Show ARE NOT FOR L governor general Smi smith thin in message to philippine assembly says americans should rule deplores Dep loses Growl growing ng gulf between americans americana and fill nos and airles urges that they act acrin in unity jor for bi adt il interests of both matilla manila the philippine assembly opened on monday with simple core cero monies president presiding tho first business to como come before th body was tile the annual message to tho the as of governor general james F read in part as ae follo follows s my last word to the filipi nos Is that until tho the great majority and not a small majority majori tf of the citizens are prepared to make intelligent use of the franchise until democratic usages and customs have permeated throughout the eie population and become a part of the dally daily lire life of tile tho people until the power of unconscionable agi tutors and demagogues to la broken until education has created a just jus pub lie ho sentiment which specious argil ments menta and falso false doctrines cannot de btroy until a citizen has not only tho the power to judge but als also othe the courage to act for himself tho the best beat future of the islands lies with tho the land which has hag given the filipinos freedom ol of Rlee cli liberty of the press freedom of worship the right of tho the accused to meet witnesses against him face to face the exercise of tho the franchise free schools ant autonomy onomy in municipal and provincial affairs tho the right to participate in making laws through tho the assembly and many other rights liberties and privileges not enjoy enjoyed edby by peoples which had independence and national existence for hundreds of N years governor smith deplored tho the grow ing gulf between the american tind filipinos in the philippines and strongly urged that they draw closer together and act in ili unity for the best interests interests of both ills his message sharply criticizes criticises the municipal government of manila and the municipal pollee police force the personnel of which he said was not equal to tile the public servants of tho the city tho the provincial government gover nor smith pronounced to be entire entirely satisfactory sat Is factory tho the annual report on tho the revenues of t the islands shows a decline of about a 1 million pesos apesos about tor for 1908 under the figures of 1907 i 4 |