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Show JAPS NOT GOING I TO PHILIPPINES IN BIGMJMBERS WASHINGTON. April 4 Recent reports re-ports tli.it Japanese were immigrating to the Philippine islands in Increas- I ingly large numhers were denied to-day to-day by Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippine senate and chairman of i the independence mission. Mr. Que- I zon said there was always a movement pf Japanese to and from the islands but that there had been no noticeable increase recently. He also asserted he did not believe Japanese statesmen 1 had any designs upon the Philippines 1 except as au extension of their commerce. com-merce. Mr. Quezon expressed belief that the military party in Japan Jad received its death blow at the recent elections v. hich placed the liberal party in power pow-er with a commoner as premier Formerly, For-merly, in traveling to and from the United States, he said, he noticed that the Japanese of all classes with whom he came in contact spoke of coming conquests and seemed to have a chip on their shoulder as if welcoming a contest with one of the great powers pow-ers of the world, not excluding the United States. On his recent trip from the islands, however, Mr. Quezon said (hat the Japanese were concerned chiefly with matters of commerce and culture. They are peacefully inclined and no longer want war to prove their standing in the world The Philippine mission head said one guarantee alone against any Japanese Jap-anese aggression in the Philippines was the racial differences between the two peoples. As Christians, the Fjli- j plnOBj he said, had nothing in common ' with the Japanese. The Japanese btatesmen of the military party, he added, realize they could not suppress Christianity even if they could crush the nation. It" the Filipinos were granted their complete independence, Mr. Quezon i said, there would be doubtless an increase in-crease In commerce with Japan, but! there would be a proportionate increase in-crease in commerce with the United' States. The Filipinos are sincere, he asserted, in their admiration for the United States and this country would always hold tho upper hand in commercial com-mercial as well as personal relations with the islands. |