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Show Philippines for the Filipinos. "The Philippines for the Filipinos," will bo the keynote of tho policy of Secrctnry Taft toward the far oastern nrchipelago. In almost tho Inst speech ho made beforo leaving tho Philippines for homo ho reiterated tho kenynoto which ho first sounded when ho was Inaugurated governor of tho Philippines Philip-pines This speech has bcon published by tho Insular government In an official of-ficial form, nnd hns just renchod tho war department In It Govornor Taft declared that this doctrino doos not exclude tho cncouritgomcnt of Amcrl-enn Amcrl-enn enterprise or tho lnvostmont of American capital In tho Philippines, for tho renson that nothing, not oven education or n free form of govern-mont. govern-mont. "can mnko for tho olovntlon nnd civilization of tho Filipino pcoplo moro thnn tho lnvostmont vt American cap-Hal cap-Hal In tho matorlal dovolopmont of tin-so Islands." |