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Show FILIPINOS ARE FOR INDEPENDENCE Washington, Mav 1fi "Our desire for Independence remajns unalterable," unalter-able," declared Speaker SerJlo Os-mena Os-mena of the Philippine assembly In n cablegram to Delegate Quezon, who petitioned the house Saturday for immediate im-mediate Independence of the Philippines. Philip-pines. The message was one of a number, congratulating Mr. Quezon on his speech. Speaker Osmena cabled that the Filipino people craved trie advancement advance-ment of the national cause by all possible means, that ten years of American Am-erican administration showed that the Filipinos were capable of maintaining maintain-ing an Independent government. Chairman Alberto Barrttto, of the Nationalist party, cabled his warm congratulations on the expression of the desire of the Filipinos to the Am orlean people. Delegate Quezon belongs be-longs to this party, which is dlmln-!nt dlmln-!nt In the Philippines, et"'-ucing. It Is claimed, ninety per cent of The people peo-ple and f."i of the 80 delegates to tho assemhbly. |