Show AMERICAN A POLICY IN PHILIPPINES FULLY VINDICATED On July 4 last on or 01 the anniversary anniversary sary fan of ot the declaration of oC our Independence Inde peace and amnesty were promulgated pro pro- in the Philippine Islands Some trouble has t since Ince from time to time threatened with wih the Mohammedan d thIn dan n Moros oral but with wih the late Insurrectionary insurrectionary Filipinos the war var has haH entirely ceased Civil Civi government hats has now been Introduced Not only anI does docs each Filipino enjoy such rights to life Ibert liberty and th the pursuit of happiness as ns he ha hl has never before known during during the recorded record- record ert ed ec history of oC the te islands but the people peo peo- pie taken as a I whole now no enjoy enjo a measure of oC self government sel go greater Seater than that granted to an any other Orientals Orientals Ori Ori- b by an any foreign power and greater greaten great great- er en than that enjoyed 1 b by an any other Orientals Ori Or- under their own government nt save e the Japanese alone We e have not gone Inc too far In granting the these e rights of ot liberty and self government go but wo we 0 o ha have havo certainly gone Ione to the limit that In Inthe Inthe inthe the Interests of the Philippine p people themselves It wa was wise or just jUt to go o To hurr hurry matters maters to pro go o faster than wo so are now going would entail calamity on the people of oC th thC thO Islands NO POLICY EVER E ENTERED INTO BYTHE BYTHE BY BYTHE THE A AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS VINDICATED VINDICATED VIN yIN ITSELF IN MORE Ion SIG SIC SIGNAL SIGNAL NAL MANNER THAN TItAN TILE THE iE POLICY OF HOLDING THE TIlE PHILIPPI PHILIPPINES ES The triumph of or our arms above all ni the triumph of oC our laws and principles has hag come sooner than we had any right to expect expect Too much praise pral e cannot be given to the arm army for Cor what It has done In the Philippines both In warfare and from rota an nn administrative c standpoint in preparing the way for civil c 1 government govern govern- o ment and similar credit b belongs to the 1 i |