To the Editor of the "Norta-Cuina Dairy News."
Srr,—In a Note and Comment in your to-day's issue Philippine independence is discussed in_ connexion with General _Wood's mission to the Philippine Islands. The writer declares that according to good information he has secured, the Filipinos do not want independence, but desire to give the Americans a wider scope and influence in their benevolent activity ies. I believe ur commentator is a little bit misinformed as he has one-half only of the story. It is true that the consensus of opinion, or rather Filipino national opinion, is to give the Americans a wider scope and influence in the islands. That is what the Americans and Filipinos alike are craving for now. This is why the majority of American residents are now on the side of granting independence. Until the Philippines are independent, they say, their conditions will never be secure. The majority of American residents in the islands urge Philippine independence and the putting of an American Consul-General in the islands to look after their interests. Among the bills signed by Governor-General Harrison recently is the appropriation of one million pesos to be spent in the United States to hasten Filipino independence. Americans and Filipinos alike are now united in believing that it is only through the grant of independence that mutual friendship in business or any other line can be well fostered. The prevailing custom of—boycotting the business, by workers and buyers, of any American who openly pr s an anti-independence notion explains why information similar to what your commentator received is now false.
I am, ete., Shanghai, March 10.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.