Show AGREEMENT OF OF THE POWERS Congressman McCall Has a Plan Flan Whereby the Philippines Can Be Become Become Become come Free and Independent 1 i Washington March 30 Representative I tire tive McCall of or Massachusetts believes the Philippine islands should have their independence and that if they were in independent Independent Independent dependent they should be neutral terri tern territory territOry tory so 50 as not become the theatre of oC wars among foreign powers Accord Accordingly Accordingly he ho h has introduced a resolution requesting the president to open negotiations negotiations negotiations with the various nations 01 ot the globe looking to an agreement for the neutralization of these islands and for forthe forthe forthe the recognition of their independence whenever it is granted by the United States The preamble to the resolution sets forth that the argument for not giving g the islands their independence has been that if the United States abandoned them some other nation would take them This danger it is set forth can be removed by b an agreement among the nations of Europe and Asia whereby the independence of the Philippines would be declared and they would be become become I come neutral territory |