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Show - - . \ Philippine Independence Won WonAfter I . After Struggle of oi Centime Centuries : I P a u Y4 \ . . uv " Q a ; # a aQ , , f fa a 1 b \ ? ' \q q \ qY Y . I\ I I4 . . ' A Aq 4 s \ fy fy9 , \ - / \9 9 \ a ? 1 , g gY " kSV Y ' , to toar ' ar ari t i\ i \ a i'w J 'w w 'wi 'wY ' i \Y Y \ Yt I t 1 a4k 1a4k y } V VY Y Yb b pw Y a \ , \p p \ 4j 4jp w t4 t4as as ' ps C6 C6r r ' ' 1i yaw " I r ryaw j jI jLZ LZ 1 . ( ' : : > j ja ) a a m mPresident , Manuel " ' ryt 1 t 1Quezon to President Roosevelt Handing Signed PhIlippine Constitution ry ryQuezon Quezon , PresIdent of the Philippine Senate Inset , Emilio Aguinaldo , Who May MayBe ph pht phKk t Kk Be Se KkSe a Candidate for President xls a . By WILUAM WILLIAM C . UTLEY1S9S UTLEY UTLEYBN 1S9S lSDS , , when A Admiral mlral Dewev's Dewevs Dewev'sguns Dewev'sguns Dewev'sguns Dewevsguns ' I BN guns hid l1'ld l1ld hod ' haidly hardly bal dly concluded theIr theIrpronouncement theirpronouncement tlieirpronouncement pronouncement that Amerlch'1d Amerlci Amerlc\ Amerlc ' \ t Ind h'1d h1d hid hidbecome h'1dbecome Indbecome ' become a R \ world orld power 110er pottier 110\\ 110 \ er , and the theechoes ( theechoes lie lieechoes echoes weie wele were still stili rumbling over oyer bh Ila bhnUll Ilanun Minlla % nUll nun bay , the 10,000000 10000000 , Inhabitants of oftbe ofthe ofthe tbe the Philippines Phlllppmes were alrcnih alrcalh alreadt dem'1ncl dem1ncl demand dem'1ncllng demandlag dennndIng ' lng lag complete political Independence . . Ten y years ars from trom this coming conHng fourth fourthof r Fourthof urth urthof of July they may get It at list l'1st l1st hst ' , after a along along along long struggle , , both pliysicil phyctc\l phyctc l plmystcil : ' \ and dlplo diplo dlplomatte diplomatic dipiomalic matte matic . Piesldent Plesldent President Franl Franklin lIn D Roose noose- noose Roose- noosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt - - velt signed Ins Ius his nimc n'1me n1me nzme ' In lO ink } , . to the con constltutlon constltution constitutlon stltutlon stltution of the tbe new Philippine Phtllpplne gO\- gO gOernment got go\-ernment go ernment \ - ernment . . So did Manuel Quc7on Que7on Quezon , , pres presIdent presIdent presIdent Ident of the Island senile sente senate , Six weeks weeksbeCore weeksbefore weeksbefore beCore before that that , . , members of the Phtllpplne Philippine Phtllpplnehouse Philippinehouse Plillippineliouse house of repiesentalhes replesentathcs reptesentatltes signed sibned sinned It , one oue oneof oueof oneof of them In his own bloodPhilippIne bloodPhilippine blood bloodPhilippine Philippine Independence Indepemlence has not al alwa always always wa ways s been our woro worry \ \ orr , ) The strugle struggle struglehad strugglehad strugglehad : ; had its beginning centuries befoie before befO ! e the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States e\er e er ewer e \ er exlctedThe existedThe existed exlcted existedThe ; The story reilly re'1l1y re1l1y redly ' opens , so fir f'lr flr far ' as the thewhite thewhite tliewhite white race Is concerned In the Sear ipnr1521 < , ar 1521 , . when rei Temando Femnando nando nandol'1gLlhn ! \ Migcllin \l'1gLlhn l'1gLlhn l1gLlhn Magilhn ' , . tli th It Itmost itmost itmost most Irrcpress.ible Irrcpressible lrrepres.lble lrrepreslble irrepressible : . . of all g gidibouis"discovered gidibouisdiscovered ld td Ibou tboui " ' ' "dlsco\ "dlsco dlsco "dlscoered 'dtscotered dtscotered " ' \ ered ' tlie the archlpeligo archlpel'1go archlpel1go archipelago ' of tl/l tl l the theeastern tlipeastern / " eastern Pacific . It may mi m'1 m1 ' be well 1111 lrii 1111ngined lriiaglned