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Show u.. :....',,, - To be sure, there is the tariff and the failure to extend to Con-sti Con-sti ution and to confer citizenship. But the proclamation declares that if the laws are not perfect, they will be improved ; thut Geneaal Miles' pledge will be kept and that 'once we have secured all our liberties, the fusion of the American and Porto Rican peoples will be accomplished " Imperia ism is a bugaboo to the intelligent people of Porto Rico, They know that the United States will not keep tem in a stnte of "dark vassalage." What is true of the Porto Ricans is true of the Filipinos, At present pre-sent they arc the wards of the nation Their futureslatua remains undetermined, but whatever it may be it will be one of freedom They will be American or independent. |