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Show FILIPIMDS fiSK WJUME Islands Plan Membership as t First Step After In-. In-. ; dependence. Mission Tells Congress Peo-j- pie Have No Fear of ". Japanese. M'A.SJTINOTOX, Juno 2. Tho Phlltp- t:nfj i-sl.-uHln will apply for membership in ll.fc of natioiiH Inimydlatniy aft.-r i r:i;i-lvini thulr lnffif:nd:ncft and will re-1 re-1 ;pd KUt'h rneniUershlp fin nui fl:Ient pro- 1 taction 1'rom oulnMe atfgroaalon. 1 In making tlil.s h tit lenient today at a ( joint mooting of fw-nato and house corn- 1 inIut;H, Manuel Quezon, president of the I L'llilipplno senate and head of the mls- c'.oh sent to thin country to urxu lnde- 1 'P':0di;i"i0e, dp;lnred there wah no reason : to 'fear attack by tiie Japanese. They did rt'it an tic: I pate trouhle from Japan, he i -' '1(1, adding that, whilo they could not ; iftjJst a powerful at Lack alone now or wtthi n ten yeara, they would be able ' Mutually to protect themselves from alt InJvarjtonw. Dependent on League. iiut our ploa for independence is not fip-ndMit at this time," he said, "on tne Uauc of nations. We would like to nee ! It - 'f firmed and wc would like to become p.i)Jt of It, with the full belief that we v.'pMilfl be able to work put our destiny." AnsworliiK Semi tor Harding' of Ohio, ftouhllran, Mr. Quezon Haiti tho Killptnus v.-iin; ready t o accept Independence wlth-' wlth-' cat any pro i e-t ion from the L' nited SUites. He thought, however, It would be-'.uf Interent If the two countries should have sume sort of an understanding- "Mr. Quezon nahi theio were two reasons why the lhiliipine should not fear trouble trou-ble from t he Ja pit nese, one be I tiff that oic.'o the United States had told the world it! was" the first nation to grant a weaker lit t ion Its Independence, no country on earth would dare Interfere. The other was that there Is not enough in the I'hilippines to make Japan want them. Memorial Is Presented. SvASIirxCTON, June 2. Final and immediate im-mediate yolmion of the Philippine question ques-tion was asked uf congress in a memorial pro en ted by the Philippine mission today ai u joint Mession of the senate committee, commit-tee, on tho Philippines and the house com-mttteti com-mttteti "ii Insular affairs. The miaslon Is officially representing tho l'hllippino leg-hda't leg-hda't ure and people. "Jt Ls for '.lie best Interests of both the United States and the Philippines," said thft memorial, "that tho independence of tho latter country be recognized and established es-tablished at this time. 1 '$uch a step will Insure the maintenance mainte-nance bf a firm and lasting friendship between the t wo peoples and will foster the free development of their commercial relations in the future; It will place on a high level thoi honor of America by the fulfillment of her repeated promises to grant freedom to the UHlpino people and thus perpetuate in the hearts of the Flli-i Flli-i plri'is the sentiments of gratitude and af-I af-I t'eiHiou which they uuw entertain toward I the American people. ' (f'or l lie first t into In 1 he history of t'iv,tjiial relations a subject and alien race ! cones to ask severance of their political connection with the sovereign nation ' without recounting any act of in just loo J don.e to them and demanding reparation j t her of or; but ra ther with a feeling of ' gratitude and affection and with the ob-t ob-t .iei-t and for the purposo of strengthening ! thft. bonds of moral and material union which liavc bound tho two peoples to- i gether In an endeavor to establish a 1 reign of justice, democracy and peace in the. world." |