Iinnglned ngined aglned that Skipper Magellin's Magellins Iagel1'1D's Iagel11Ds Magellan's Magellans ' ' l1e311 heatr heatrtes l1e311les hcaiiles les tes , , with many moons on tlie the open opcn sthaving si Sl st I IhavIng ihaving havIng depleted their food supply II It IIthe Itthe lithe the extent that the dinner menu COI cot COIslsted cotsisted coisisted slsted sisted of friciSi-ce friciSi ce frIcassee rrJc'1s rrJc1s ' - ee of leitlier le'1ther le1ther le'ttlrer lettlrer ' ' rlggln rlgginr riggingand , . . and boiled bol1ed tongue ( of oC shoe ) , , hilled h'1lled h1lled lulled ' tlI tlIslands tl tI tlIslands 1 I 1Islands Islands " with "lth lth delight . . Tlie The Time mtlve natlve 1t1\"c 1t1 "c c ' \ " rle rlrl rlrland rl rliand < 1 1and iand and sugarllIch sugar , \ which \\llIch llIch tthicli would wouhl ha\e ha e hose lia \ e been jU"1 jU1 just justanother jU"1another JIKanother " ! another Tuesdiy Tuesd'1Y Tuesd1Y Tuesday ' night dessert des"ert desert " at Mr MN MNComez MrsGomez . Gomez Comez . * ' Seaman's Seamans ' home back bac1 . In 10 sunm sunnt sunm5paln sunntSpain sunn\Spain sunn Spain \ 5paln Spain , must have lool lookpd looked pd to them thew ] lIhl llkta lIhla lkc lkca a banquet for the godsSenor gods godsSenor Senor enor ? Mageilin Magelhn ufagellan [ is 5 still stili there thcre , , but not nothecause notbecause notbecause hecause because he lie fell in love lo\"e lo "e e \ " with tlie the seen seencry seenery seencry cry ery . Ue fie He was 1.ltIe 1ltIe killed . by mthcs n'ttites nttites mth ' e8 on theIsland the theIland theIsland I-land I land Island ' - of Mictan l\f'lctan l f'lctan flctan Mactan \ ' And whit wl1'1t wl11t what ' rcmilnedof rem'llnellof remainedof rem'llnell remllnell remained ' of his stout heirtcd he'1rted he1rted hearted ' cicw Clew crew continued continuedaround continuedaround continuedaround around the globe \ without ttltliout Itho\1t Itho 1t \ himWhen 1dmWhen him 1dm himWhen When the bO)8 bO8 boss 003 , ) s got back home they theywere theywere were ' \ ere pretty much the toasts of their theirlespective theirrespective theiricspective lespective respective communities communllies and were In- In InHted In Invited - . vited Hted anted to addre address s tlie the local Kiwanis KI\\anls KI anls Khsanis \ and andnotar andRotary andRotary notar Rotary and the Iberian equl\ equl equl\alent equl alent equlalent equttalent \ \ alent of ofwhat ofwhat ofwhat what " we "e e call the Uot Ilot Stove StOe Store StO\ StO \ e league league1 leagueI I 1 gged on with bribes hrlJes ! of hot tamales tamaleshn tamalesand tamales&nd tamalesnd hn and & rare Castllllan CasUman Castillian \ wines Ines they were werenot werenot werenot not above spell spellbinding mdlng \ wide Ide eyed se- se senoritas s-norltas s norltas senoritas - & - - noritas \ with ltll reluctint reluchnt reluct'rnt reluctrnt ' a admissions mlsslons of oftheir oftheir oftheir their daring deed . Mixed In with withthLlr withtheir withtheir thLlr their revelations there wis w\s w s was ' \ probably probablya 11 a little truth and the ( lie word e\ e eentually etentually eventuallyot \ entually , ; , , ; ot out that thereere tliere there \ were \\ere ere \ Philippine Phi1lpplne I.s Is I.slands islands . Islands lands somewhere In tlie the Pacific , say sayabout sayibout 'Ibout Ibout about ' t\\ t two t0 \ 0 mutinies and three famines faminesout faminesout out from BarcelonaBullied Barcelona . Bullied the Nativesht NativesAt Natives NativesAt At ht any rate . Spinlsh Sp1.nlsh Sp1nlsh Spanish . sailors S'1nOt S1nOt ' ' ) of the theHcxt thenext thenext Hcxt next generation ' ' igun 'lg11O lg11O 'iglmn iglmn found th the ( > Phll Pull PhllIpplne Pullippines PhilIpplnes Ipplne ippines ' ! , , and nnd began bull bull\ing bull ing bullying \ 109 the on na onUvea natrves natlves Uvea trves Into subnll'1 subnll1 submission ' lon In ITO 1'15 115 105 ' ; ( ; , gainingcomplete gaining gnlning gainingi i ( ' complete 'omplete omplete control lu in 1770 liO 170 ' ) ; It is doubt doubtSul doubtfill oubt oubtful ful Sul If these Spaniirds Spani'1rdc Spani1rdc Spaniards ' ; hneor knew hne\\ hne \ , , or any anyburly an- an anhOdy any anybody , ) - body hOdy burly else knew I.new Inew . until ( tlie the lie Rand It-nnd It nnd - Mc McNal M al alIy ally Iy 15 mip ID\p ID p map ' \ makers maL.crs maLcrs maters . got bus\ bus bllC bus3 busthit : \ . , th'1 th1 thit that ' t their new newcoloni'll net netcnlonl'tl newcolonlii v coloni'll colonill cnlonl'tl cnlonltl ' ' holding holdings hohlln 'J J ? ' Included 7083 70SJ 7053 Is Isl'1ndsto isfindstwo islinds l'1nds-t\\o l'1nds l1nds t o finds-two finds two ' - twn \ of th them .m m < . , I Iu70n Iuzon U10n md 1ull and ' Mm113n'10 Motdnnao Mm- Mm Mot Mmlamo - lamo 113n'10 113n10 dnnao ' , , 40000 and 38,000 38000 3gOOO 35,000 35000 , , sqmic square sqlJ'11 sqlJ11 ' e mnes mnesIn mile milein milesIn s In ' irei 'ife'l ifel area ' , , and nine nlnc othel othcis otlieis s more mMe th'1n th1n tti linn1 ' ' n 1 1400 000 squire sfJu'lre sfJulre square ' miles ' ' iplcc 1plec\ 1plec 'tpieci tpieci ( \ 1 IIo\\ IIo IIoe uowevcr flowerer \ \ e\ e eer \ er , rillplnos T'lllplnos Tlllplnos rlllplnos ' like lil.e lile . cleph'1nts cleph1nts cleph'rnts clephrnts cleph'1ntsuever cleph'rntsnever elephintsliever ' ' uever never foiget COlgE't COlgEt forget ' . , ind 1nd and the Idea of eompletindependence compiete eomplet compieteIndependence completeIndependence e Independence kept I.ept Iept . rinkling r'lnhllng rlnhllng r'inkling ' ' In their theirmInll ttuei ttueiminds theirminds r mInll minds for quite a n spoil "pell pell spell " until unlll in 1S9G 1SDG 1S96 I I'welled It Itswelled rt t welled 'welled ' , " forth In open OICn ) revolt re"olt reolt , " underI'mllfn under underPmlllo I'mllfn Imllfn ) ' 011110 Agiilnaldn Aguln.lhlo Agulnlhlo Agulnaldo . ' Tlie 'file file 'flee flee Spinlsli Sp'lnlsh Splnlsh Spanlshu ' rul rut rutI I ( rs p iciCicd lclfied mcltied Senor Suror AoUimldo A6uln1ldo Auin'ildo Auinildo ; ' with with.ltn withUiri withtlirnts .ltn ltn Uiri . ( nts , . promises promle promles . , ' ' ) mil 'lntl lntl and ' goodne goodness " ! . hnO\\8 hnO 8 knows hnO8JIOW knowsflow knowsliftw \ JIOW flow many peseta1- peseta1 pecetnCJ pesetn9 peseta1ind ; , - ) , . ' ind 1n.1 1n1 and . he and his hits hisprlnclp'1l hitsprlnclpal hisprinclpil prlnclp'1l prlnclp1l prlnclpal ' henehmen heTllhmen henchnmen rotirpd retlrpct retired to tlie the htt het hetm betuogpneoiis m \ LOg'neous LOgneous iogeneorrs ( ' obseiiriti obsurrlty obiUlrll ) . ) or of Hong lIong hiong Kon Kong In InJf"l7 inJS J-f"l7 J f"l7 fl7 1517 & - " ' ' T , , there thf'rc thfrc ' to plin phn pion their t1wlr s\lh s lh subsequentrevolt subsequent subsequentrevolt \ ( ' Juent Juentrf rf rfoU revolt > \oU oU \ of lSISIn 1S9SIn 1SQ8 lSIS 1S9S 1SQ8In ) In tint th'1t th1t that ' icjr year eolr eolrr . Arliuica Adimulea \r r \ ll ! 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( tliem tJlem item an nn ' ' iiitonomnus 1\1tonomous 1 1tonomous 'tutnnomnus tutnnomnus \ gO\ gO got gOrnment gotmrnment go\frnrncnt go frnrncnt \ { rnment mrnment under unrlPr tlie tile the Tones lones lanes act nct of DIG 1016 1016'flue ] 191Glie ' ' 111e 'flue flue ( . 