Show GOV GENERAL OF philippines FOR FREEDOM declares it not right that freedom should longer bo be withhold withheld by FRANCIS BURTON HARRISON HAn RISON gentral of the philippines philippine first article my six ex per lonco lonce as KOV key all A emor general of me lie philippine islands have con placed we me that the filipino people are ready and it to have choir ands anil pe pen dence I 1 hays have recommended to congress Congre ai as well as to tho the executive IN d to I 1 n I 1 a tra tion gen harrison that be ya granted independence an to the question of t the th stability liability of government I 1 with wish to t say ay to the am upon my kiy responsibility ti an the he governor general that in ray my opinion there exists today la in the philippine islands a stable which I 1 think should hald answer the requirements quire ments laid down dow by presidents orant and mckinley McK laley nad and as an I 1 under taud ll it also algo by mr root namely ft a government elected ky the th suffrage luf Trac of t the people which li in supported by the tad people which Is capable ot of maintain Int order and ot of fulfilling ful faling its international I 1 sin m very alad to go fo on an word record to be ing entirely la in with the th aspirations pi rations of the nation for or in dependence I 1 have to contro contress that in granting some om provision 1 ilailo similar ta f what i is known as tho platt amendment in the ib with cuba which restricts thi th I 1 aaby ot of ali now new republic la bor borrow 1 BI tiel atif permits par nilta the united with tho the tho the new republic 9 1 4 car came conditions condit loni of it disorder should b found to rach bach tion loes not cour come its aji in an of tho the views of C th the filipino it 1 I i nix own view ot of what would bo be to t secure a feeling of nd ad satisfaction on the part wall ot all peir persona mons who have already invested Tented In mony money ig tal the philippines philippine or who contemplate da lug so in the near future lint but it Is I 1 not right that independence ci itself should looser longer be delayed uy by temperament by experience by financial ability in every way tho the aro are entitled to bo be free from every except of their own choice they ar are latallo latal ll gent enough to decide for fop I 1 have leavo found the native filipino of fickal to be honest and as a ca pable of administering administer inc executive post poll lions ua as eny any inen I 1 haye have met anywhere in n the world rhetie are today goyer governing ning 1000 municipalities eind and forty two provinces e economically efficiently and for the lio good of tho the entire people they have a native congress including many rainy of yale princeton 11 harvard arvard anil and other american universities outer other members ore ire of santo banto to inas find and other philippine universities ond nd in education and ability they compare favorably fayora bly with any I 1 know they hava bare leaders like 1110 speaker Os mena of the iho house of representatives and quezon of the sonata senate who would adorn any domce the philippines are away ahead ot of tho kite united states in successful govern ment mant ownership and operation of pub I 1 11 I 1 lie utilities the jook ook hold of the tha steam railways and made thern them tay pay a profit of pesos apesos a year more than under private ownership it took hold of the highways and nd we havo have miles of the best mae mac adami zed roads in the w wid w id ld the th manila city government Is about to take oyer over vie the street railways and the gas e aa and electric plants while the ter rit orial government is 1 arranging for or ownership ond and control of the coal sup ply the movement for independence if a peaceful one no territory was waa more mor loyal to uncle sam during the war it offered on an armed and equipped division to our government gave it a rina destroyer and oyer oversubscribed subscribed lib erty loans and red cross funds two million natives speak english fluently and there are english speaking children in the public schools I 1 tan in than willing to retla retire if the r can be granted what they deserre deserved deser vec a government like that of the lh bulted states |