Show PORTO RICO STUDENTS ASK ISLAND BE FREE San Ban Juan truan P P. P R R. Dec 7 The 7 The students of or the University of or Porto Rico have presented a petition to to- tho legislature asking it t to amend tho the memorial t to to President Wilson Filson and tho the American Congress so as to demand complete In Independence Independence independence In- In dependence as tho the only status compatible ble with the thc ideals and interests of ot Porto Rico nico Most of or the petitioners wore mustered out of oC tho th students' students training corps this week and represent somo some of oC the most prominent families tam Illes of or tho the Island One One Antonio Barcelo Jr Is the tho son of or the tho unionist president of or the tho senate The Tho petition states that the action of or ortho tho the students Is lg based on President ent Wil tons sons speeches promising self deter self to small nations A dispatch from Crom San Juan under date d I of or December 4 said that a n memorial to President Wilson requesting complete self government for Porto Rico had hadeen been een Introduced In tho the lower house of ot the legislature The Tho memorial expressed expressed expressed ex ex- pressed tho the belief hello that Porto Ricans had demonstrated their capacity for self government and said that the Porto Porto Porto Por Por- to Rican soldiers ha had cheerfully and left their homes to fight for democracy In the belief that when the war was wag over and the victory won on on Porto Porto Porto Por Por- to Rico would he lie given tho the same freedom free free- freedom dom for or r which it fought |