Show ARE NUT LA FOR independence governor general smith in message to philippine assembly says americans should rule Dep deplores lOses growing gulf between americans A me ricans and filipinos and urges that they act in unity for best interests of both marilla manila the philippine assembly opened on monday with simple cero cere monies president presiding the first business to come before we body was the annual message to the assembly of governor general james F smith which read in part as follows my last word to tho the filipinos la is that until the groat great majority and not a small majority of the citizens are prepared to make intelligent use of the franchise until democratic usages and customs have permeated throughout the population and become a part of the dally daily life of the people until tile the power of unconscionable agitators and demagogues lo Is broken until education has created a just public sentiment which specious arguments and false doctrines cannot destroy until a citizen has not only tho the power to judge but also tile the courage to act for himself the best future of tho the islands lies with the land which has s given tho the filipinos freedom ol of speech liberty of the press freedom of worship sh lip the right of tho the accused to meet witnesses against him faco face to face the exorcise exercise of the franchise free schools antinomy ant onomy anomy in municipal and provincial affairs the right to participate in making laws through 91 the assembly and many other rights liberties and privileges not enjoyed enjoy edby by peoples which had independence be and national existence for hundreds of years governor smith deplored the growing gulf between the american and filipinos in the philippines and strongly urged that they draw closer together and act in unity for the best interests of both his message sharply criticizes criticises the municipal government of manila and the municipal police force tho the personnel of which he said was not equal to the public servants of the city the provincial government governor smith pronounced to be entirely satisfactory tile annual report on the revenues revenue a of the islands shows a decline of about a million pesos apesos about for foi 1908 under the figures of loav 1907 i |