Show MUST iusi KEEP FAITH WITH II OUR NEW NW S x Now York March Marth 15 The following 3 t T from frum President J 1 G P ti university president pre of the thet t i Philippine commission to a per pert perI t I ul 1 I friend nd ta le d here torta Ire gre with ou 00 that the f N I s under obligation to extend 1 i riff uin lewe hows to the island leland of ot Porto Porte 1 i hut but I cannot accept pt your con conten content ten M I t ht it this thie obligation to 18 derived from 1 t t n which In my judg ii 11 nt fl d dus lu 8 not of Its ite own force apply t I it n d territory The obligation M I 4 ti a not constitutional v s t th hl president nt said mid with equal t ih ii an aol l felicity it is Ia our U u 11 t hound to this course by b solemn l ii II The supreme and 1 1 on rf n for removing all aU i n rj ts r between the United States and andt I 1 t Wm lin is lit t the promise made by byal t al il tl Muse Miles when hen the thc landing v 0 n i til id by b American foro fo on the J I th h the Porto should PI fL C t IK li il same xam privileges and Ad id nn nn III t as a the people of the United it t In thie thi the i I ro r it I a m fl accepted ac American eov tu fh lIt nt only without opposition but bin h i ful trust and Del confidence pp ent issue is Ia simply this thio Sh h I v rt or shall Mall we e fulfill rh hr he i inu engagements t Shall this rt ri i brak faith with the mi litti md of n Rico Woo Having ae se Kurc un ur i th h fruits fruit of General I Miles I ron Prom shall hall we e now renounce the 1 O i r Tl merican people will not tel tol I I atE tf n y paltering with solemn ob ebB obIl tion RIO the national goon good th n a nil th the nations nation good they I 1 com mn any ally violation of It tt as u the t i t i rime All over the country C Irto Forto RI n question has stirred d i j I to the deepest the national heart nod and conscience nce Legislation inspired by a breach of good faith will ill bring a 8 ter It i is said saJda a tariff Is I j i needed between Porto Rico and the I nitea United States to provide a case for the courts to determine the extent of ot I our jurisdiction over the dependencies especially the Philippines I answer I I that no DO convenience no expediency no other obligation ever Justified a breach of the national good faith I I Let l me add to too that THIS PORTO I RICAN RICA LEGISLATION IS TESTING US BEFORE THE EYES OF THE FILIPINOS who keep well informed of or all our doings They will judge by legislation le lon of or the value of or Amer ican laut promises When the ablest and most mo t statesmanlike of oC emissaries to the Philippine commission once ote expressed the fear that the Amer lean ican government gove nt might not keep the I promises It was making for Spain said N he made and broke them I silenced him with the reply Signor Signer the United States Is not Spain Is he now to learn are all the Filipinos now to learn th tat t in the furt fu t legislation for our dependencies we prove faithless to our pledges and rec reo r rant nt to our obligations Such an ex of ourselves will strengthen the hands bands of Aguinaldo and the Insurgents ur gents because unhappily it can be used u to support their persistent state statement ment meet that the Americans are no 00 more trustworthy than the Spaniards At the very moment mO when we e ne need d to inspire ln confidence ce in the minds of or i the conquered Filipinos shall we 0 com corn commit mit an art act which will confirm their I distrust of ot us quicken their and breed new and perhaps ble He antipathy God forbid |