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Show j '-If our opiKinunts e.ime Into 5 J IMiwor nnri attempted to carry out I their promises to the Filipinos by giving them Independent e, iiiul i withdrawing Amerliiin lontrol $ from tlin Mauds, tlie icsult would J be fiishtful calamity to tlie Fill- -k J plnos themselves, and in Its Iarg- J J er n.peet would amount to an In J ternatloiinl crime. Anarchy t would follow; and tin most vio- I J lent iimuchlc forces would he dl- J rooted partly ugsihint the civil? J government, partly against ah J forms of religions mid educa- J tloiml civilization ltloody eon- J filets would inevitably ensue In J the nrelilpclago jind Just us In- J J cvltubl) the Islands would lie- J come tlio prey of the lint povvejr J which In Its own scIIIrIi Intel est $ j took up the task wo had crnvenly J abandoned." Roosevelt's letter jc j of acceptance. J 11 V4.,i..i..l.,i..l.,i..i,,i.J,.i.iJr-4--t A- - |