Show FILIPINOS FILIPINO'S THREAT STIRS MR QUEZON MANILA Oct 16 You You will not get independence now or for tor a long longtime longtime longtime time to come and it is your fault and not mine said Resident Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner Mauel Quezon at Malolos l a few days ago in an address to a gathering of the pf cit that place The new party men continue to tomake tomake tomake make it lively for Senor Quezon At Atthe Atthe I Ithe the 1 meeting one of lOt these closed an attack on on Quezon and his failure to get Set immediate independence ence by saying that now that peaceful peaceful peace peace- ful tub means had failed they must fight tight for tor independence e. e It was in answer to this attack and appeal to force that Senor Quezon delivered the frankest statement of the situation that he has ever made In public in the Philippine Islands Addressing the group of ot caciques in whose name the threat of ot force torce had been made Senor Quezon denounced them as haying having through their violent violent vio yb- lent words and deeds convinced the people of the United States and particularly particularly par par- the congress of the United States that the islands were not riot fit for independence He also algo cautioned them against threatening the United States sayIng saying say- say Ing lug that the American people would not tolerate a threat Speaking earlier In the day to la laborers laborers la- la borers small farmers and property owners belonging to the classes which have profited by American administration ad ad- ministration Senor Quezon employed the same Bame conservative tone and language lan Ian guage referring Deferring to th the fact tact that independence inde nde could not be ho expected at this time he lie pointed out the eco coo I of ot the country and counselled his audience to labor to increase the wealth of the country so that it might t be able to support Independence when i it came He pointed out the fact that the United States furnished the protection protection i tion of ot the country from without I supplying an army and a navy which the Philippines were not now rich enough to establish or maintain What more do you want than y you u now- now have You have liberty and equality before the law an and ani free ac access access access ac- ac cess to Just courts said he In de defense defense de- de tense of ot the Jones bill which In its present form commits the United States to Independence h he said it did not altogether suit sut him but that it wa was waff the best he could obtain and that a halt half loaf was better than no bread |