1'11l1ndersete Islnndcrs 1'11l1nders 111l1nders Islanders ' weic \\ete ete Sete \ \ quick flulLl gnlck , to 01T orTer olTcr .r r < . theirold thdr their thdrMid tlieirMill Mid old to tri the Ule United Stiles States t'lt tlt ' s In tlie the tlieorhlwiir llorld llorldi \ \\orhlwiir orhlwiir \ \ orM orM"l1r i "l1r l1r " iur , ' mil 1n11 and na uS as soon ns as O ! : > It wis was \ \ 1S ' over O\Cr O Cr oter \ bE beKan bpiin ' Kan ( 'ln ln ' n consistent cunsl"lcnt cunsllcnt " petitioning peillioning tietitloning for Inlle Inde Indeprnllenci Inllepi Indcp pi prnllenci ( rulpnn rlflflnC'1 rlflflnC1 ' wlilcli wllkh which II In Ins ms I ne\ ne net never newer \ t > r snbsliUd subsided sull subsidedMust snbsliUdMust JII ( tI tIMust Must Wait Walt Ten Years YearsII YearsI I II I PV et " \ ' iiinrip IIIlIrh iiriude > sonic smite OIlIC ' Ill he hen1\\nv hen1 nv > ul\\a\ ul a ndwav ulaIn \ \ \ \ " In Decem Decemiu DcccmI'll DcccmIll iu , , ' I , .f f Ilf . ir I IQ I9 ( } ' ' . ! . ! ' wlipn wlipil when connt ( , ron Ull,1 Ull1 " , ipss < ' ( ' ' 3 9 ' pnsceil fIs"ell fIsell passed ( } " the time Hawes Haw lIan es Cutting bill b111 This pro\ pro proWed protltled protltledthat proddedtint \ Wed Wedth'1t th'1t th1t that ' , , subject to tlie the approval appro\nl appro nl approtal \ of the bill bull billby bullby billby by tlie the Philippine legislature , , tlie the Is Isl'1n Islands Islinds l'1n l1n lands ' s \ would ould be allowed to dr'1up dnw dr'1\\ dr'1 dr1 draft ' \ \ up arepublrctn a arepHblic nrepublic republrctn repHblic in U1 constitution con"lItutIon conlItutIon " which wlilch \ 1\leh 1 leh \ would wouldhave \ wouldhave ould ouldhave have to be acceptible accept'1ble accept1ble acceptable ' botli both to them themand themand themand and to the President Presldult Presduit , of tlie the UnitedStates United UnitedMates UnitedStates Mates States Then , after nfter a penod peuod peuo of ten tenJ tenyears teniearb J years ear : . , tlie tllC the islinds Isl'1nds Isl1nds Islands ' \ would ou Id be grantedcomplete granted grantedcomillcte grantedcomplete comillcte complete Independence IDUcl'emh.n IDUclemh.n IDUclemhn Inuependence ' . .e e < . Dunu Durmn During ; , ; the theten theten tlieten ten J years sears cars exports c\ports c ports ' \ : and nnd tlie the number numher of ofPhilIppIne ofPhilippine ofPhilippine PhilIppIne Immigrants Imwlrants Immlrants ; to tlie the UnIt United UnitedStates UnitedStuteb .d d < . .dSt.te St.te Stte States . : . \ would ould be restricted After thatthe that thatthe tliatthe the Islands \ were ere to be outSI outside < ' the theI theAmerican theAmerican tlieAmerican I American tirlT t'1rlff t1rlff tarlf ' [ ( W'111I wallPresident will W'111 W111 wall willPresident ' I President noo\er noo er nOOcr Hooter nOO\ nOO nooeretoed \ cr \etoed etoed 'etold etold tetoed \ ' tlie the blll bill blllJanu'1r billIanuars billTanuir Janu'1r Janu1r Ianuars ' ; 13 , , 1933 lDJJ , , on tlie the grounds tli th tlm 1t it 1tIt itIt itIt It had hind been selfishh selfslilt planned to protectAmerlcui protect protectAmerlc'1n protectAmerlcin Amerlc'1n Amerlc1n Amerlcui ' agriculture ngrltulture against Dgalnst Philip PJullp- PJullp Phillp PJullppine Phillppine Philippine . - pine labor an and products ; : ; it did notsatlsfactorll3 not notsaUsfnctorll notsatisfactorily saUsfnctorll satlsfactorll3 dischirge dlsch'1rge dlsch1rge diseiisrge ' Amcricin Amcrlc'1n Amcrlc1n American ' respousibllit3 re respolisiblUtJ responsiblliti spolisiblUtJ spousibllit3 toward toar towards to\\ to \ ar : . ; ? the isljndeis Islolndel islanders s , who whowere \ wliowere ho were \ ere unreadi unrendJ unready for Independence Indepcndwcc ( 'Eco Eco 'Economic ' 'Economic Economic ' Dco DconomIc nomIc Independence of th tliQ thg Philippines I'litlipplues Ilitlipplues Philippinesmust I'litlippluesmust Philippinesmust ' must be attained attainell before political In Independeace Independence Independence |