...Wilson to the people of the Philippines, which reads as follows: We regard ourselves as trustees aeting not for the advantage of the United States, but for...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...message to the Filipino people delivered by Governor-General Harrison in Manila, October 6, 1913, said, " We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." And in his message to Congress, on December 2, 1913, the President said, " By their counsel and experience,...

...message for the Filipino people, formulated America's policy thus: "We regard ourselves as trustees not for the advantage of the United States, but for...Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to ultimate independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence." THE JONES LAW.—-All...

...the benefit of: the people of the Philippine Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to ultimate independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence." THE JONES LAW.— All these official declarations at last found Congressional sanction and expression...

...to the islands order at home and protection from foreign invasion." In 1913 President Wilson said: "We regard ourselves as trustees, acting not for the...islands and as a preparation for that independence." The Jones Act of 1916 said that the purpose of the people of the United States " is, as it always has...

...Harrison on October 6, 1913, when he said: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the advantages of the United States but for the benefit of the people...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." In his message to Congress in December, 1913, President Wilson said, "by their counsel and experience,...

...Philippines a message from the President which contained the following significant passage : " Every step will be taken with a view to the ultimate independence...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit."...

...Governor General, was sent to the Phillippines in August, 1913, with this message from the President: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the 1 Elliott, "Philippines," chs. VIII-X, XIII. 2 "Democratic Text...

...Governor General, was sent to the Phillippines in August, 1913, with this message from the President: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...protection against foreign invasion." President Wilson informed the people of the Philippines in 1913 that: "Every step we take will be taken with a view to the...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." Congress, however, exercises final control over American dependencies and in 1916, in the Preamble...