Show WANT independence resident commissioner of islands says freedom was waa and people are ready for same washington in an interview manuel L gueson one of tho the resident commissioners of tho the philippines ba baa made a bold demand for philippine independence declaring it la Is high time tho the united states made good its promise of thirteen years ago that this people would be held as wards only until they were fit for self government aalthe representative of tho people of the philippine islands I 1 ani am directed to say aay that they seek from you that which will cost nothing to concede and something that will bo be more to them than wealth and life their liberty commissioner gueson whose status in washington Is that of delegate la in congress from the territories claims to be the only real representative of the people although he be has a colleague here commissioner benito legarda gueson was chosen by the filipino assembly being the unanimous choice of all parties legarda is the representative of the philippine commission and therefore it is claimed is not in sympathy with the demands of 0 the filipinos rill pinos for immediate independence |