Show I DAILY W WASHINGTON N LETTER I FILIPINOS NEW W. 1 Sl OO L. G fly B Service Sc Writer ASUI WAShINGTON Juno June 9 rr If Governor General Leonard Wool sells the public utilities now nose owned by the FilIpinos It will mean worse WorEe oppression titan than o our r people en en- endured dured during the Spanish regime This rids surprising assertion watt wai made mado In a a. recent interview by br Pedro Guevara one of the two Filipino resident In Washington latest ad vices are that Wood In- In Intends intends tends to place upon the auction block souse some worth of oC utilities or sic sic- b by acts of oC the Filipino Ie leg leg- legislature the tho express intention of freeing freeing- the Islands from frosti foreign economic and financIal domination This d lists has emphasized sized Wood autocratic POwers POwers- Including his right to veto even evena a unanimous decision of oC the legis- legis and lature-and has ha Intensified time the hatred ed or of many against Wood In particular and tho ho y tent of an appointed governor So In Ing g general The Filipinos or at least an ap- ap apparent apparent parent majority ot of the Inhabitants ot of the island bland arc nrc hot hOl lor 01 Independence But just jUit now although their leaders wont won't admit It It they would be mollified It if thIs country permitted them to elect their own governor and enjoy some semblance of oC autonomy autonom HAS HA'S ST. According to lion the public utilities Wood In In- Intends tends 5 to sell Include the company time the Philippine National bank varIous sugar cen- cen coal mines nod and a cement fac- fac tory The stock In these enterprises es Is now owned ownell by time the Philippine government and they are aro operated by FilipInos and Americans The railroad was bought from a British firm amid the bank and er Cr corporations were organized by special statute All this cost st monc money and the Fill Fill- pinos poInt out that they co themselves ot of roads new schools buildIngs and other to save themselves front foreign economic control Time bank fOI was vas established to rescue Filipino farmers bankers who vito refused loans to any ant one regarded as in with their nationals In time the islands These foreign banks are aro alleged to hate c a held a money monopoly Jt It was to meet time the game fame sort or of Intolerable condition that the oth- oth er Cr national public utilities wre w re de- de devol vol Gue Guevara Guera ra says nil all these ventures are masking making money but that even if IC the they were losing the people ot the tho Islands would stilt be ahead ot of the game lie admits that It if Wool sells out tIme the Filipinos and Is backed up by the tho here time the pinos can do no more howl in III protest Some bonio Americans who know this man Guevara Gue sa say that he Is the most niost brilliant politicIan In Wash Wash- That may not be true but he Is an able citizen t JOKE oppression ha hasala says sal Is worse titan than political op 1 It Is like a bandit that docs not kill his vIctim but takes tal hll money moncy and lets letl hIm starve We Ve blame our conditions condition for tor our present troubles trouble How Hots' can you a country an elective e lure ture and then give them bent a J. J rover rover- nor general with absolute power over the Delegated au amm always has been subject to abuses Any man with such pow pO er will seek seck to Increase It It If they want to hold the i pino people under the tho American slag lias they tildy ought to allow them l the liberties and privileges ot of all citi- citi sens of the United Slates The Fil Fil- legislature Is on only I a joke The few Americans In iii the Is- Is Islands islands lands are arc causing tIme the present bad situation They believe bellevo the they should bo be classified as a privileged superior to alt all Filipino they forget they have to deal with the people where the they live Colonel Thompson S aiu IU Americans In time the islands were note responsible Cor Corth ox th the unhappy situation there all stand with tood as a matl matter r ot of patriotism American sovereignty so makes the Philippines poorer and poor poor- er 0 can can develop our natural resources because capital wont won't In In- Inest vest est among us under these unset unset- unsettled tied conditions where It doesn't know what government It wilt will hase ha to deal with after it getS getS' In The rhe dont don't want to become an American state They admit that this country stand for tor 41 Filipino congressmen and two senators who would hold holda a balance ot of power in congress bringIng about nn an unheard ot of sIt But It makes them angry to bJ b called a possession and even angrier to be treated like one C mm ill III time he sItuation In lorto orto Rico |