...to you the following message on behalf of the govern inent of our country: "We regard ourselves an trustees acting not for the advantage of the United...of the people of the Philippine Islands. Every step \ve take will be taken with a view to the ultimate independence of the Islands and as a preparation...

...Governor-General, communicated to the Filipino people the following message from President Wilson: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...independence of the islands and as a preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and permanent interests...

...the Philippines with this message (August, 1913): "We regard ourselves as trustees acting . . . for the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands....independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence." lx Governor Harrison, following instructions, filled many of the appointive offices...

...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...independence of 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,...

...proceeded to carry out the message of the president to the Filipino people that "every step we will take will be taken with a view to the ultimate independence of the islands, and as a preparation for that independence." A process of Filipinization of the civil service was rapidly carried out which...

...historic message of President Wilson to the people of the Philippines. It reads as follows : FIG. 61. FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON We regard ourselves as trustees...independence of the Islands and as a preparation for that independence. And we hope to move towards that end as rapidly as safety and the permanent interests...

...President Wilson, in a message to the Filipino people delivered by Governor Harrison in 1913, said: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...the benefit of the people of the Philippine Islands. Everv step we take will be taken with a view to ultimate independence of the islands and as a preparation...

...science of self-government. In 1913, President Wilson in a message to the Philippine people, said: . Every step we take will be taken with a view to the...independence of the islands and as a preparation for that independence. And in a message to Congress in the same year, he declared : We must hold steadily...

...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...independence of 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,...

...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...