...giving them almost complete domestic autonomy, coupled with the definite assurance that the step was taken " with a view to the ultimate independence of the Islands and as preparation for that independence." " By their counsel and experience rather than by our own," says...

...regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the advantage of the United States but for the benefit of the Philippine Islands. Every step we take will...to the ultimate independence of the Islands and as preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and...

...In 1913 Governor General Harrison conveyed this message of President Wilson to the Filipino people : We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...advantage of the United States but for the benefit of the Philippine Islands. Every step we take will be taken with a view to the ultimate independence of the...

...in a message to the Filipino people delivered by Governor 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...

...Congress or another power. 1913. President Wilson said, in a message to the Filipino people, October 6: "We regard ourselves as trustees acting not for the...Islands and as a preparation for that independence." On December 2 of the same year he sent in a message to Congress, referring to the people of the Philippines...

...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...

...Commission to the Filipinos, President Wilson said in his message to the inhabitants of the Philippines : "Every step we take will be taken with a view to the...preparation for that independence. And we hope to move toward that end as rapidly as the safety and the permanent interests of the Islands will permit. After...

...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...

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