...the preamble of that Jones law, which is practically the first constitution of the Philippines, says: It has always been the purpose of the people of the United States- — And now, here. Congress, consisting of the representatives of the people, the men who come here...

...Philippine legislature elective by the voters. It THE FAR EAST also declared that "it is, as it always has been, the purpose of the people of the United States" to withdraw from the islands "as soon as stable government can be established." The next year Congress gave the...

...immediate independence, a preamble was added to the Jones Act which recited^ it to be, as it always had been, the purpose of the people of the United States to withdraw from sovereignty over the Philippine Islands and to recognize their independence as soon as a stable...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make 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...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make 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...

...case in question is the preamble of the Jones act of 1916, especially its second clause, which reads: "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as a stable government can be established therein/' Much argument has been consequently spent upon the question whether a stable government has yet been...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make 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...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and "Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...as soon as a stable government can be established there1n; and "Whereas, for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose, it is desirable to place in the...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement" and that "it is, as it has always been, the purpose of the...as soon as a stable government can be established." In June, 1922, President Harding said: "Whether wisely or not, our disavowal of permanent retention...

...incipiency of the War with Spain to make it a war of conquest or for territorial aggrandizement; and » Whereas it is, as it has always been, the purpose...to recognize their independence as soon as a stable J government can be established therein; and Whereas for the speedy accomplishment of such purpose...