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Show I PORTO RICO WARNED OF ANTI-YANK TALK I ll SAN .ll'AN. Porto Pico. March 8. HB HJ 'A'arnlng against independenee propa- H H fanoa in political campaigns and In H BJ tewspapsrSi coupled with expressions H uitl-Aiaei icaii sentiment, wafi given HHJ H jhe people of Porto Ilico today In a HHJ letter to President Bnrcelo of the Porto H .lean .senate from Horace M. Towner. lhainnan of the house committee on H lisulnr affairs of the l'nltecl Statex H HI louse of repreaentatlvea. Mr. Towner's J letter was In acknowledgment of re-i ent cablegrams of greeting from the I Porto Klean legislature and v as made, public by Sir. Barcelo tody. "Friends of Porto llieo," It said,' "will find it difficult to help the island' if this propaganda Is continued. I as-Ure as-Ure you there Is not now and there' Is not likely to be, any considerable. Bontlmtnt in tbs country tor the lnde-j lendence of Porto Rico Ther? is ai legitimate ground for a larger meas-' lire of self-govei nnicnt. hut that has' been greatly Injured by the active Ul-"le' Ul-"le' nd. iii propaganda. " i |