Show their reasons cause congressmen to laugh manila aug 29 the marble hall of the municipal building was crowded all day with followers of the professional fess ional agitation for the independence of the philippines who bad been invited by governor general wright to clr their grievances against the insular and federal government bt foro the visiting congressmen the meeting was called to order by senator scott of west virginia who acted as chairman during the meeting the speakers urged the immediate independence pen dence of the islands nothing new developed in the arguments which were theace as have been put forward since the civil government was instituted one speaker until lately a member of the hong kong junta that the were better fitted for self government than the greeks bulgarians Bulga rians and persians and would bo willing to accept ande pen dence under an american protectorate or a system of perpetual neutrality arranged by the united states with the leading powers which would guarantee interference noninterference non on the part of the ambitious powers the same speaker said that one reason advanced by americans for not granting the independence was their lack of a common language he referred to their dialects and compared the with their multitude of tribal tongues with the three languages en in great britain english scotch and irish saying that nation met with difficulties in the matter of language this statement aroused uproarious laughter on the part of the congressmen all the speakers were subjected to volleys of questions by newlands warren hepburn grosvenor Gro avenor payne and cooper all finally adelt that they had not given the sub jest sufficient study to determine juanc how to handle independence if given to aba congressman cooper of wisconsin in an interview said it Is quite apparent tp aej on who has looked into the matter even super facially that self government for the fill pinos at the present time Is out of the question and that if within a very few months after the granting of in dependence there should be a fac fight similar to the aguinaldo luna feud it would give the powers an excuse to intervene and divide the islands the sessions will be continued to morrow r OF JAPANESE they give 1000 10 lo a hospital in york maine portsmouth N aug 29 baron komura and mn takahara lra who last week attended a garden party at york maine having subsequently gub ascertained that the pirty p was organized partly for the benefit of the york hospital gave 1000 to the fund tho management of the hospital has requested the associated press to make public the fact of this munificent and unexpected gift and to announce that it has been decided to perpetuate it by endowing wo beds in the hospital and placing over them tablets inscribed with tha names of the donors WIDOW JOHNSON little rock ark aug 29 mrs june johnson who was drowned yesterday at coney island was the widow of major junius johnson who died in camp at anniston ala in 1898 and sister in law of alien 1 johnson banker and ona of the leading business men of arkansas who died here saturday night and was buried here today mrs johnson was miss helen dalgleish of san francisco |