Show 11 P 8 rj E washington th appointed hour is i here let lie phil be free i this was tiro the key note of or a speech b congressman ed ward J kins king of IIII 1111 republican in which lie he re lew ed d the american Amo rican oc cu bands pation of the is 1 lands from the firs daiy diy to the presen congressman ed almo declared ward J kin kina that the th e united U n i t ed of illinois states was honor bound to lo grant independence without further delay congressman kinq kin is one of an in creasing number of republicans in th UK house aho are urging quick ilick action on philippine independence hr fr king Is the author of a bill which pro tides that thai within one ODO year the philip pine ahle government go eminent under presidential proclamation may assemble a conven tion lion and frame a constitution after the is ratified by the filipino Fill pino people the president may recognize the philippine islands is as a separate and self governing nation the transfer of authority is to be completed within one lear j ca provision is made for safeguards american in vestments in the philippines and fo foi the providing of coaling stations and submarine bases in the islands by the united states word from the philippines Is that thai the people empett early independence and will he be sorely disappointed if they do not get it no nation has the right said con pressman gressman king to hold another peaple in peonage even though it may be argued by tile that tile condition is simply one of tu tutelage A little more observance of ahe olden rule in ili national and loreina bolei na lional air affairs mrs would soon dispel desire for exploitation the fiercest foe of freedom in ili the world today when we went to tb the 9 philippines we declared before the whole world that we were not victual actuated ed by any lif I 1 ish desire of conquest or territorial aggrandizement but solely by buriani ti 0 rian impulses congressman izing kin called atte to tile the fact that filipinos are now calsing funds to erect a to I 1 admiral dewey which he said u in directly a tribute to the american nao lee pie as well us as to dewey lie ile the hie cable that dew dewey ey hall had sell sani to president Alc Kinley which was is as follows in my iny opinion tiles these e people will fill pinos are superior in intelligence and more capable of self than ilian tile hie natives of cuba and I 1 nm am familiar with both congre congressman asman king kin then recited tile the preamble to the jones law pi pa sed august 1 23 9 I 1 and declared declare it 1141 a dell delince nite pledge of independence the prea preamble mUle stated it is as it has alouys heel been tile the purpose of the people of the united states tl to withdraw I 1 their heir sovereignty oer the philippine lannas und and to recognize their ft soon foon as a stable government can lie established therein ein congressman king state stared there was no question but that the filipinos had established the specified I 1 stable 90 l eminent and therefore ft is the solemn duty bilty of the unit ell states slates to grant the promised independence |