The Archive · 1929

Manuel Quezon and

Of No Avail to Appeal to Europe for Help Masila, Mar. 9

Senator Manuel Quezon, who for more than a year his shown a growing conservatism in his former-intense advocacy of spine independence, recently Of the Americas Tslands, The speech was delivered before the University of the. Philippits Debatinge Club, which had met debate on the question of whether fan information. bureau should. tablished at Geneva as a meos of creating a would opinion in favour of Philippine independecee. Quezo: Strongly opposed the project.

You might ay well necept ax a act. a positive fuet," he asserted, hat Ameviea is to-day one of th? most powerful nations on earth, there jx no. nation oF group tome that wil ere to halle june Gnitea States dcaase of the Filipinos, "Therefore, the porpone of appealing' tothe nations of Europe ie beck Hope to yet aid from the: Gove nents of europe, we are wasting tne time and on none No Exploitation of Filipinos still believe that the majority of the American people, whether Republicans or Democrats, are true to the policy already announced that the United States are inthe Philippines, not for the purpose of exploiting the Filipinos, but to helo or develop our country for our own Uenefit and for the purpose of establishing here a fee self-poverninge community, T believe that, did not believe that, E would be out of public life to-day, because know that, under the present cumstances, it the. United States really meant to adopt the policy of exploiting te Filipinos, there would power that would stop. her from doing ik"

Refervins to the re-establishment of harmonious relations between ti Goversor-General and. the Legiahie ture during Colonel Stimson's "udo ministration, Senator Quezon sails "We have once more in the Philippine Government a. policy which nou opinion, tthe polley feuuniciated by the ones Lays, government "Where the majority party ix property represented in the Executive government, where iene of the Texistatare amakingg body of the seovensment. is ecornized As all that is veconized. itis time for ne now in the Phi Pines to altemp to use. these me Framestalitin In ey bans For the Deublems of the Philippine Govern. hirpoxe of. meet every.

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