...brothers. CHAPTER VIII A STABLE GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED TT is, as it has always been, the purpose of J. the people of the United States to withdraw their...as a stable government can be established therein." Thus runs the fundamental pledge of the American people to the Filipino people. The independence of...

...elected, representative body, and the guardian nation definitely put on record its pledge "to withdraw its sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize...as a stable government can be established therein." From the very beginning of his administration, Mr. Wilson had to deal with these perplexing foreign...

...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...

...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...

...the War with Spain Preamble. td~niake it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement ; and Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein; and Whereas for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose it is desirable to place in the hands of...

...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...as a stable government can be established therein." To attain this end, the bill continues, the powers of government must be extended to the Filipinos...

...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,...

...declared the purpose of the United States to be "to withdraw their sovereignty over the Philippines and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable government can be established therein." Although the bill passed the House it received no consideration in the Senate. 64th Congress— Clarke...

...law) it was declared that it was the purpose of the United States to withdraw from the Philippines and to recognize their independence "as soon as a stable government can be established therein." III. A third group of territories of the United States is composed of those which are governed directly...